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.
Adolescent experiences of COVID-19
Explore our latest insights and research on how vulnerable adolescents are coping during the coronavirus pandemic.
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.
Adolescent married girl with her two children in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams
December, 2020
Through their eyes: exploring the complex drivers of child marriage in humanitarian contexts
This report explores the drivers of child marriage in humanitarian settings and how tailored policy and programming might reduce it.
Adolescent girl in Amhara, Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams
December, 2020
‘Girls don’t shout if they are raped… that is taboo’: exploring barriers to Ethiopian adolescents’ freedom from age- and gender-based violence
Changes in Ethiopian adolescents’ bodily integrity and freedom from age- and gender-based violence, in the two years since the baseline.
Sonia, 10 years, attends Arabic learning class in her local Makani centre. Photo: UNICEF
March, 2021
Exploring adolescent capabilities among the marginalised Dom community in Jordan
This report addresses the lack of data on the well-being of young people from the Dom community in Jordan.
Shopar (19) taking care of his doves in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
March, 2021
Revisiting the impact of covid-19 on adolescents in urban slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh: round 2
How adolescents and their families experienced the lockdown and income loss in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
GAGE on refugees
Explore our latest insights and research on 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.