Rwanda Publications

‘They Say it was Her Fault… This is Not True!’ Using Vignettes With Adolescent Girls to Collectively...

We find that vignettes can be an empowering tool, both in raising ‘unspoken’ issues girls face and in creating the opportunity for girls to collectively work out pathways to accountability in a context where sexual violence is widespread but underreported.

6th February 2023

2023-02-06 08:39:37

17-year-old adolescent mother who lives alone in Rwanda. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2020

‘If She’s Pregnant, then that Means that Her Dreams Fade Away’: Exploring Experiences of Adolescent ...

Adolescent motherhood can alter the future opportunities available to girls and the challenges they face. This article considers how adolescents’…

13th August 2021

2021-08-13 12:03:28

An adolescent girl in Kigali in Rwanda. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2020

Exploring adolescent girls’ and boys’ capabilities and the role of adolescent empowerment programmin...

This policy brief summarises research about adolescent girls and boys well-being in both rural and urban communities in Rwanda.

31st August 2020

2020-08-31 00:00:46

Adolescents from Batu, Ethiopia © Nathalie Bertrams / GAGE 2021

Disentangling urban adolescents' vulnerability to age- and gender-based violence through a capabilit...

This chapter contributes to efforts to fill this evidence lacuna by exploring how adolescent girls and boys experience age-based and gender-based violence in two East African low-income countries: Ethiopia and Rwanda.

27th October 2020

2020-10-27 02:37:08

Adolescent pregnancy and sexual reproductive health and rights in Rwanda

This policy brief aims analyses the drivers, patterns and impacts of pregnancy on adolescents in Rwanda.

31st August 2020

2020-08-31 00:00:33

Group discussion with role model girls on FGM at Erubti Woreda, Afar Regional State. Photo: Mersha/UNICEF Ethiopia

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Ethiopia and Rwanda: a qualitative exploration of the r...

This article seeks to address the dearth of evidence on early adolescent understandings and experiences of sexual and reproductive health…

11th March 2019

2019-03-11 12:07:17

Adolescent girl carrying her sibling on her back while selling charcoal in Gihembe refugee camp, Northern Province, Rwanda. Photo: Simpunga Manzi Didier

Leave no one behind: shining a spotlight on adolescent Congolese refugees in Rwanda

To deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals, and its ‘leave no one behind’ agenda, it is necessary to shine a…

6th March 2019

2019-03-06 18:55:11

Adolescent girls' capabilities in Rwanda: a synopsis of the evidence

This digest brings together evidence from two GAGE rapid country reviews and summarises what is known about Rwandan adolescent girls’…

19th December 2017

2017-12-19 21:24:47

Adolescent girls’ capabilities in Rwanda: the state of the evidence on programme effectiveness

This rapid country evidence review brings together key evidence on the effectiveness of interventions seeking to support the capability development…

19th December 2017

2017-12-19 21:09:15

Policy and legal analysis notes: a review of the National Policy against Gender-Based Violence in Rw...

Rwanda has seen impressive advances in integrating gender equality and fighting gender-based violence (GBV) in recent years. This has included…

10th December 2018

2018-12-10 14:55:15

Girl asks question, Kabilizi School, Ngoma, Rwanda. Photo: Dining for Women/Flickr

Adolescent girls' capabilities in Rwanda: the state of the evidence

Produced as a resource to inform GAGE programming and to be used by researchers, programme designers and policy makers, this…

19th December 2017

2017-12-19 20:52:51

Teen girls, Kigali, Rwanda. Photo: Dining for Girls

Exploring Rwandan adolescents' gendered experiences and perspectives

This brief summarises the findings of GAGE’s formative qualitative work in Rwanda—which took place in 2016 in three contrasting communities.

10th October 2017

2017-10-10 16:41:51

Teaching and learning for life skills development: Insights from Rwanda’s 12+ programme for adolesce...

This paper examines the pedagogical practices that develop life skills by drawing on lessons from Rwanda’s 12+ programme, a non-formal life skills programme for adolescent girls.

22nd March 2022

2022-03-22 16:56:05