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Girls’ Education and Voluntary Family Planning: The Best Investments for Development and Security in the Sahel
Comment in Nature: Avert Catastrophe Now in Africa’s Sahel
Governments worldwide must invest in girls’ education, family planning, agriculture and security in this vulnerable region.
By Alisha Graves, Lorenzo Rosa, Abdoul Moumouni Nouhou, Fadji Maina & Djimé Adoum
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2024
- Jul 15, 2024 Understanding and Ending Child Marriage Jul 15, 2024
- Jun 13, 2024 Landscape assessment of the availability of medical abortion medicines in India Jun 13, 2024
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2023
- Dec 24, 2023 Local solutions for combatting child marriage in Northern Nigeria Dec 24, 2023
- Dec 24, 2023 Your inheritance is your education Dec 24, 2023
- Oct 17, 2023 UNESCO Knowledge Briefs on Center for Girls’ Education (CGE) Oct 17, 2023
- Oct 3, 2023 Young Men’s Transition to Adulthood: Relationship Formation and Marriage in Maradi, Niger Oct 3, 2023
- Sep 24, 2023 The Fight for Girl’s Education and Family Planning in Niger Sep 24, 2023
- Apr 18, 2023 Availability of medical abortion medicines in eight countries: a descriptive analysis of key findings and opportunities Apr 18, 2023
- Apr 9, 2023 In‑country availability of medical abortion medicines: a description of the framework and methodology of the WHO landscape assessments Apr 9, 2023
- Mar 20, 2023 Green sex for climate's sake Mar 20, 2023
- Mar 8, 2023 Message a l'occasion de la journée internationale de la femme Mar 8, 2023
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2022
- Nov 3, 2022 The Time to Act is Now: Invest in Girls' Education and Voluntary Family Planning Nov 3, 2022
- Jul 8, 2022 Hilin Mu (Safe Spaces for In-School Girls) Program Evaluation Results – 2019-2021 Jul 8, 2022
- Jul 1, 2022 Drawdown’s Health and Education Solution: The cascading benefits of access to universal education and voluntary family planning Policy Brief Jul 1, 2022
- May 13, 2022 Aperçu du programme: Des espaces sûrs pour les filles scolarisées May 13, 2022
- May 13, 2022 Program Brief: Safe Spaces for Married Adolescents May 13, 2022
- Apr 14, 2022 Program Brief: Safe Spaces for In-School Girls Apr 14, 2022
- Apr 14, 2022 News Release: OASIS, Population Media Center, and Centre for Girls Education Collaboration for Married Adolescents in Nigeria Apr 14, 2022
- Jan 3, 2022 OASIS colleague and Friend of Sahel, Sani Ayouba, on why family planning for young, unmarried people is important in Niger Jan 3, 2022
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2021
- Nov 4, 2021 “What future for the Western Sahel?” Richard Cincotta and Stephen Smith Nov 4, 2021
- Oct 26, 2021 Whole Earth Discipline: Population - Growth, Stabilization, or Bust? Live Panel Discussion featuring OASIS Founder Alisha Graves Oct 26, 2021
- Oct 15, 2021 “Demography and Health in the Context of Climate Change” Alisha Graves, Nouhou Abdoul Moumouni, and Malcolm Potts Oct 15, 2021
- Oct 13, 2021 20 Ressources essentielles de PF/SR pour les programmes francophones Oct 13, 2021
- Aug 27, 2021 “Q&A with Alisha Graves” OASIS founder and executive director featured in Population Matters magazine Aug 27, 2021
- Jul 22, 2021 Conversation with Alisha Graves on Girls’ Education and Rights, and the Global Education Summit: Co-Founder, OASIS Initiative Jul 22, 2021
- Jul 21, 2021 News Release: Global Education Summit Spotlights Girls’ Education and Family Planning in the Sahel Jul 21, 2021
- Jun 1, 2021 Infographic: Family Planning and Girls’ Education in the Sahel Jun 1, 2021
- Apr 13, 2021 “Navigating Contraceptive Use Among Married Adolescents in Northern Nigeria’s Conservative Context: Ethnographic Research and Gender Assessment of Matasa Matan Arewa (MMA)” Daniel Perlman et al. Apr 13, 2021
- Apr 6, 2021 From Niger to NASA: Dr. Fadji Zaouna Maina, OASIS board member, interviewed by the UN Apr 6, 2021
- Apr 5, 2021 Saving mothers’ lives with misoprostol in Chad, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria: References to accompany proposal to Unitaid Apr 5, 2021
