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 Advisers

Thoai Ngô
Vice President of Social and Behavioral Science ResearchFounding Director and Advisor, GIRL Center
GIRL Center Experts

Karen Austrian
Director, GIRL Center

Rajib Acharya
Senior Associate
Adolescent Health

Sajeda Amin
Senior Associate
Child Marriage

Ashish Bajracharya
Deputy Director, Country Strategy & Regional Representative – South and East Asia
Sexual and Reproductive Health

Annabel Erulkar
Senior Associate & Ethiopia Country Director
Child Marriage

Nicole Haberland
Senior Associate

Kelly Hallman
Senior Associate
Economics

Sanyukta Mathur
Senior Associate and DREAMS Implementation Science Project Director
HIV/AIDS

Arindam Nandi
Associate II

Chi-Chi Undie
Senior Associate
Gender-Based Violence

K.G. Santhya
Senior Associate
Gender-Based Violence