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.

Social protection can reduce income poverty and food and economic insecurity, address financial barriers to accessing social services, and promote positive development outcomes throughout the life course— particularly for women and girls. To strengthen the evidence base for social protection's contribution to gender equality, this report proposes and presents an analytical approach to evidence generation on gender-responsive social protection for gender-transformative change.

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.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects the health of women across the globe, with the greatest burden encountered by women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This scoping review aims to summarize and critically examine primary prevention interventions addressing IPV perpetration by men and boys in LMICs and identify gaps in the evidence base.

This report outlines the findings of the Sexual & Gender Based Violence against Refugees from Displacement to Arrival (SEREDA) project, a multi-country research initiative that examines the nature and extent of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) experienced by forced migrants throughout the journey from displacement to settlement in countries of refuge. The project also explores how health and social consequences are identified and addressed and how SGBV experiences shape integration processes.

This briefing presents research undertaken in the midst of a critical food insecurity crisis in South Sudan's Pibor and Akobo counties in order to understand its impact on the lives of women and girls. The research found that women and girls’ household chores, their livelihood opportunities, and their access to education have all been impacted. The report highlights what the humanitarian community should do to ensure a gender-sensitive response to these pressing needs.