With case studies from Bangladesh and South Sudan, this report examines women’s leadership in locally led humanitarian action and seeks to understand whether and how local humanitarian leadership (LHL) can promote or constrain women’s leadership. It finds that women’s leadership in local humanitarian settings is limited in both countries and faces many of the same challenges as LHL itself. However, by encouraging collaboration between women...Read More
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Contraceptive Evidence: Questions and Answers
Thirty years ago, PRB published Contraceptive Safety: Rumors and Realities to provide policymakers, program managers, and service providers with accurate information on the risks and benefits of contraceptive methods. The goal of this 2020 update is to help women and men choose methods based on scientific evidence rather than rumors and to assist policymakers, program managers, and providers in filling those needs.Read More
Gender and Climate Change in the United States: A Reading of Existing Research
In partnership with WEDO, the Sierra Club has released a first-of-its-kind comprehensive review of the existing literature surrounding gender and climate in the United States. While it is well-established that the climate crisis disproportionately harms women around the world, this report demonstrates the critical need for gender-responsive national climate policies specific to the United States.Read More
Reflections From Five Years of Research on FGM/C
As a core partner on the Population Council-led consortium Evidence to End FGM/C: Research to Help Girls and Women Thrive, PRB’s role is to build the consortium’s capacity for research uptake and to develop innovative tools and products to improve how researchers communicate their findings about FGM/C to key decisionmakers. From 2015 to 2019, the African-led consortium developed innovative research methods and uncovered new evidence...Read More
Closing the Poor–Rich Gap in Contraceptive Use in Rwanda: Understanding the Underlying Mechanisms
Using data from the 2005, 2010, and 2015 Rwanda Demographic and Health Surveys, 19,028 in-union women (15–49 years) were analyzed to examine trends in socioeconomic disparities in contraceptive use. The shrinking of gaps in contraceptive use by socioeconomic status coincided with narrowing of disparities in demand for children and with improvements in family planning services, suggesting that disadvantaged populations may have especially benefited from public programs...Read More
Utilizing Cash and Voucher Assistance within Gender-based Violence Case Management to Support Crisis-Affected Populations in Ecuador
A recent pilot project undertaken by the WRC and CARE in Ecuador shows that giving women cash and vouchers as part of a program to prevent and respond to GBV can be highly effective and yield positive impacts in the lives of GBV survivors and individuals at risk of GBV. This brief highlights the importance of better understanding how CVA can help prevent, mitigate, and...Read More
