For Boys, Deep Friendships May Have Lasting Health Impacts
New CCP-led brief suggests developing skills in empathy, interpersonal communication and reserving male-only spaces that promote deep connection can help boys long term.
New CCP-led brief suggests developing skills in empathy, interpersonal communication and reserving male-only spaces that promote deep connection can help boys long term.
In Liberia, CCP is working to reduce bullying, period stigma and other negative taboos associated with menstruation. “We want people to really get comfortable making menstruation part of normal discourse,” says CCP’s Lindsey Leslie.
A new report outlines the key considerations for countries conducting DHS Program surveys that seek to better understand individuals with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex characteristics.
“You need to save the future of your daughters by educating them,” one girl told community members. “I urge mothers not to subject their children to the same fate they have experienced. Please do not marry them off early.”
To remove some of the stigma associated with menstruation in the workplace, CCP is conducting a menstrual health and hygiene program in Kenya
In Indonesia, CCP and its partners created a comprehensive package of interventions for young adolescents to prevent gender-based bullying
New CCP research is meant to better understand what is behind the harmful practices of child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) in Uganda.
The center is a partner in a new five-year, $20-million USAID-funded project designed to support the overall health and well-being of young people.
“Conducting power analyses is only the beginning,” the authors write. “We also need to be transparent in socializing our findings and applying them to shift power imbalances.”
CCP’s Dominick Shattuck, a public health researcher, suggests the NFL use its massive audience to take on men’s health issues.
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