This research brief looks to understand the effects of the food insecurity crisis on the girls from "Real Choices, Real Lives", a qualitative, longitudinal study that has been tracking the lives of girls in nine countries in three regions for 15 years. Data from the study shows that the global food crisis reaches beyond contexts classified as at most risk of severe food insecurity, affecting girls in countries all over the world. Read More
Youth and Gender
Una Guía Para Chicas de la Pubertad y los Periodos Menstruales
Grow & Know has produced a Spanish version of A Girl’s Guide to Puberty and Periods. This graphic novel and video series, produced by adolescent health experts at Columbia University, provides girls with practical advice, answers to common questions, and real puberty stories from girls across the USA. Read More
Applying the iDARE Methodology in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania to Improve Health Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This field action report describes WI-HER’s process of using iDARE to increase viral load suppression in Uganda; improve identification, management, and response for gender-based violence survivors in Kenya; and improve mass drug administration access and uptake among school-age children in Tanzania throughout the COVID pandemic. Read More
Motherhood in Childhood: The Untold Story
This report examines trends in adolescent childbearing using techniques that focus on the most vulnerable girls, including child mothers, girls with repeat adolescent childbearing, and births that occur in dangerously quick succession. It finds that nearly one third of all women in low- and middle-income countries begin childbearing in adolescence (i.e., at age 19 years and younger), and nearly half of first births to adolescents are to child mothers aged 17 years and younger. Read More
Empowered Women, Empowered Children: Examining the Relationship Between Women’s Empowerment and the Well-Being of Children in Iraq
Iraqi children suffer from repeated displacement and exposure to violent conflict, which have both immediate and long-term impacts on their physical, emotional, mental, and psychosocial well-being. This research report explores women empowerment and children well-being factors in Iraq and looks at how women’s socio-demographic factors and empowerment components are associated with child well-being. Read More
The Impact of COVID-19 on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Youth-Led Perspectives and Solutions for a Gender-Equal World
This first-of-its-kind study highlights the experiences, insights, and perspectives of adolescents and youth on the gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health and rights. Throughout each phase of the study, Women Deliver intentionally compared the insights and perspectives of adolescents and youth to the global evidence base by gathering qualitative stories from youth advocates in India, Kenya, and Nigeria. Read More
