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.
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.
Young adolescent girl herding cattle in Amhara, Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
April, 2020
Exploring adolescents' experiences and priorities in Ethiopia under covid-19
This policy brief shares emerging findings from interviews with adolescents in Ethiopia in the context of covid-19.
Adolescent girls at school in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
January, 2020
The invisibility of adolescents within the SDGs
We present recommendations to bridge the gap in global data generated across the SDGs on adolescents and highlight the ways in which young people should be considered more explicitly.
Adolescent married girl in an informal tented settlement in Jordan. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
May, 2020
Exploring the impacts of covid-19 on adolescents in Jordan’s refugee camps and host communities
This policy brief shares emerging findings from interviews with adolescents in Jordan in the context of covid-19.
Young adolescent girl from the Rohingya refugee community in Bangladesh. Photo: Anna Dubuis/DfID
April, 2020
Age- and gender-based violence risks facing Rohingya and Bangladeshi adolescents in Cox’s Bazar
This policy brief discusses the age- and gender-based violence risks facing adolescents from Rohingya refugee and Bangladeshi host communities.
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.