- Mar 11, 2021 Methodological Note: A Fulcrum for the Future Mar 11, 2021
- Mar 11, 2021 A Fulcrum for the Future - Girls’ Education and Voluntary Family Planning: The Best Investments for Development and Security in the Sahel Mar 11, 2021
- Mar 11, 2021 Un pilier pour l’avenir : l’éducation des filles et la planification familiale volontaire – les meilleurs investissements pour le développement et la sécurité au Sahel Mar 11, 2021
- Jan 27, 2021 Endgame 2050 Live Panel Discussion featuring OASIS President Alisha Graves Jan 27, 2021
- Jan 25, 2021 Accelerating a Demographic Transition in the West African Sahel: Approaches, obstacles, and recommendations Jan 25, 2021
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2020
- Nov 16, 2020 “Pre-2000: What global catastrophic risk researchers can learn from the history of global catastrophic risk.” Malcolm Potts at the Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk 2020 Nov 16, 2020
- Sep 24, 2020 OASIS Board Member Dr. Fadji Maina becomes Niger’s first NASA scientist Sep 24, 2020
- Sep 21, 2020 "Man Orders 34-Foot Condom" Ep. 48 The Overpopulation Podcast with Malcolm Potts and Alisha Graves Sep 21, 2020
- Apr 21, 2020 “Investing in Girls and Women Could Set Stage for Peace, Development in Sahel” Alisha Graves in New Security Beat Apr 21, 2020
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2019
- Nov 13, 2019 “Avert catastrophe now in Africa’s Sahel” co-authored by OASIS team in Nature Nov 13, 2019
- Jan 1, 2019 “Child Marriage, Fertility, and Family Planning in Niger” Daniel Perlman et al. Jan 1, 2019
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2018
- Nov 1, 2018 “How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming” TED Talk with Katharine Wilkinson Nov 1, 2018
- Sep 18, 2018 “Creating Safe Spaces for Girls in Rural Niger” OASIS featured in Ms. Magazine Sep 18, 2018
- Aug 7, 2018 Drawdown Agenda Episode 3: Women & Girls with Alisha Graves Aug 7, 2018
- Jun 12, 2018 “For safety and security in Niger, solutions must flow upstream” Malcolm Potts, Alisha Graves and Serge Michailof in The Hill Jun 12, 2018
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2017
- Nov 29, 2017 “Cultural debate over harassment is a step in human evolution” Malcolm Potts in San Francisco Chronicle Nov 29, 2017
- Oct 1, 2017 “Understanding and Ending Child Marriage: Insights from Hausa Communities” Daniel Perlman et al., World Bank Oct 1, 2017
- Jun 9, 2017 “We need access to the Pill, not a war on birth control” Malcolm Potts in San Francisco Chronicle Jun 9, 2017
- Apr 18, 2017 “Health and Education” Alisha Graves in Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Apr 18, 2017
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2016
- Nov 1, 2016 “Pathways to Choice: Delaying Age of Marriage through Girls’ Education in Northern Nigeria” Daniel Perlman et al. Nov 1, 2016
- Nov 1, 2016 Women's Empowerment and Global Health: A Twenty-First-Century Agenda Nov 1, 2016
- Sep 1, 2016 Research Briefs on the Sahel Resilience Learning Project Sep 1, 2016
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2014
- May 21, 2014 “Getting family planning and population back on track” Malcolm Potts in Global Health Science and Practice May 21, 2014
- May 15, 2014 “Population and climate change: who will the grand convergence leave behind?” Alisha Graves, Malcolm Potts, et al. in The Lancet May 15, 2014
- Mar 22, 2014 “Training Traditional Birth Attendants on the Use of Misoprostol and a Blood Measurement Tool to Prevent Postpartum Haemorrhage: Lessons Learnt from Bangladesh” Ndola Prata, Paige Passano et al. Mar 22, 2014
- Feb 25, 2014 "Condoms and Climate": A discussion with Alan Weisman and Malcom Potts on Climate One Feb 25, 2014
- Jan 1, 2014 “Community-level Distribution of Misoprostol to Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage at Home Births in Nothern Nigeria” Natalie Williams, Ndola Prata et al. Jan 1, 2014
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2013
- Nov 7, 2013 “Population and Climate Change: Empowering 100 Million Women” Malcolm Potts and Alisha Graves, UN Climate Change Conference Nov 7, 2013
