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            <title>Survey of young people in Egypt: Preliminary report</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/2010PGY_SYPEPrelimReport.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Population Council researchers are undertaking a nationally representative survey covering 15,000 young people in Egypt aged 10–29 to update the state of knowledge on youth and adolescents in Egypt on issues of health, education, employment, family formation and civic participation.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:09:40 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Multi-sectoral approaches to preventing sexual assault and domestic violence: A collective ...</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/2009RH_SGBVStopViolenceSympReport.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Report of The Multi-Sectoral Approaches to Preventing Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Symposium jointly hosted by the Population Council and AED-UGM in May 2009.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:06:49 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Maternal and neonatal health services in Sudan: Results of a situation analysis</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/2010RH_MNHServSudan.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[February 2010 Project Brief.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:59:08 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Mainstreaming emergency contraception pills in Kenya</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/2010RH_MainstreamECKenyaBrief.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[May 2010 Policy Brief]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:56:42 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>The Adolescent Experience In-depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young ...</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/publications/serialsbriefs/AdolExpInDepth.asp</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The purpose of this series, which draws principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), is to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and advocacy groups—with data on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women. The age range covered is 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:52:50 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Keeping motherhood safe</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/momentum/Momentum_201005.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[May 2010 issue of Momentum, the Population Council newsletter. Momentum, published twice a year, highlights Population Council research and institutional activities in the fields of biomedicine, public health, and social science. Each issue focuses on a specific research topic.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:48:54 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Youth in India: Situation and Needs Policy Briefs</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/publications/serialsbriefs/YouthInIndiaBriefs.asp</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Series of 34 policy briefs from the Population Council's Poverty, Gender, and Youth program.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:45:41 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Understanding adolescent girls\' protection strategies against HIV: An exploratory study in ...</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/2010PGY_ZambiaGirlsHIVProtection.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Being young and female are two central aspects of vulnerability to HIV which intersect in the lives of adolescent girls. Both before and within marriage, girls and young women are especially vulnerable to contracting HIV as a result of both their biological susceptibility as well as their relative powerlessness within sexual relationships, the primary means of transmission. Girls and young women are disproportionally infected and affected by HIV and AIDS. This is true throughout much of sub-Saharan African, and it is the case in Zambia, one of the countries hardest hit by the HIV and AIDS epidemic. Prevalence among 15-19 year old females is 5.7 percent (compared with 3.6 percent for males), and 11.8 percent among 20-24 year old females (compared to 5 percent for males). Like the adult female population, young female youth are twice as likely to be infected as male youth (2008 Zambian DHS).

The current study provides a descriptive analysis of how adolescent girls and young women construct notions of risk and safety, their perceptions of HIV risk in particular, and what strategies they develop to protect themselves. The study is based on data collected through interviews with 821 young women aged 15-24 from four communities of urban Lusaka, and supplemented by qualitative data from focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. It is envisioned that information derived from this study can inform the development of innovative  programming for vulnerable girls and young women in Lusaka. As noted in other studies, overall knowledge levels about HIV/AIDS were high: 86 percent of respondents correctly knew that there are things a  person can do to reduce her chances of getting HIV; seventy-three percent of all respondents knew where one could go for HIV testing. Risk perception of HIV/AIDS was also high: 38 percent of all respondents believe themselves to be at risk, and a considerable proportion (33 percent) had been tested for HIV at some point. A significantly greater proportion (60 percent) of those who had been tested was among the 20-24 year-old age group, compared to 22 percent in the younger age group (15-19). In terms of female protection products, 66 percent of all respondents had heard of the female condom (88 percent of the 20-24 year olds compared to 59 percent of 15-19 year olds). However, among those who had heard of the female condom, only 2 percent had ever used one. While efforts to bolster female condom promotion in Zambia have begun, more attention to this population may be warranted.

Lack of safety in the home, school, and community arose as a significant hazard to adolescent girls and young women in the study. Girls' perception of various risks to themselves directly or to "other girls their age" was striking: 37 percent of respondents reported having ever been threatened with physical violence, and 21 percent said they had been forced, pressured, coerced, or tricked into having sex. A full 86 percent of respondents believed that girls in their communities are pressured to do things they don't want to for money; 62 percent said girls in their school were forced to do things to receive better grades or to pass. Seventy percent of those surveyed reported that girls in their school were teased or verbally harassed, and 53 percent said girls in their school were sometimes touched or sexually harassed. In addition, many girls reported having heard of cases of forced or coerced sex in their community and school environment.

