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.

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.

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.

Adequate and validated indicators are essential for tracking progress on addressing menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) as an important health, education, gender equality, and water, sanitation, and hygiene issue. These recommended indicators monitor MHH for adolescent girls across priority domains and are intended to enable comparability across countries and over time.

This article highlights insights and lessons learned from the PACE Project for creating more equitable, inclusive, meaningful—and, ultimately, impactful—partnerships with youth leaders. PACE has evolved a partnership model that fosters respectful and mutually beneficial partnerships with youth leaders and youth-led organizations that honors their unique priorities and explores new approaches. This intentional approach questions traditional strategies, shifts power dynamics, focuses on learning from youth leaders, and capitalizes on the diverse skills and strengths of partners.

This Strategic Planning Guide is intended to lead program managers, planners, and decision makers through a strategic process to meaningfully and effectively engage and partner with adolescents, youth, and/or youth-led organizations on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programs and initiatives. Meaningful adolescent and youth engagement and partnership is a right for adolescents and youth and can improve the quality and responsiveness of SRH programs and policies, in turn leading to improved development outcomes.