Voice and Agency Publications

‘Had I been a girl it would have been a big problem’: An intersectional approach to the social exclu...

This paper focuses on intersectionality-informed participatory and qualitative research. Through two case studies we explore the ways that gender, disability, and refugee status intersect to produce particular experiences of social exclusion, which in turn highlight entrenched and complex structural inequalities.

6th April 2023

2023-04-06 11:29:28

15-year-old girl who work in the garment industry, Bangladesh © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2022

Investing in adolescent girls: mapping global and national funding patterns from 2016-2020

In this report, we present findings from this mapping exercise undertaken at the global and country levels (Ethiopia and Bangladesh), drawing on published data on donor official development assistance (ODA) flows complemented by key informant interviews with donors.

18th January 2023

2023-01-18 10:41:07

Adolescents in the abyss of Lebanon’s worst economic crisis: A focus on Lebanese and Palestinian ado...

This report focuses on Palestinian and Lebanese adolescents’ access to education and learning, and their opportunities to exercise voice and agency, highlighting the impact of the Lebanese crisis on their lives.

23rd September 2022

2022-09-23 01:03:54

‘I Wish Someone Would Ask Me Questions’: The Unheard Voices of Adolescents with Disabilities in Jord...

The Sustainable Development Goals and the Leave No One Behind agenda involve a commitment to ensure the participation of persons…

10th September 2021

2021-09-10 16:27:08

Girls club in Rwanda. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE

Agency and Empowerment for Adolescent Girls: An Intentional Approach to Policy and Programming

As national governments roll out covid response plans, an opportunity arises to recast adolescent girls’ programmes and development policies to…

15th July 2021

2021-07-15 13:57:46

Young adolescent girls in Chittagong, Bangladesh © Nathalie Bertrams / GAGE

Adolescents’ experiences of covid-19 in Chittagong and Sylhet divisions, Bangladesh

Policy brief presenting findings from rapid-response research in Dhaka to gain an understanding of vulnerable and underprivileged adolescents’ lives during the pandemic.

16th April 2021

2021-04-16 15:04:48

Adolescent girls at the centre

Generation Equality Action Coalition priorities for adolescent girls in the context of the covid-19 pandemic.

Adolescent Girls Investment Plan (AGIP)

18th January 2021

2021-01-18 23:34:57

Country research team in Jordan. Photo: Agnieszka Malachowska/GAGE

Challenging power dynamics and eliciting marginalized adolescent voices through qualitative methods

This journal article focuses on the issues that emerge when engaging with young adolescents that are marginalized both in research and within their own communities.

13th December 2020

2020-12-13 10:46:07