OPEN: The SAFE ENGAGE Project has established a Rapid Response mechanism to support advocates, experts, and decisionmakers in their efforts to advance evidence-based policy dialogue and expand access to safe abortion.
OPEN Request for applications from youth-led organizations with existing family planning advocacy efforts to partner with us on a short-term basis to create data-rich, visually compelling, and actionable communications materials.
COMING SOON: PRB and the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) accept application to the Policy Communication Fellows Program each spring. The program seeks to train the next generation of leaders shaping policy in their countries, learning local advocacy priorities and policy landscapes and how to tailor their research messages to relevant policy audiences.
COMING SOON: Women’s Edition brings together senior-level women editors, reporters, and producers from influential media organizations in developing countries to examine and report on pressing issues affecting women’s health and status. Up to 15 senior journalists from leading news media organizations around the developing world are competitively selected to participate in this activity.
COMING SOON: The U.S. Policy Communication Training Program builds on PRB’s 40-year legacy of training researchers to bridge the gap between research findings and the policy development process.
CLOSED October 9, 2020: Population Reference Bureau seeks two consultants, one Anglophone and one Francophone, to provide research and analysis assistance to upcoming editions of the Youth Family Planning Policy Scorecard (“Scorecard”).
CLOSED October 2019: GOAL Malawi and PRB will host a workshop to introduce active young advocates to the topic of population, environment, and development (PED), and teach them about evidence-based policy communication.
Senior Public Relations Manager
We build the capacity of individual journalists and youth activists to use data to more effectively communicate with their audiences to help shape public discourse on health, gender, and population issues.
As a U.S. Census Bureau partner we help inform policymakers, the media, and the public about the value of data from the decennial census and American Community Survey(ACS).
To learn more about our experts, please visit Leadership and Staff.
CNET | Feb. 19, 2021
PRB’s report on the digital divide in Appalachia, developed on behalf of the Appalachian Regional Commission was cited.
News Ghana | Feb. 19, 2021
PRB’s work with Ghana’s National Population Council on demographic dividends was highlighted.
Miami Herald | Jan. 14, 2021
PRB’s research on aging trends in the United States was cited.
(People Over 65 Will Be the Next to Receive the Coronavirus Vaccine in Florida)
Univision | Dec. 23, 2020
PRB’s research on aging trends in the United States was cited.
The Miami Herald | July 21, 2020
Beth Jarosz discussed the potential impact of President Trump’s Executive Order requiring the Census Bureau to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census population counts used for apportionment.
NPR | July 5, 2020
PRB’s report on self-response rates in areas at risk for undercounting young children in the 2020 Census was featured in the daily newscast.(Our segment begins at the 3:52 mark.)
Knowledge Success Blog | June 25, 2020
Kristen Patterson discussed the importance of supporting sustainable solutions led by local women and youth.
Motherly | March 11, 2020
Linda Jacobsen discussed research on why mothers do more housework when they have a partner in the home.
NJ.com | March 6, 2020
Mark Mather discussed reasons why young children are undercounted in the decennial census.
Vice President, U.S. Programs
Technical Director, Demographic Research
Senior Research Associate
Vice President, U.S. Programs
Chief Strategy & Growth Officer; Senior Vice President, International Programs
Associate Vice President
We work with a wide range of partners in sectors including government, nonprofit, research, business, and philanthropy. Our approach focuses on evidence, audience, and context.
For more than 30 years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has relied on PRB to build the capacity of organizations around the world to accurately and effectively convey messages to decisionmakers that propel changes in areas such as gender, family planning, and reproductive health. Our capacity-building approach supports partners on the journey to self-reliance. We work with longstanding partners to provide resources and limited, highly specific technical assistance. For those facing institutional challenges, we provide a full suite of support, including mentorship from peer institutions, technical training, and collaborative creation of communications materials.
Researchers and decisionmakers have relied on PRB’s expertise to oversee multiple programs for the U.S. Census Bureau since 2013. In partnership with the Census Bureau, PRB created and manages communities to support researchers, data users, and policymakers working with American Community Survey (ACS) data; organizes annual ACS Data Users conferences; and plays a key role in the creation of Census Bureau data products.
PRB’s manages multiple complex technical programs for several partners and clients around the world each year.
Since 2012, PRB has worked in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau to increase knowledge and use of American Community Survey data by establishing and maintaining an ACS Data Users Group and Online Community of more than 2,000 members.
PRB leads this USAID-funded program supporting improvements in voluntary family planning and reproductive health activities, providing health and cost benefits to USAID priority countries. (Photo: Kate Holt/MCSP)
Working with local partners PRB builds champions, bridges sectors, and distills evidence to ensure that family planning, reproductive health, and population issues are recognized as key to sustainable and equitable economic growth and development.
