Children, Youth and Gender

	Improving the Odds for Adolescents This report, written by Susan Wile Schwarz and Yumiko Aratani from the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), looks at how well the United States is currently meeting the... read more Posted on 11-09-2011

	Inequality and Social Justice Roundtable Consultation This report from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) synthesizes a high-level Consultation convened by IDS and the UN Millennium Achievement Fund that brought together leaders from the UN, NGOs,... read more Posted on 11-09-2011

	Who Speaks for Me? Ending Child Marriage In the last decade, 58 million young women in developing countries—one in three—have been married before the age of 18, many against their will and in violation of international laws... read more Posted on 10-01-2011

	Gender Equity and Girl Child in India India is primarily a patriarchal society with a small segment of the population that adheres to matriarchal beliefs and values. Within the national culture there exists a “son syndrome” which... read more Posted on 08-25-2011

	The Girl Up Campaign This month in EFC Talks, we continue discussing with Tamara Kreinin, the Executive Director of Women and Population at the United Nations Foundation, about the UNF’s project, Girl Up. Girl Up... read more Posted on 06-08-2011

	Video Interview with Tamara Kreinin on the Importance of Empowering Girls Tamara Kreinin, the executive director of women and population at the United Nations Foundation, is a critical resource and spokesperson on social justice, ranging from sexual and reproductive health, education,... read more Posted on 04-18-2011

	Adolescent Girls Conference: Exclusive interviews with conference participants Mayra Buvinic from World Bank, Sarah Stevenson from Plan International, Caren Grown from American University, Mary Racelis from Ateneo de Manila University, Judith Bruce from Population Council and Maria Regina... read more Posted on 07-11-2010

	Adolescent Girls Conference: Exclusive interview with Nick Kristof Equity for Children conducted and interview with New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Price Winner and the co-author of the best selling book "Half the Sky" Nicholas Kristof at the 5th... read more Posted on 06-22-2010

	Adolescent Girls Conference: What are some of the biggest challenges adolescent girls are facing? Conference participants Judith Bruce from Population Council, Mayra Buvinic from World Bank, Sarah Stevenson from Plan International and Rita Abadi from Mount Sinai SAVI Program talk about some of the... read more Posted on 06-22-2010

	Adolescent Girls - Cornerstone of Society Conference: Session 5 Session 5 at the Adolescent Girls - Cornerstone of Society Conference was titled "Gender Analyses of Emerging Trends". The session was opened by presentation "Will Global Climate Change Negotiations Advance... read more Posted on 06-13-2010

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The Feminization of HIV/AIDS
The 'feminization' of HIV/AIDS poses a multidimensional health and humanitarian crisis, which could impact human development and economic growth. The global HIV/AIDS pandemic highlights the importance of targeted health policies and program that address the needs of women and girls....

Girl's Education in the 21st Century

This publication discusses gender equality as a development issue. It argues that women’s economic empowerment is essential for economic development, growth, and poverty reduction not because of the income it generates, but because it helps to break the poverty...

The Girl Effect: Why Invest in Adolescent Girls?
The Girl Effect

The girl effect is a project that advocates for investments in adolescent girls on order to break the cycles of poverty that entrap families, societies and communities around the world. It argues that young girls are...