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
Youth and Gender
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
Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents: Progress Made in the Implementation of the RMNCAH+N Investment Framework Through the GFF Partnership, Civil Society and Other Stakeholders: Kenya Case Study
This case study reviews and captures the progress made in ensuring domestic and external resources are mobilized for RMNCAH+N interventions; how the process has catalyzed prioritization of RMNCAH+N within decentralized systems; improvements in the health indicators; engagement and coordination of all actors including civil society and other stakeholders; and enhancement of mutual accountability across all actors. Read More