This study revealed that adolescent girls' social networks were not very strong overall. Only one quarter of respondents said they had many friends in their neighborhood, and less than one half said they knew of someone who would take them in if they needed a place to stay. These findings point to the need to strengthen and deepen girls' social support networks, improve access to the range of reproductive health services and products, and to create safe and supportive spaces for girls. The report points to several areas for potential program attention, including more focused attention on the structural and environmental drivers of girls' vulnerability.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:41:10 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Biruh Tesfa (\'Bright Future\') program provides domestic workers, orphans and migrants in ...</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/2010PGY_BiruhTesfaBrief.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Population Council Program Brief on the Biruh Tesfa project in Ethiopia. Biruh Tesfa seeks to protect the rights of vulnerable urban girls by reducing their social isolation and providing them with health information, including HIV prevention, and services to address sexual exploitation and abuse.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:05:50 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Schooling and conflict in Darfur: A snapshot of basic education services for displaced children</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/2010PGY_SchoolingConflictDarfur.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Schooling and Conflict in Darfur, a joint project of the Population Council and the Women's Refugee Commission, is a report based on a 2008 survey designed to provide a more accurate picture of the state of formal and non-formal education for displaced children of primary school age (6-14) in North and West Darfur. The findings are based on a scientifically selected sample of IDP communities in North and West Darfur. The goal of the report is to provide donors, policymakers, and practitioners information to help plan and implement effective, targeted education programs for internally displaced children in Darfur, Sudan. These findings also have application for humanitarian actors in other contexts of displacement.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:41:25 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>It\'s All One Curriculum: Guidelines and Activities for a Unified Approach to Sexuality, ...</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/publications/books/2010_ItsAllOne.asp</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A ready-to-use resource for integrating gender issues and human rights into the heart of sex and HIV education. Book 1 contains an evidence-based introduction and flexible content units on: rights; gender; sexuality; relationships; communication/decisionmaking; the body, puberty, and reproduction; sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and AIDS; contraception; and advocacy/civic engagement. Book 2 contains 54 engaging sample activities and guidance on interactive teaching approaches.  Also contains student handouts, fact sheets, additional resource lists, and more.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:38:23 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>New Lessons: The Power of Educating Adolescent Girls</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/2009PGY_NewLessons.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In New Lessons: The Power of Educating Adolescent Girls, Cynthia B. Lloyd and Juliet Young demonstrate that education for girls during adolescence can be transformative, and they identify a broad array of promising educational approaches which should be evaluated for their impact.  New Lessons provides new data and analysis from research on more than 300 past and current programs and projects for adolescent girls. It offers evidence on how proven practices, including scholarships for girls and the recruitment and training of female teachers, can increase the number of adolescent girls attending school and highlights the pedagogical approaches that enhance learning and employment.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:14:36 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus: A Toolkit for Family Planning Service Providers Working ...</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/frontiers/bestpractices/BCSPlus_102008.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus (BCS+) is a practical, interactive, client-friendly strategy to facilitate integration of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, within family planning service. This toolkit uses three key job aids (visual memory aids) for counseling on family planning, STI risk assessment, and method choice. Experience in Kenya and South Africa shows use of the BCS+ job aids improved the quality of services and counseling and increased the uptake of family planning and VCT. The toolkit includes:

• An algorithm that summarizes the steps needed to implement the BCS+ 
• Counseling cards, including a checklist to rule out pregnancy and basic information about 14 family planning methods
• Brochures on each of the methods for the client to take once a method is chosen
• A User’s Guide
• A Trainer's Guide 
• A CD-ROM containing all materials

The BCS+ toolkit incorporates the latest international family planning norms and guidance as recommended by the World Health Organization, and can be adapted to site-specific needs, practice protocols, or additional health issues such as tuberculosis.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:50:33 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>New contraceptive developments</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/momentum/Momentum08Dec.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[December 2008 issue of Momentum. Momentum, published twice a year, highlights Population Council research and institutional activities in the fields of biomedicine, public health, and social science. Each issue focuses on a specific research topic.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:36:57 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Day of Dialogue: Sharing insights and evidence on the female condom in Ghana</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/FCinGhana.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[report from a 24 November 2008 consultation in Accra, Ghana]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:31:24 +0100</pubDate>
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