This report covers the United Kingdom’s House of Commons committee sessions on sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector. Sexual exploitation and abuse is endemic across aid organizations, countries, and institutions. Leadership and engagement have collectively failed to address these issues for years.Read More
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Influence of Indonesia’s National Health Insurance on Essential Health Services
This study examines the impact of Indonesia’s relatively new national health insurance on family planning, maternal health services, HIV treatment services, and other essential services.Read More
Missed Opportunities : The High Cost of Not Educating Girls
Girls’ undereducation creates a wide range of negative impacts for girls, their families, and their communities. This study documents connects low educational attainment for girls with several domains of interest and their economic implications, including standards of living, child marriage, population growth, health and well-being, and agency and decisionmaking.Read More
Botswana’s Gender-Based Violence Referral System Project
This operations research study evaluated a pilot mobile phone-based referral system for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) in Botswana. This report presents results and recommendations related to community perceptions of GBV, provider perceptions and processing of GBV cases, and the GBV referral system.Read More
Gender Based Violence Programming in Contexts Affected by Violence and Conflict
To design and implement effective programs to prevent gender-based violence (GBV), we must understand GBV’s root causes and drivers and the nuanced factors that contribute to it in contexts affected by violence and conflict. This paper analyzes existing policies and literature, presents case studies, and makes program and policy recommendations.Read More
Does It Take a Village? Fostering Gender Equity Among Early Adolescents in Nepal
Traditional gender norms in Nepal contribute to a lack of opportunity for women and girls and limit their access to reproductive health services. Early adolescence provides a key opportunity to shift these harmful norms. The results of this study suggest that family- and community-based interventions can be effective at improving gender equity among very young adolescents.Read More
