Enabling a woman to make her own decision about having children -- independently from her husband -- can reduce unwanted pregnancies.

Sex workers who undergo a comprehensive training program focused on improved agency and psychological empowerment exhibit positive changes in self-esteem, outlook, future-orientation, and health and economic behaviors.

A public health campaign warning about the increased risk of HIV associated with older partners decreased teen pregnancy (a proxy for unprotected sex), while abstinence-only education did not.

Providing adolescent girls with access to menstrual cups in Nepal did not increase their school attendance or performance.

A village councilor’s caste was more salient than their gender in their decisions to determine access to water for low caste communities.

Asking consumers to share the cost of insecticide-treated nets, even a small amount, significantly decreases their use by pregnant women, which increases their risk of malaria.

The introduction of cable television improved the status of women in rural Indian communities.

Oportunidades only modestly increased the use of skilled attendants at the time of delivery among poor women in rural areas of Mexico—more by women who’d previously given birth.

Contraception use among use women at risk for unintended pregnancy increases 2 months after they were involved in a pregnancy prevention counseling intervention, but program effects diminish at 12 months. 

A school-based health program delivering iron supplementation and deworming medication increased girls’ school attendance.