Gender Issues

Gender, or how societies define appropriate roles for men and women, girls and boys, is a critical lens of PRB's media work, publications, community building, and training activities.

PRB’s gender work spans the United States and the globe, from young women’s well-being across generations in the United States to violence against women around the world.

We write, edit, and produce print and multimedia materials that guide gender communities of practice globally. For 13 years, we moderated the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) website and listserv until it transitioned to another project in 2023, and we co-chaired the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Task Force. As a GBV Task Force co-chair, PRB organized events that apprise development experts of new research and best practices on a wide range of GBV issues, including child marriage, female genital mutilation/cutting, and sex selection at birth.