Global Lab for Research in Action Calls for Decriminalization of Sex Work
“Sex work is work. And evidence shows that when it is treated as such, everyone benefits,” states Shah and Rachel DuRose, a Global Lab intern.
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Improving the Health of Adolescent Girls Worldwide
In partnership with CEGA, new research from the Global Lab yields promising evidence on how to improve the health of adolescent girls worldwide.
Promoting Healthy Behavior Among Adolescents
Research from the Global Lab suggests new opportunities for promoting adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Tanzania
Examining the Macro Effects of MNREGA
New research from the Global Lab suggests that the introduction of MNREGA increased economic activity as measured by night-time lights and banking deposits, but mostly in richer districts
Webinar: Population Council’s 2021 Girls’ Education Roadmap Launch, featuring Prof. Shah
The global girls’ education community shares a common goal––to make sure all girls are in school, learning and thriving. Now more than ever, it’s time we share a common path.
New Brief: Health Outcomes Associated With Criminalization and Regulation of Sex Trade
Originally published via CHPRC On this International Sex Worker Rights Day, we examine the criminalization of commercial sex trade and frameworks seeking to regulate it across the globe. Preventing the spread of disease, including sexually transmitted infections and HIV, are powerful levers for justifying the existence of such laws. This brief seeks to answer the […]
Dr. Shah Presents at the Cornell University Virtual Seminar on the Economics of Risky Health Behaviors (VERB)
In the first VERB seminar of 2021, Global Lab Founder Dr. Manisha Shah presented her paper Regulating Sex Markets: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications. Watch the video recording here.
These Simple Health Strategies Are Reducing Intimate Partner Violence in Tanzania
Two health program methods are rarely used in Tanzania but have significantly reduced intimate partner violence in some communities, an ongoing study found. International development organization BRAC’s Tanzania chapter recently released data from a study conducted in partnership with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Global Lab for Research in Action. The project entitled […]
World Bank Blogs: Using district variation in COVID-19 lockdowns in India to assess their impact on violence against women
As noted by many, lockdowns can be an effective way of controlling a pandemic, but they come with costs. These costs are usually expressed in terms of economic losses — such as GDP declines or poverty increases. In their new NBER working paper, Saravana Ravindran and Manisha Shah study the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on violence against […]
VoxDev: How soccer and goals make better relationships
Lessons on gender parity and staying healthy reduced intimate partner violence and led goal-minded girls to choose age-appropriate and ‘better’ boys
