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: GAGE podcast series | Episode #2
Adolescents in crisis: unheard voices is a five-part podcast series that shines a light on the millions of adolescents around the world who are forced to flee their homes. It draws on our research and a recent book ‘Adolescents in Humanitarian Crisis: Displacement, Gender and Social Inequalities’.
NEW: GAGE Special Issue
A new European Journal of Development Research Special Issue explores adolescent experiences across diverse LMICs, including conflict-affected contexts, drawing on unique mixed-methods data from the GAGE longitudinal study.
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.
© Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
October, 2021
Adolescent psychosocial well-being in Ethiopia: implications for policy and programming from the GAGE midline data
This brief synthesises findings from the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme’s midline data collection in Ethiopia, which took…
Adolescents at a school sports day in Amhara, Ethiopia © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
October, 2021
‘My morale has been broken’: Exploring Ethiopian adolescents’ psychosocial well-being
This report synthesises findings from the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme’s midline data collection in Ethiopia, which…
Animal trading in Forobaranga, West Darfur, Sudan. Credit Image by Albert González Farran/UNAMID - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
October, 2021
Issue brief: Resilient Generation: supporting young people’s prospects for decent work in the drylands of east and west Africa
This brief reviews opportunities for young people in the drylands of Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia, Sudan and Mali to…
A young Borana woman with her goats in Borana, Ethiopia. Photo: ILRI Zerihun Sewunet, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
October, 2021
Resilient generation: Supporting young people’s prospects for decent work in the drylands of east and west Africa
This report reviews opportunities for young people in the drylands of Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia, Sudan and Mali to…
Young adolescent girl in Jordan © GAGE/Nathalie Bertrams
September, 2021
Adolescents, youth and the SDGs: what can we learn from the current data?
The 2030 Sustainable Development Goal framework, premised on the goal to leave no one behind, centres the global development…
Adolescent internally displaced girls in Ethiopia © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2020
June, 2021
Adolescents in Humanitarian Crisis. Displacement, Gender and Social Inequalities
Adolescents in Humanitarian Crisis investigates the experiences of adolescents displaced by humanitarian crisis. The world is currently seeing unprecedented levels of…
Adolescent experiences of COVID-19
Explore our latest insights and research on how vulnerable adolescents are coping during the coronavirus pandemic.
Adolescent 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.