Led by Thoai Ngo, director of the Population Council’s Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program, the GIRL Center brings together the Council’s foremost thinkers on adolescent girls across 50 countries with expertise in diverse research methodologies and issues.
GIRL Center Leadership
GIRL Center Experts
Sajeda Amin
Senior Associate
Child Marriage
Karen Austrian
Senior Associate
Intervention Design
Ashish Bajracharya
Associate II & Cambodia Country Representative
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Annabel Erulkar
Senior Associate & Ethiopia Country Director
Child Marriage
Kelly Hallman
Senior Associate
Economics
Paul C. Hewett
Senior Associate
HIV/AIDS
Sanyukta Mathur
Associate II and DREAMS Implementation Science Project Director
HIV/AIDS
Barbara Mensch
Senior Associate
Girls' Education
Chi-Chi Undie
Senior Associate
Gender-Based Violence
Lung Vu
Associate
HIV/AIDS
Rajib Acharya
Associate II
Adolescent Health
K.G. Santhya
Senior Associate
Gender-Based Violence
Special Advisers
Ann K. Blanc
Vice President, Social and Behavioral Science Research
Special Adviser
Judith Bruce
Senior Associate and Policy Analyst
Special Adviser