Authoring Agency: UNFPAPublication Date: March 2015This document – based on UNFPA experiences in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey – provides an overview of what safe spaces are, and what key principles should be followed when establishing such spaces in humanitarian and post-crisis contexts. It also highlights lessons learned from other regions and from the […]
Authoring Agencies: SODIS, Emory University, Center for Global Safe Water, and UNICEFPublication Date: November 2013This report examines the scope of education and health challenges faced by girls in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Findings will inform strategies that mitigate challenges and appropriately support adolescent girls at school during menstruation. Learn More …
Authoring Agencies: Emory University, Center for Global Safe Water, and UNICEFPublication Date: November 2013In 2012 Emory University and UNICEF collaborated in research aimed to understand the range of challenges faced by girls during menstruation in urban Freetown, Sierra Leone as well as the determinants of those challenges. This report presents the methods, findings and key programmatic recommendations
Authoring Agencies: RTI International, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of California, and Futures Without ViolencePublication Date: September 2013The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commissioned the independent research firm, RTI International to evaluate Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships, their four-year, teen dating violence (TDV) prevention program, in collaboration with Blue Shield of California Foundation (BCSF)
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Authoring Agency: Women’s Refugee CommissionPublication Date: July 2015This assessment examines the links between girls’ empowerment and gender-based violence in the Kyaka II Refugee Settlement in Uganda. Learn More …
Authoring Agencies: STRIVE, Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, London School of Medicine and Tropical Hygiene, UKAID, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, University of Manitoba, and the World BankPublication Date: March 2013The document describes the implementation design of Project Samata, a project that aims to ensure girls‘ entry into secondary school, keep girls in school till 10th standard and delay
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Authoring Agency: Guttmacher InstitutePublication Date: July 2015This brief provides reliable, up-to-date information on the varying levels of access to contraceptive services that minors enjoy in the United States, disaggregated by state of residence. Learn More …
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Authoring Agency: Let Girls LeadPublication Date: 2014This document summarizes the 2013 external evaluation of the Let Girls Lead model. The evaluation, which was commissioned by the United Nations Foundation, examined the approach and work of Let Girls Lead between 2009 and 2013. Learn More …
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Authoring Agency: The World BankPublication Date: 2014This paper, a systematic review of reviews, synthesizes a wide array of evidence on the effects of violence against women and girls (VAWG) prevention and intervention strategies. It examines the diversity of geographical contexts, the types of violence addressed, and the numerous approaches that have been used to combat VAWG. Learn
