Publications
Abriendo Oportunidades Strengthens Government Education Programming for Indigenous Girls in Guatemala For over 15 years, Abriendo Oportunidades has partnered with national and local authorities to improve educational prospects for indigenous girls. In Guatemala, evidence and ongoing technical assistance have helped strengthen and expand the Ministry of Education’s alternative education programs for adolescents, ensuring they are… Read More »
We are calling on funders of all types and sizes – foundations, governments and others – to stand with adolescent girls and young women during and after this global pandemic. Visit the Joint Statement and Recommendations created by the Child, Early & Forced Marriage and Unions and Sexuality Working Group, and Partners. The global pandemic… Read More »
Summit’s Equality for Women and Girls Program is pleased to share its November 2019 report Unlocking Possibilities for Girls. The report describes much of our partners’ work from 2012 to the present, primarily in Mesoamerica.
The Youth Investment, Engagement, and Leadership Development (YIELD) Project report, Young People Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health: Toward a New Normal, finds that making this happen will require young people’s participation and leadership at every level in youth sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) initiatives—from ideation to implementation…. Read More »
Rise Up activates girls, youth, and women to transform their lives, families, and communities for a more just and equitable world by strengthening leadership, investing in local solutions, and building movements. Rise Up began by investing in 38 leaders in Guatemala and Honduras. In the past ten years, they’ve grown to a global network of… Read More »
This evaluation focuses on projects supported by Rise Up in Honduras and Guatemala. Rise Up is an organization that has programming in 15 countries worldwide and supports leadership and advocacy programs for and with adolescent girls and women to enable them to advocate for meaningful change in their lives and communities. The advocacy activities encompass… Read More »
Control and regulation of sexuality – in particular adolescent girls’ sexuality – is a critical and often unaddressed manifestation of gender inequality that exists across different cultural contexts and communities around the world. In response to the limited discussion of sexuality in the global discourse on child, early and forced marriage and unions (CEFMU), 41… Read More »
Established in 1990, FUNDAECO is a Guatemalan organization dedicated to the conservation of the nature and the promotion of sustainable community development. FUNDAECO promotes the establishment and management of protected areas, promotes the conservation of biodiversity through biological research and monitoring, environmental education and political advocacy. In 2009, in response to the socioeconomic situation and… Read More »
A collaboration between the World Health Organization and John Hopkins University, this longitudinal study spanned 15 countries, with experts around the world attempting to understand the factors in early adolescence (such as sexual health, mental health, empowerment, school retention) that predispose young people to sexual health risks. For more information about the study, please find… Read More »
De la Normativa a la Práctica: la Política y el Currículo de Educación en Sexualidad y su Implementación en Guatemala, June 2017.
Additional reports from the Guttmacher Institute can be found here…. Read More »
Expanding on the results outlined in the Million’s Learning Report, the Millions Learning Case Studies provide a more in-depth look at 12 of the programs from the previous report… Read More »