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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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            <title>The female condom in Ghana: Exploring the current state of affairs and gauging potential for ...</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/FCinGhana_CurrentState.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The female condom (FC) is the only safe and effective female-initiated method that provides simultaneous protection against unintended pregnancy as well as sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS. An exploratory exercise was conducted by the Population Council to gain an understanding of the current and historical landscape of female condom (FC) procurement, distribution, and programming in Ghana and to explore the viability of enhancing national FC promotion.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:28:15 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Lutte contre la pratique de l\'excision au Mali: De l\'approche santé à l\'approche basée ...</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/Mali_FGM2008_fr.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Published by Save the Children/Sweden and Population Council/Senegal.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:21:03 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Addis Birhan (\'New Light\'): Fostering husbands\' involvement and support in Amhara Region, ...</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/Ethiopia_AddisBirhanBrief.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Program Brief from the Population Council in Ethiopia]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:16:29 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Obstetric fistula: Can community midwives make a difference? Findings from four districts in Kenya</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/Kenya_ObstetricFistula.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This report seeks to understand the experiences of women affected by fistula and whether community midwives can contribute to preventing obstetric fistula in rural settings in Kenya.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:09:14 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>And how will you remember me, my child? Redefining fatherhood in Turkey</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/qcq/QCQ19.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Quality/Calidad/Qualité no. 19. The newest issue of Q/C/Q profiles the AÇEV Father Support Program, a series of 13-week long support groups for fathers across Turkey. The program has reached nearly 10,000 men, teaching them about their role in the development of their children and encouraging them to spend quality time with their children. As one father explained, "[I went] for my children, for their futures and so they might contribute to humanity. I wanted to learn effective ways to raise them."]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Sexual and gender based violence in Africa: Literature review</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/AfricaSGBV_LitReview.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), in its various forms, is endemic in communities around the world, cutting across class, race, age, religion and national boundaries. Exposure to gender-based violence and sexual coercion significantly increases girls’ and women’s chances of early sexual debut, experiencing forced sex, engaging in transactional sex, and non-use of condoms. The impact of sexual and gender-based violence resonates in all areas of health and social programming: survivors of sexual violence experience increased rates of morbidity and mortality, and violence has been shown to exacerbate HIV transmission, among other health conditions (IGWG of USAID, 2006). While girls are the most visible survivors of sexual violence, they are far from being the only ones who suffer from the consequences: children of both sexes constitute the majority of abuse survivors, and adult men and the handicapped are minority groups who are often neglected in research and interventions. 

There is growing awareness of the links between sexual and gender-based violence, health, human rights and national development in East, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA). However, there are few programmes that simultaneously address the determinants and consequences of SGBV in an integrated and comprehensive manner, with responses being implemented separately by the NGO and public sectors, and by separate line ministries within national governments. In addition to this, few guidelines or frameworks exist to guide policymakers and programme managers in developing and implementing the comprehensive response necessary to address the health and criminal justice consequences of violence, and to reduce the determinants of violent behaviour within communities. Moreover, in most situations, organizations and ministries are undertaking activities without reference to or liaison with other key actors and networks within their country or more widely in the region.

This literature review is intended to inform partners in the Population Council-coordinated regional network that aims to develop a multi-sectoral and comprehensive response to SGBV in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. The review is structured around seven components collectively designed to meet the medical, psychological and justice needs of survivors of sexual violence. The components consist of a comprehensive review of region-specific policies, programmatic experiences and best practices relating to the appropriate medical management of sexual violence, enabling effective criminal justice responses to all SGBV cases, and the reduction of levels of violence at the community level.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:09:04 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Sexual and gender based violence in Africa: Key issues for programming</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/AfricaSGBV_KeyIssues.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), in its various forms, is endemic in communities around the world, cutting across class, race, age, religion and national boundaries. Exposure to gender-based violence and sexual coercion significantly increases girls', and women's risk of early sexual debut, experiencing forced sex, engaging in transactional sex, and unprotected sex. The impact of sexual and gender-based violence resonates in all areas of health and social programming: survivors of sexual violence experience increased rates of morbidity and mortality, and violence has been shown to exacerbate HIV transmission, among other health conditions. While women are the most visible survivors of sexual violence, they are far from being the only ones who suffer from the consequences: children of both sexes constitute the majority of abuse survivors reporting for medical and police services, and adult men and the handicapped are groups who are often neglected in research and interventions. 

