• $225,000Active Strategy

  2012 (Duration 2 years)

  Girls' Secondary Education in Developing Countries

  NEW YORK, NEW YORK — The Population Council, along with local partner organizations, will design, pilot and test an intervention in the state of Gujarat in India that seeks to increase girls' transition to secondary education and improve learning outcomes through a program of mobilizing parents and communities using public campaigns and mobile phone technology.

• $115,000Active Strategy

  2012 (Duration 2 years)

  Population & Reproductive Health

  NEW YORK, NEW YORK — The Population Council proposes research that focuses on enabling a better understanding of the determinants of sexual and reproductive health behaviors and practices that take place among young people as they transition into adulthood. The project builds on data and insights obtained from a research project previously conducted by the International Institute for Population Sciences and the Population Council, namely, the "Youth in India: Situation and Needs" study. This follow-up survey, which will be conducted in the state of Rajasthan, seeks to provide more evidence-based lessons for programs and policies intended to advance young people's sexual and reproductive health and rights.

• $2,200,000Active Strategy

  2011 (Duration 3 years)

  Population & Reproductive Health

  NEW YORK, NEW YORK — To advance maternal and young people's reproductive health in India, Nigeria, Mexico, and globally (over three years).

The MacArthur Foundation awarded Population Council $2,540,000 between 2010 and 2013.