Creative Associates International's Rebecca Sewall, Ph.D., explains in Niger: Early marriage, High Birth Rates, Low Literacy Mean Greater Disenfranchisement for Women how early marriage is part of a tangled web, which eads to the lack of autonomy for women in Niger, and also why "it is no coincidence that countries with a high prevalence of early marriage are also those with the lowest rates of gender

Creative Associates International's approach to transformational governance aims to rebuild trust among actors in a governing system. Beyond improving service delivery, Creative helps to establish new relationships and recalibrate responsibilities between local governments and civil society with the goal of supporting societies to move beyond recovery to true resilience and growth.

Governance in the Republic of Mali is complicated by a history of attempts to devolve responsibility and authority among clashing ethnic groups that seek to be recognized and respected, and armed conflict, which remains ongoing in many of its central and northern communes, has upended the rules of local governance.The Mali Peacebuilding, Stabilization, and Reconciliation (PSR) project seeks to understand the complexity of Mali's governance system in 46 communes where it operates. Funded