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Girls Speak - A New Voice in Global Development

By the International Center for Women's Research - In Girls Speak: A New Voice in Global Development, Margaret E. Greene, Laura Cardinal and Eve Goldstein-Siegel draw together girls’ voices as a call to the development community - from programmers to policymakers - to understand girls’ perspectives, needs and priorities and to work with girls to provide them with the means to reach their goals.

Start with a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health

The report highlights serious health risks that are especially prevalent among women and girls, calls for increased action and investment in girls’ education and health agendas, and explains how the combined help of governments, non-governmental organizations, individuals and the private sector, can improve health prospects for millions of women around the world.

The Shape of Things to Come: The Effects of Age Structure on Development

By Population Action International Reports- In 2007, Population Action International (PAI) published 'The Shape of Things to Come: Why Age Structure Matters to a Safer, More Equitable World.' Here, PAI updates and extends the analysis. Three case studies on Haiti, Yemen and Uganda examine the challenges specific to countries with very young age structures and recommend policy solutions.

New Lessons: The Power of Educating Adolescent Girls

By The Population Council- For 15 years, the development community has known about the radically high return of investing in girls’ education, yet little light has been shown on the intersection of education and adolescent girls. This report fills that gap.

Girls Count: A Global Investment and Action Agenda

By The Center for Global Development- Launched by the United Nations Foundation and the Nike Foundation in 2005, the Coalition's goal is to offer fresh perspectives, diverse resources, and concrete policy and program solutions to the challenges facing adolescent girls in developing countries. Our first step? Uncover adolescent girl–specific data and insights to drive meaningful action.

Girls’ Success: Mentoring Guide about HIV and AIDS (2009)

By AED - Center for Gender Equity- This is the second volume of the series of mentoring guides "Girls’ Success: Mentoring Guide about HIV and AIDS".

On The Map: Charting the Landscape of Girl Work, ICRW 2010

By International Center for Research on Women- The United Nations Foundation and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) have worked for many years to advance girls around the world. Recognizing the recent growth in girl-related attention and investment, ICRW undertook an initial mapping exercise in 2009 to understand more about the current landscape of “girl work” in the developing world. This paper presents the key findings from this exercise.

Power Within: Empowering Girls to Learn and Lead (2009)

By CARE- A backgrounder on CARE's new PowerWithin program. The project aims to help 10 million vulnerable girls complete primary school and benefit from girls’ leadership.

Good Intentions: The Beliefs and Values of Teens and Tweens Today (2009)

By Girl Scouts of the United States of America- This study is situated within the larger context of social research conducted over the last 20 years on the impact of religion, parenting styles, gender differences, and self-esteem on the lives of youth.

Because I am a Girl Report Series

By Plan International- Because I am a Girl is Plan's campaign to fight gender inequality, promote girls' rights and lift millions of girls out of poverty.

A Study on Violence Against Girls, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre and the Government of The Netherlands, March 2009

By UNICEF- Report on the International Girl Child Conference, 9–10 March, 2009, The Hague, the Netherlands.

Girls’ Success: Mentoring Guide for Life Skills (2009)

By AED - Center for Gender Equity- This guide is for mentors in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East who dedicate themselves to enhancing the lives of the girls and boys in their countries.

Girls’ Education in the 21st Century: Gender Equality, Empowerment and Economic Growth, The World Bank 2008

By The World Bank- This book is based on the background papers developed for the symposium titled 'Education: A Critical Path to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment' put on by the World Bank on October 2–3, 2007.

Change it Up! What Girls Say About Redefining Leadership (2008)

By Girl Scouts of the United States of America- Change It Up! presents findings from a national study of girls and boys on a broad spectrum of issues related to leadership: how they define it; their experiences, failures, and successes with leadership experimentation; their aspirations, hopes, and fears; the effect of gender biases and stereotypes; and predictors of leadership aspiration. From the evidence of this report, girls are clearly saying that we need to “change it up” in how we define and think about leadership.

The New Leadership Landscape: What Girls Say About Election 2008

By Girl Scouts of the United States of America- The Girl Scout Research Institute (GSRI), building on its comprehensive survey of girls’ leadership conceptions and aspirations, “Change It Up! What Girls Say About Redefining Leadership” (2007), decided to explore the impact of this election on girls’ leadership aspirations.

Girls Discovered: Global Maps of Adolescent Girls

By The Center for Global Development- This comprehensive online resource allows visitors to explore interactive maps and data focused specifically to adolescent girls. Drill deep into details like health, education, population, social, economic, legal status and more.

Exploring Girls’ Leadership (2007)

By Girl Scouts of the United States of America- The Girl Scout Research Institute has embarked on a body of work to explore how girls understand leadership and what it means to be a leader, and to further the mission of Girl Scouts of the USA: Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.

New Insights on Preventing Child Marriage, ICRW 2007

By International Center for Research on Women- This report is for policy-makers and development practitioners working on or planning a future program to prevent child marriage. New insights on risk and protective factors will help program designers find points of intervention to prevent child marriage. The program scan offers a better understanding of what programs currently exist and how to expand efforts.

The Role of Schools in Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Adolescents in Developing Countries (2007)

By Population Council- This paper reviews the state of knowledge about relationships between schooling and adolescent reproductive health.

Investing When it Counts: Generating the evidence base for policies and programmes for very young adolescents (Guide and tool kit), UNFPA and Population Council 2006

By United Nations Population Fund- This guide builds on the momentum generated from an international meeting on very young adolescents held in Geneva in 2003.