This gender analysis aimed to analyze and understand the current realities for women, men, girls, and boys in the Imvepi and Bidi Bidi settlements in Uganda and their current needs and capacities from a gendered lens. The analysis will also inform the programming of CARE's Strengthening Conflict and gender sensitive Community Resilience in protracted crisis (SCCR) project based on the different needs of men, boys, and women and girls in particular.

This new web feature is comprised of five behavior studies related to social norms affecting adolescents and young adults across reproductive health, education, and family violence. These behavior studies—results of a scoping review of evidence—include example social norms, other factors affecting behavior, reference groups, and selected interventions addressing norms and behaviors.

This resource describes the results of IntraHealth's SupCap project, which employed a behavioral design process to develop an intervention with the goal of increasing postpartum family planning use, couples’ communication, and knowledge about contraceptive methods. The intervention targeted male partners of postpartum women and consisted of an interactive game, a child spacing planning card, and SMS messages.

IDinsight conducted a recent survey to understand the gender dynamics of surveyor teams in India and to effectively improve the experiences of their own surveyors. This blog post shares findings and recommendations that can be used to enhance the diversity, equity, and inclusion of surveyors at IDinsight and other organizations.

Site visits are an opportunity to assess the extent to which gender-based violence (GBV) is being effectively considered in activity implementation. However, they can also create serious risks for survivors, their families and communities, service providers, and the site visit team. This how-to-note instructs USAID staff and implementing partners on how to plan, host, and conduct safe and ethical site visits to strengthen GBV interventions.

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.