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We transform global thinking on critical health and development issues through social science, public health, and biomedical research.
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Girls at the Center: How 30+ Years of Research is Powering Change for Girls
Co-Presidents Pat Vaughan and Jim Sailer reflect on the Council’s three decades of research to improve adolescent girls' lives and how designing interventions to reach girls earlier provides them with the future they deserve.
What Girls Deliver Brings to Women Deliver: A Q&A with GIRL Center Director Karen Austrian
Beyond Lowest-Low Fertility: Why a Quarter-Century-Old Label No Longer Captures Today's Demographic Reality
New research challenges the usefulness of "lowest-low fertility" as countries with similar birth rates face vastly different demographic futures.
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Center for Biomedical Research (CBR)
Developing and ensuring access to innovative and affordable products that promote sexual and reproductive health, rights, and choices
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Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center
Envisioning a gender-equitable world where girls and boys make a healthy and safe transition into adulthood and reach their full potential
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Humanitarian Task Force (HTF)
Conducting cutting-edge research to produce effective solutions for people affected by complex emergencies, natural disasters, and post-conflict crises
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Population, Environmental Risks, and the Climate Crisis (PERCC) Initiative
Generating ideas and developing sustainable and equitable solutions to pursue justice in the face of climate and environmental change
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Gender, Education, Justice, and Equity (GEJE)
Shaping a just world: Building foundational skills, equity, and critical thinking for all children
