Gender and
Adolescence:
Global Evidence
GAGE is the largest global study on adolescents, following 18,000 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.
December, 2019
Qualitative research toolkit to explore child marriage dynamics and how to fast-track prevention
Our new child marriage toolkit builds on existent tools and hones in on how to prevent child marriage – for girls and boys – and mitigate its impacts on adolescent girls.
Young adolescent girls in Afar, Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2019
January, 2020
GAGE Conceptual Framework: Second Edition
GAGE’s conceptual framework takes a holistic approach that pays careful attention to the interconnectedness of ‘the 3 Cs’: Capabilities, Change strategies and Contexts’.
Adolescent girls at school in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2019
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.
A mother and her baby in a camp in Cox’s Bazar for Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh. Photo: Mallika Panorat/European Union
December, 2019
The lives they lead: exploring the capabilities of Bangladeshi and Rohingya adolescents in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
In Cox’s Bazar, GAGE implemented the Cox’s Bazar Panel Survey to provide accurate data to humanitarian and government stakeholders involved in the response to the influx of 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.