This brochure summarizes the key points from a literature review on SGBV designed to inform partners across Africa. The review is a resource for developing a comprehensive model of care, support and prevention that partner countries can adapt, as a whole or in part. It is structured around a set of components that are collectively designed to meet the full range of survivors' medical, psychological and justice needs in an integrated manner, while contributing to community level prevention efforts.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:06:26 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Girls\' adolescence in Burkina Faso: A pivot point for social change</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/BurkinaFaso_Girls.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As closer attention is paid to the lives of adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, girls are found to be clearly disadvantaged, compared with their male counterparts. In Burkina Faso 74 percent of girls aged 15-19 cannot read (INSD and ORC Macro 2004). Burkinabé girls are frequently married at a young age, and more than one-third of married girls find themselves in polygamous unions as second or third wives, married to much older men. Understanding and recognizing girls' realities is an important first step in planning appropriate and meaningful interventions for them. Girls who are unmarried, "promised," engaged, or married face different constraints and merit different program approaches. This report aims to fill gaps in our knowledge regarding adolescent Burkinabé girls so as better serve the needs of this most vulnerable population.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:58:18 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Support by migrants to their elderly parents in rural Cambodia and Thailand: A comparative study</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/wp/pgy/002.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Population Council Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper no. 2. Internal migration in Southeast Asia raises questions about strains upon traditional systems of support for older adults. While remittances to parents’ households play a role in rural household economies, uncertainty remains regarding whether and under what circumstances children interact with their elderly parents. This paper focuses on the adult children of older persons living in rural Cambodia and Thailand and examines the determinants of personal visits, monetary remittances, and more general forms of household support. Analyses consider ways in which geographically distant children support parents, the extent to which characteristics of parents, children, and households enhance or detract from these intergenerational interactions, and how determinants of intergenerational interaction vary between the two countries. Comparisons between countries of conditions and characteristics of families provide insights into how social, economic, and cultural forces motivate provision of support to aging parents.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:38:13 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Providing new opportunities to adolescent girls in socially conservative settings: The Ishraq ...</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/IshraqFullReport.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Out-of-school girls are among the most disadvantaged adolescents in rural Upper Egypt. Compared with girls attending school, they are more likely to be engaged in poorly paid farm work, more likely to be married early, and at greater risk for early childbearing and poor pregnancy outcomes. To respond to their situation, the Ishraq program was designed: a holistic intervention to address the unmet needs of out-of-school adolescent girls. The pilot phase of Ishraq was launched in four rural villages of one of the country's poorest regions through the partnership of Caritas, the Center for Development and Population Activities, the Population Council, and Save the Children. This research report provides data from the baseline and endline surveys conducted during the pilot.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 13:32:05 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Teacher absence as a factor in gender inequalities in access to primary schooling in rural Pakistan</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/wp/pgy/001.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper no. 1. Public-sector education in many countries in western and southern Asia, including Pakistan, is characterized by separate schools for boys and girls at the primary and secondary levels. We examine the case of Pakistan, where primary school enrollment among girls in rural areas is substantially lower than among children in urban areas and boys in rural areas, owing to lack of access to government girls’ schools. Our focus is on teacher absence as a further barrier to schooling for girls. Absence rates among the all-female teachers in government girls’ schools are substantially higher than among the all-male teachers in government boys’ schools. In 1997, about 35 percent of teachers in government girls’ schools and 22 percent of teachers in government boys’ schools in our sample from Northwest Frontier Province and Punjab were absent during unannounced visits to schools. About 25 percent of enrolled girls and 17 percent of enrolled boys in government schools did not have a teacher present to teach their class. By 2004, the percentage of enrolled children without a teacher was lower because of reduced absences of teachers in both Punjab and NWFP, but the gender gap remained. Whether they teach in government or private schools, women who live in the same community as the school are substantially less likely to be absent. In government girls’ schools, better basic amenities are also related to lower teacher absence. Both findings suggest the importance of recent government investments in schools and the higher inter-village travel costs faced by women relative to men.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 13:27:03 +0100</pubDate>
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