This policy brief presents findings from mixed-method research conducted in seven schools and two residential learning centers from three districts (Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Kavrepalanchowk) of Bagmati province. It seeks to understand the socio-emotional needs of adolescent girls in Nepal, the role of female teachers in addressing those needs, and the support teachers themselves are (or are not) receiving to play this role.

This season of Inside the FP Story, family planning program implementers, health providers, and community members explore the reasons why an intersectional lens is necessary for sexual and reproductive health programs, including family planning. Also, family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) clients share how their identities have led to unique needs, challenges, and opportunities obtaining FP/RH services—and offer recommendations for better meeting their needs.

MOMENTUM recently launched a new zero-dose landing page featuring various resources related to reaching zero-dose children with lifesaving immunizations. Among them are a blog and a webinar recording on recognizing and addressing gender-related barriers to immunization.

This document, also available in French, profiles some of MOMENTUM’s dynamic youth partners working across different geographies and contexts in South Asia and West and East Africa. These partners aim to increase health knowledge and demand for health services, shift social and gender norms in their communities, improve access to quality health services, and create adolescent-responsive systems across the humanitarian-development nexus.

In commemoration of International Women’s Day (March 8), this blog post reflects on the progress made toward gender equity in the labor force. It examines how women are faring around the world, makes comparisons with the United States, and looks at what the evidence shows on how to close the gender wage gap.

The CEFMU and Sexuality Working Group has launched a new website housing its resource library and Working Goup updates. The site is now a destination for events, publications, and other news from its group of international and national organizations working with and for adolescent girls to advance their rights and opportunities.