- Sep 20, 2013 “Big issues deserve bold responses: Population and climate change in the Sahel” Malcolm Potts and Alisha Graves in African Journal of Reproductive Health Sep 20, 2013
- Jul 25, 2013 “New hope: community-based misoprostol use to prevent postpartum haemorrhage” Ndola Prata, Paige Passano, Malcolm Potts in Health Policy and Planning Jul 25, 2013
- Jun 13, 2013 “The Sahel: A Malthusian Challenge?” Malcolm Potts et al. in Environmental and Resource Economics Jun 13, 2013
- Apr 24, 2013 “Crisis in the Sahel: Possible Solutions and the Consequences of Inaction” 2013 OASIS Conference Report Apr 24, 2013
- Apr 11, 2013 “Why Bold Policies for Family Planning are Needed Now” Malcolm Potts, Martha Campbell et al. in Contraception Apr 11, 2013
- Jan 25, 2013 The Impact of Freedom on Fertility Decline Jan 25, 2013
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2012
- Dec 22, 2012 Criticism of misguided Chu et al. article Dec 22, 2012
- Dec 14, 2012 Training traditional birth attendants to use misoprostol and an absorbent delivery mat in home births. Dec 14, 2012
- Oct 18, 2012 Global warming and reproductive health Oct 18, 2012
- Sep 25, 2012 “Do Economists Have Frequent Sex?” Martha Campbell and Malcolm Potts in Population Press Sep 25, 2012
- Sep 23, 2012 The remarkable story of Romanian women’s struggle to manage their fertility Sep 23, 2012
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2011
- Oct 20, 2011 Book Review of “Sex Before the Sexual Revolution: Intimate Life in England 1918–1963” Oct 20, 2011
- Sep 24, 2011 A Woman Cannot Die from a Pregnancy She Does Not Have Sep 24, 2011
- Jul 12, 2011 A new hope for women: medical abortion in a low-resource setting in Ethiopia Jul 12, 2011
- Jun 3, 2011 Niger: Too Little, Too Late Jun 3, 2011
- May 11, 2011 The impact of vouchers on the use and quality of health care in developing countries: a systematic review May 11, 2011
- Apr 14, 2011 Where There Are (Few) Skilled Birth Attendants Apr 14, 2011
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2010
- Sep 17, 2010 Praying for Divine Intervention: The Reality of “The Three Delays” in Northern Nigeria Sep 17, 2010
- Sep 10, 2010 Antenatal Care and Skilled Birth Attendance in Three Communities in Kaduna State, Nigeria Sep 10, 2010
- Sep 4, 2010 Maternal mortality in developing countries: challenges in scaling-up priority interventions. Sep 4, 2010
- Aug 4, 2010 Setting priorities for safe motherhood interventions in resource-scarce settings Aug 4, 2010
- Jun 23, 2010 Are the population policies of India and China responsible for the fertility decline? Jun 23, 2010
- Jun 21, 2010 Abortion perspectives Jun 21, 2010
- May 26, 2010 Avoidable maternal deaths: Three ways to help now May 26, 2010
- May 22, 2010 Maternal mortality: one death every 7 min May 22, 2010
- Feb 10, 2010 THE POPULATION FACTOR: How does it relate to climate change? Feb 10, 2010
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2009
- Oct 29, 2009 Where next? Conclusion for ‘The impact of population growth on tomorrow’s world’ Oct 29, 2009
- Oct 27, 2009 The theoretical and political framing of the population factor in development Oct 27, 2009
- Sep 9, 2009 Editorial for ‘The impact of population growth on tomorrow’s world' Sep 9, 2009
- Jun 17, 2009 Freedom Closes the Gap Jun 17, 2009
- May 22, 2009 Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Options for Home Births in Rural Ethiopia May 22, 2009
- Apr 16, 2009 Saving maternal lives in resource-poor settings: Facing reality Apr 16, 2009
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2008
- Oct 9, 2008 Global Population Growth: Is it Sustainable? Oct 9, 2008
- Sep 19, 2008 Response to letters re: “Reassessing HIV Prevention" Sep 19, 2008
- Aug 21, 2008 Atlas of Contraception Aug 21, 2008
- Aug 7, 2008 Review of Connolly’s Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population Aug 7, 2008
- Jul 24, 2008 The origins and future of patriarchy: the biological background of gender politics Jul 24, 2008
- May 16, 2008 Letter: Effect of Contraceptive Access on Birth Rate May 16, 2008
- May 9, 2008 Reassessing HIV prevention May 9, 2008