Gender and
Adolescence:
Global Evidence
GAGE is the largest global study on adolescents, following 20,000 girls and boys in developing countries to understand what works to enhance adolescent capabilities and empowerment.
NEW PODCAST SERIES
This podcast series provides space for adolescents and young people to discuss their experiences of participation, civic engagement, activism, resistance and leadership in relation to disability, climate change, conflict, gender justice, and human rights.
In the first episode, listen to Evelyn, a young Kenyan activist for girls’ sexual and reproductive rights, discussing how to overcome the barriers that young women face in exercising voice and agency.
Publications
Explore our latest research on adolescent well-being. Based on the GAGE Conceptual Framework, our work is divided into six 'capability domains': education; health and nutrition; freedom from violence and bodily integrity; psychosocial well-being; voice and agency; and economic empowerment.
Adolescents in Afar, Ethiopia © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2023
September, 2023
‘Mind the Gaps’: Exploring Regional and Gender Patterns in Threats to Ethiopian Adolescents’ Bodily Integrity
This article uses a capabilities framework to address an important data gap on violence against adolescents in Ethiopia.
(c) Nathalie Bertrams_2023
July, 2023
Protocol for a multi-country implementation research study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to train and support facilitators to deliver sexuality education to young people in out-of-school settings
We present the protocol for a multi-country implementation research study in Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Malawi to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to prepare and support facilitators to deliver CSE in out-of-school settings.
Image taken by a participatory researcher in Jordan @ GAGE 2023
July, 2023
Disrupting global commitments to eradicate poverty and hunger: Covid-19 and its effects on adolescent physical and mental health in Jordan and Palestine
This article draws on mixed-methods data collected through phone-based surveys and in-depth qualitative interviews carried out in 2020 with adolescents (aged 12–19 years) from host and refugee communities in Jordan and Palestine.
A 16-year-old girl who is pregnant with her first child, Rwanda © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2023
June, 2023
‘There is no single day I am relaxed in my heart’: GAGE findings on the lives of adolescent mothers
This brief aims to highlight young mothers’ vulnerabilities and explore how services and programming might be better tailored to meet their needs.
Experiences of adolescent refugees
Here you can explore our latest insights and research as we shine a light on the needs of vulnerable adolescent refugees.
How GAGE works
By combining quantitative and qualitative research exploring adolescents’ gendered experiences with longitudinal impact evaluations testing programme effectiveness, GAGE aims to explore what strategies are most effective in transforming adolescent girls’ and boys’ lives at specific junctures during the second decade of life.