Devex reports on the recent revisions to the technical guidance on sexuality education from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), including commentary from Population Council expert Nicole Haberland.
The Population Council announces the appointment of Jonathan Shakes to the Board of Trustees. Mr. Shakes is an e-commerce logistics consultant, having worked fifteen years in operations, software and product management at Amazon and its subsidiaries.
Marking the one year anniversary of the drastic expansion of the Mexico City Policy, Elspeth Williams, Associate Director of Policy and Government Relations, pens an op-ed about why the policy matters and how it threatens global health.
While girls’ leadership is needed in the fight against climate change, researchers are recognizing the varied ways that natural disasters threaten gains in girls’ education and wellbeing around the world, write Population Council experts in a Brookings Institution blog, which also appears on Inter Press Service and ReliefWeb.
The Population Council today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review its one-year Nestorone® / ethinyl estradiol vaginal ring for pregnancy prevention. If approved, the contraceptive vaginal ring would be the first contraceptive option that provides a full year of protection against unintended pregnancy while fully under a woman’s control.
A new feature at the Christian Science Monitor explores how young women are leading the effort to end child marriage in Guatemala, highlighting the Population Council's Abriendo Oportunidades project.
Newsweek aggregates a recent report from the MIT Technology Review about the Council’s male contraceptive gel in development.
MIT Technology Review reports on the new male hormonal contraceptive gel developed by the Population Council in collaboration with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) advancing to Phase II clinical trials.
In a post at the World Bank Education for Global Development blog, the Population Council's Stephanie Psaki, PhD expands on new research that indicates that gender parity in educational attainment may mask other important inequalities.
