Oct 30, 2019 Mozambique

Taking “The Talk” to the Big Screen

This piece is a part of A360's replication series on the UK Aid-funded Vale-a-Pena project. With and for young people, Vale-a-Pena is...
Oct 16, 2019 Learning & Reflections

Gates Open Research: A360’s learning and partnership with Ethiopia’s Health Extension Program

In Ethiopia, A360's Smart Start supports the Health Extension Program to “catch-up” by serving all married girls aged 15-19 and their...
Sep 25, 2019 Learning & Reflections

Accelerating Toward the SDGs, one Smart Start at a Time

Today, Bill and Melinda Gates awarded PSI’s flagship youth-powered sexual and reproductive health (SRH) program in Ethiopia, Adolescents...
Sep 24, 2019 Learning & Reflections

Girls’ Lives are Theirs to Make

Our goal is to spark a world in which every girl is supported to achieve her dreams. Access to modern contraception is the...
Sep 24, 2019 Voices From the Field

A Voice, and A Choice

By Emma Beck, Associate Communications Manager, PSI “I want all Nigerian girls to have the same job opportunities as boys.” Beth...
Sep 23, 2019 Voices From the Field

Deliver on What Girls Want and Need, Today

By Emma Beck, Associate Communications Manager, PSI Peace needed birth control. But she didn’t know where to go. “I was...
Sep 23, 2019 Voices From the Field

Saturday is Girls-Only Day

By Emma Beck, Associate Communications Manager, PSI “Girls,” the 9ja Girls provider’s voice radiates with energy. “What does it...
Sep 23, 2019 Voices From the Field

At First, This Mother Was Skeptical. That’s Since Changed.

By Emma Beck, Associate Communications Manager, PSI When 9ja Girls first came to the Agbelekale Health Clinic, Mrs. Bolanle Falohun was...
Sep 23, 2019 Voices From the Field

We Must Not Overlook Adolescent Health

By Emma Beck, Associate Communications Manager, PSI “Ignorance kills,” Dr. Akintoba Adebayo Akintayo says gravely. “We cannot...
Sep 23, 2019 Voices From the Field

The girl-defined spaces breaking down taboos

By Emma Beck, Associate Communications Manager, PSI “The first time I got my period ,” Monsurat Ahmed-Ogundipe chuckles. “Well, my...