Blogs
12th August 2019
Adolescent experiences of school violence in Jordan: insights from GAGE Jordan qualitative researche...
On #YouthDay, researchers discuss the patterning of violence in schools in Jordan.
1st April 2019
My first experience at the 63rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
It was clear from the outset that CSW was going to be an important learning opportunity.
CSW63 Closing Session. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
1st April 2019
CSW63: Did it deliver for adolescent girls?
Reaching agreement on wording that all 193 Member States are happy with is no mean feat.
CSW63 Closing Session. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
1st April 2019
CSW63: What was achieved? What more needs to be done to promote gender-responsive social protection ...
CSW63 was an opportune moment to take stock of what we know about social protection.
Photo: Rebecca Reid
27th February 2019
Research with adolescents with disabilities in Palestine
Given that young people with a disability face considerable discrimination and stigma in the Palestinian context, we wanted to prioritise…
Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID
27th February 2019
How to help families help their adolescent daughters
Many of today’s families are parenting their adolescent girls in a world they could have never imagined for themselves. Arguably,…
27th February 2019
CSW62: Did it deliver for adolescent girls?
In March this year, GAGE researchers and staff attended the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New…
Picture by Graham Crouch/Girls Not Brides
27th February 2019
Girls Not Brides: Second Global Meeting
The imperative of tackling child marriage has risen rapidly up the development agenda over the past decade and the energy…
Photo: Pippa Ranger
27th February 2019
Insights from the IAAH 2017 conference on adolescent health
What does the future hold for adolescent health? In October 2017, more than 1,100 people from over 60 countries met…
Photo: European Commission
26th September 2018
GAGE at the 2018 European Development Days
The European Development Days (EDD) is a two-day development fair organised by the European Commission, the executive body of the European…
26th August 2018
GAGE video and photography workshop
GAGE aims to develop country specific videos and images that are representative of the communities it works within and of…
26th August 2018
International Youth Day: Creating safe spaces
Sunday marks 19 years of celebrating International Youth Day (IYD), designated by the United Nations as the day to recognise…
26th July 2018
Adolescent girls working in the adult entertainment sector (AES) in Nepal
NISER with ODI, has been conducting research on adolescents since 2012, focusing particularly on…
Photo: Girls in school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
26th March 2018
International Women's Day 2018: GAGE country perspectives
International Women’s Day (IWD) has been taking place, across the world, for over 100 years. It is recognized by the …
26th March 2018
2018 ECOSOC Youth Forum: leaving no adolescent girl behind?
GAGE was recently invited to participate in the 2018 United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum, held at…
An adolescent girl attends a girls’ club meeting in Afar, Ethiopia. Photo: UNICEF Ethiopia
26th February 2018
GAGE Ethiopia's qualitative research team on FGM/C
Changing circumcision practices are positive, but there is a long way to go to achieve eradication… FGM/C is believed to…
26th December 2017
Supporting academic writing for early career researchers
Dr Laura Camfield, Professor of Development and Research and Evaluation at the University of East Anglia (UEA), tells us about…
26th November 2017
Mapping journeys of adolescent service users in Gaza
GAGE researchers in Gaza have been mapping the services available to adolescents by making use of open source online mapping…
26th November 2017
Adolescent girls' and boys' refugee experiences in Rwanda
Marie Francoise Umutoni, from FATE Consulting Rwanda, has been awarded GAGE funding to conduct research with adolescents in refugee camps.
26th November 2017
Reflections from the field: Kifah Bani Odeh
Kifah Bani Odeh has worked as a qualitative researcher in the Middle East with the GAGE programme since its inception…
26th November 2017
Addressing children's vulnerabilities in humanitarian situations
Universal Children’s Day is celebrated on November 20 each year. This important recognition day commemorates the UN General…
Nepali girl. Credit ADB CC
26th November 2017
Can mixed methods promote evidence-informed policy-making for women’s empowerment?
This blog by Innovations for Poverty Action summarises discussions from a researcher gathering on measuring women’s empowerment in impact evaluations. Read the…
Nepali girl. Credit ADB CC
26th November 2017
Can mixed methods promote evidence-informed policy-making for women’s empowerment?
This blog by Innovations for Poverty Action summarises discussions from a researcher gathering on measuring women’s empowerment in impact evaluations. Read the summary…
An adolescent girl attends a girls’ club meeting in Afar, Ethiopia. Photo: UNICEF Ethiopia
26th October 2017
Five ways girls’ clubs improve adolescent girls’ well-being
Rachel Marcus, GAGE Evidence Synthesis Lead, explores the key findings and implications from the recent rigorous evidence review of girls’…
Girl students discuss their issues a Girl's Club meeting at Oda Aneso Primary School 10 April, 2014. Pastorlist in Afar and Oromia region of Ethiopia, Alternative Basic Education Center
26th October 2017
GAGE, girls' clubs and gaps: what's next?
What are the key takeaways for GAGE from the evidence review of girls’ clubs and life skills programmes? How will…
School girl in a classroom. Credit: GPE/Stephan Bachenheimer
26th October 2017
Lessons learned from Plan International's Girl Power Programme
This blog explores Plan International’s experiences in delivering the Girl Power Programme including lessons learnt from Nepal and Sierra Leone.
Adolescent girls in Jordan. Photo: UNICEF USA
26th September 2017
Empowering youth through technology: UNICEF Innovation Labs in Jordan
GAGE will be working with UNICEF in Jordan to measure the impact of their adolescent-focused programming for adolescent girls. One…
Photo: Adolescents in a ICT class. Credit: World Bank, Namibia 2007.
26th August 2017
Pros and cons of digital media in girls' lives in the global South
Spreading from high- through to middle- and low-income countries, adolescents are going online more, and more frequently, as they gain…
Photo: An adolescent girl from Gaza. Credit: Rebecca Reid / Overseas Development Institute ©
26th June 2017
What is it like for girls to grow up in Occupied Palestine?
This collection of photos by adolescent girls explores how adolescent girls and young women in Gaza deal with social and…
Classroom in Nepal. Credit: Plan International
26th June 2017
Changing parents' attitudes towards girls' education in Nepal
Nepal has achieved gender parity in primary education, reflecting changing attitudes among parents towards the value of their daughters’ education.