2015

Authoring Agency: Women’s Refugee CommissionPublication Date: June 2015This report documents the results of a multi-year project dedicated to uncovering the untold stories of the millions of refugee girls whose voices are almost never heard. Learn More …

Authoring Agency: Women’s Refugee CommissionPublication Date: July 2015This summary report is based on a multi-country baseline study to document knowledge of family planning, beliefs and practices of refugees, as well as the state of service provision in select refugee settings in Djibouti, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia and Uganda. Learn More …

Authoring Agencies: Royal Commonwealth Society and Plan UKPublication Date: 2015This report shares best practices from governments and civil society organizations for keeping girls in school and provides recommendations for governments, ministries of education, and the Commonwealth secretariat as to how to use education to help end child marriage. Learn More …

Authoring Agency: Family Planning 2020Publication Date: 2015Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) is a global partnership that supports the rights of women and girls to decide, freely and for themselves, whether, when, and how many children they want to have. This report, Partnership in Progress, shows that the initiative is making steady progress toward its goal of enabling

Authoring Agency: Amnesty InternationalPublication Date: April 2015This report details the specific abuses inflicted by Boko Haram on young women and girls in northeast Nigeria and argues Boko Haram has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. It also offers recommendations for the international community can effectively respond to such actions. Learn More …

Authoring Agency: Pathfinder InternationalPublication Date: January 2015This technical brief explores Pathfinder’s experience pioneering a multisectoral approach to primary and secondary prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) across two projects in Mozambique. It highlights implementation experience, lessons learned, and next steps for Pathfinder’s GBV programming in Mozambique. Learn More …

Authoring Agency: Guttmacher InstitutePublication Date: 2015This policy review examines how controversy around teen sexual activity and opposition to making contraceptive services available to teens have played major roles in blocking school-based health centers (SBHCs) from providing sexual and reproductive health services. It details specific steps that policymakers can take to enable SBHCs to provide much needed health

Authoring Agency: Women’s Refugee CommissionPublication Date: July 2015Thousands of Somali refugee adolescent girls ages ten to sixteen are living in refugee camps in Ethiopia. This report details their protection and empowerment needs and priorities, programs and community-based strategies that serve them, and gaps in services from girls’ perspectives. Learn More …

Authoring Agency: Brookings InstitutePublication Date: 2015This report describes a survey of funding for girls’ education in developing countries, focused specifically on funding mechanisms, activities, and special populations targeted, as well as links to affinity groups. Learn More …

Authoring Agency: Women’s Refugee CommissionPublication Date: July 2015“I’m Here: Adolescent Girls in Emergencies” is a resource for emergency response staff. It outlines an operational approach and recommendations that can help humanitarian sectors be more accountable to adolescent girls from the start of an emergency. Learn More …