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.
Focus group discussion with adolescent girls in Sindhupalchowk. Photo: Fiona Samuels/GAGE 2020
November, 2020
The gendered experiences of adolescent girls working in the adult entertainment sector in Nepal
The gendered experiences of adolescent girls working in the adult entertainment sector in Nepal.
Photo: BIGD
December, 2020
New forms of adolescent voice and agency through ICT and mobile phone use
The implications, both positive and negative, of mobile phone and internet use for adolescent voice and agency in Bangladesh.
GAGE on refugees
Explore our latest insights and research on adolescent refugees.
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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.