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.
GAGE on refugees
Explore our latest insights and research on adolescent refugees.
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.
South Sudanese refugee girls create collages as part of a participatory workshop in Uganda. Photo©Audrey Taylor, HRC (2020)
May, 2021
Child Marriage in Humanitarian Crises: Girls and Parents Speak Out on Risk and Protective Factors, Decision-Making, and Solutions
This report presents the findings of a study undertaken to provide humanitarian practitioners with the first-of-its-kind, youth-centered guidance on how to prevent and respond to child marriage in displacement settings.
Adolescent girls in Oromia, Ethiopia (c) Nathalie Bertrams / GAGE
May, 2021
Multi-Level Programming Aimed at Gender Norms Transformation to Improve Capabilities of Young Adolescents in Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial
Pre-analysis plan for the short- and medium-term impacts of the impact evaluation of Act With Her program in Ethiopia for Very Young Adolescents.
Adolescent girl in Jordan. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams
April, 2021
‘Some got married, others don’t want to attend school as they are involved in income-generation’: adolescent experiences following covid-19 lockdowns in low- and middle-income countries
The risks and opportunities adolescents face across four low- and middle-income country contexts after lockdowns.
Young adolescent girls in Chittagong, Bangladesh © Nathalie Bertrams / GAGE
April, 2021
Adolescents’ experiences of covid-19 in Chittagong and Sylhet divisions, Bangladesh
Policy brief presenting findings from rapid-response research in Dhaka to gain an understanding of vulnerable and underprivileged adolescents’ lives during the pandemic.
Adolescent experiences of COVID-19
Explore our latest insights and research on how vulnerable adolescents are coping during the coronavirus pandemic.
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.