The GIRL Center brings together the Council’s foremost thinkers on adolescent girls across 50 countries with expertise in diverse research methodologies and issues.
Karen Austrian, GIRL Center Director
OUR TEAM
- Emily Cho, Research Communications and Uptake Coordinator
- Angel Del Valle, Country Representative
- Nicole Haberland, Senior Associate
- Md. Irfan Hossain, Senior Program Officer
- Sarah Islam, GIRL Center Manager
- Meredith Kozak, EGER Project Manager
- Anne-Caroline Midy, Project Coordinator
- Dela Nai, Associate I
- Arindam Nandi, Associate II
- Sophie Soares, Staff Associate
- Deborah Walnicki, EGER Data & Digital Product Coordinator
- Fatima Zahra, Associate I
EXTERNAL RESEARCH COLLABORATORS
- Emma Chikovore, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Jeremiah Chikovore, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
- Justin Dansou, University of Parakou, Benin
- Kelly Hallman, Indigenous Justice Circle, United States
- Caroline Kabiru, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya
- Blessings N. Kaunda-Khangamwa, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Tia Palermo, University at Buffalo, Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) LLC, United States
- Zewdneh Sabe, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and based in Ethiopia
- Simona Simona, University of Zambia
- Aditya Singh, Banaras Hindu University, India
- Oluwaseyi Somefun (Seyi), University of the Western Cape, South Africa