Evidence Project
By Julia Greene
The Evidence Project uses implementation science—the strategic generation, translation, and use of evidence—to improve family planning policies, programs, and practices.
Region: Global
Today’s Research on Aging, Issue 38: Sleep, Health, and Aging
(2018) Sleep may be as important to health in old age as diet and exercise. Numerous studies have shown that sleeping too much or too little is associated with mortality among older adults.
Policy Brief. Fertility Intentions: Getting the Right Insights by Asking the Right Questions
(2018) Over the last 50 years, family planning (FP) has created opportunities for women and girls to increase schooling, labor force participation, occupational choice, and wages, so they can build better lives for themselves and their families.
Population, Health, and Environment Approaches Enhance Youth Leadership and Development
(2018) Youth constitute a large share of the world’s population. According to the United Nations, 33 percent of the global population is between the ages of 10 to 29.
Policy Brief. Population, Health, & Environment Approaches: Enhance Youth Leadership & Development (PDF)
(2018) Young people are critical to achieving global development goals such as the Sustainable Development Goals, Family Planning 2020, and the 2008 Abuja Call to Action, as well as national development plans.
Interactive: Population, Health, & Environment Approaches: Enhance Youth Leadership & Development
Young people are critical to achieving global development goals such as the Sustainable Development Goals, Family Planning 2020, and the 2008 Abuja Call to Action, as well as national development plans.
FGM/C and Its Health Consequences: Implications for Policy, Advocacy, and Investment
This web feature offers a clear understanding of the health effects of FGM/C to provide direction for future investment by donors, highlight important knowledge gaps for further research, help medical professionals identify and manage complications, and strengthen advocates’ messages.
Interactive. Understanding the Impact of Medicalisation on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Advocacy Tools to End Gender-Based Violence in Mali
Although Mali has ratified most major international and regional human rights treaties, and its constitution defends women’s rights, the country has yet to formally pass a law criminalizing gender-based violence (GBV).