This study examines how mental health is approached in current literature on child marriage. Findings highlight that while significant emotional distress and specific mental health conditions are linked to child marriage, gaps in our understanding remain. The article also outlines a series of community-oriented interventions that blend psychological, social, and structural support to promote mental health and wellbeing in the context of child marriage.

The family planning (FP) needs of adolescents are often unmet due to inadequate provider pre- and in-service training, lack of supportive supervision, social norms, and individual provider bias, as well as issues with contraceptive commodity supply and cost of commodities, particularly in the private sector. This document provides guidance to enhance adolescent competencies for FP service providers to ensure that contraceptive services meet this demographic's needs.

This report presents the methodology, findings, and identified gaps and opportunities from an analysis and document review on access to and use of MCHN services by marginalized and underserved populations in Uganda. This document review aimed to identify opportunities and gaps in national MCHN policies, guidelines, implementation, and measurement for issues related to gender, youth development, and social inclusion.

In September 2021, Knowledge SUCCESS and the PACE Project launched the first in a series of community-driven dialogues on the People-Planet Connection Discourse platform. Participants from around the globe engaged in discussion exploring the links between population, health, and the environment, as well as the connections between gender and climate change. This blog post highlights what youth leaders had to say about their experience and their suggestions for how the discourse can be translated into concrete solutions.

This brief provides an overview on how the MOMENTUM project is addressing gender across the project cycle and within a variety of program areas. Given the project’s scale and scope, insights from this resource may be useful to other global health implementers seeking to ensure that gender is effectively integrated within their projects.

In 2021, HP+ convened family planning, gender, and family planning financing experts to discuss how to better integrate gender into family planning and health financing systems to make access to family planning information and services more gender-equitable for all clients. This brief provides a summary of the meeting and aims to advance dialogue and find common ground for including a gender lens in family planning financing.