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.
Zaatari 2018 Innovation Lab © Herwig UNICEF 2017
July, 2022
Youth economic security, skills and empowerment: Learning from positive outliers among youth affected by forced displacement in Jordan
Findings from mixed-methods research that explores displaced adolescents' economic aspirations and experiences in Jordan.
August, 2022
COVID-19 and the gendered impacts on adolescent wellbeing: Evidence from a cross-sectional study of locally adapted measures in Ethiopia, Jordan, and Palestine
This study highlights that the pandemic has exacerbated underlying gender inequalities across adolescents in three very different settings, and that existing social safety nets are not adequate to fully address these impacts, particularly for the most vulnerable.
A Syrian girl working a field near her informal tented settlement © Marcel Saleh
July, 2022
‘Each one of us had a dream’: An exploration of factors supporting gender-responsive education and economic empowerment pathways for refugee youth in Lebanon
This report aims to understand what sets the most successful young Syrian and Palestinian refugees apart from their peers.
Young adolescent girl in Chittagong, Bangladesh © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
March, 2022
Adolescent lives in Bangladesh: what are we learning from longitudinal evidence?
Brief summarising what GAGE has learnt through longitudinal research in Chittagong and Sylhet so far.
Adolescent experiences of COVID-19
Explore our latest insights and research on how vulnerable adolescents are coping during the coronavirus pandemic.
Experiences of adolescent refugees
Here you can explore our latest insights and research as we shine a light on the needs of vulnerable 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.