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Investing in adolescent girls: Key changes in the bilateral donor funding landscape - 2021 update
Our analysis underscores that post-pandemic investments are not reaching adolescent girls. This reinforces the urgency of increasing both advocacy and evidence on the importance of funding programming that targets adolescent girls.
18th September 2023
2023-09-18 14:34:01
Adolescent mother with her friend and baby, Oromia region, Ethiopia © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2023
Comprehensive sexuality education for the most disadvantaged young people: findings from formative r...
This paper explores the challenges faced by these groups of young people in accessing inclusive and age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health knowledge and services in the Ethiopian context and the implications for delivering CSE.
6th April 2023
2023-04-06 09:21:08
A boy in the Sholoshahore railway station, Chittagong, Bangladesh © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2023
Assessing the health, social, educational and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent...
This paper looks at a wide array of outcomes impacting adolescents’ daily lives including health (mental, physical, sexual and reproductive health, vaccine perceptions and overlap between these topics), social relationships (family and peer), education and socio-economic disparities.
6th April 2023
2023-04-06 06:47:09
Students with visual impairment in classroom, Ethiopia © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2023
Creating a better post-pandemic future for adolescents with disabilities
Adolescents with disabilities must have their needs prioritised in recovery and future pandemic responses to improve health, educational, and social outcomes.
21st March 2023
2023-03-21 07:12:46
First grader, at the age of 12, in a classroom, Afar, Ethiopia © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2023
Analysing Adolescent Education and Health Trajectories in Crisis Contexts: Examples From a Multi-Yea...
This article presents the methodological opportunities and challenges involved in analyzing such datasets, and seeks to offer insights for researchers undertaking qualitative longitudinal research.
24th February 2023
2023-02-24 10:37:34
Adolescent boys in Gaza city, Palestine © Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance 2021
Exploring the gendered mental health experiences of adolescents in Gaza during the Covid-19 pandemic
This article explores adolescent experiences in Gaza, drawing on mixed-methods research carried out in late 2020 in refugee camps (29%) and urban settings (71%).
18th January 2023
2023-01-18 11:32:46
A caption from Ebnat, Amhara region, Ethiopia © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2022
Youth, Gender and Climate Resilience: Voices of Adolescent and Young Women in Southern Africa
This paper draws on Feminist Participatory Action Research undertaken by adolescent girls in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Centred on access to education, the findings prompt a reframing of youth agency and empowerment beyond instrumental concerns to integrate intrinsic factors that include self-fulfilment, recognition from others, status, and self-resilience.
9th November 2022
2022-11-09 10:45:54
Improving pathways for girls and disadvantaged youth through secondary education and into work: Evid...
This article aims to synthesise insights from Mastercard Foundation's portfolio of programming in secondary education and situate these findings in the broader literature on equitable secondary education and preparing youth for the transition to work in sub-Saharan Africa.
1st November 2022
2022-11-01 15:55:38
Female students in a computer lab at school, Amhara region, Ethiopia © Nathalie Bertrams / GAGE 2020
User perspectives on digital literacy as a response to misinformation
The article focuses on how young people view and respond to misinformation online, and the role of digital literacy interventions to mitigate this challenge.
1st November 2022
2022-11-01 15:37:39
An 18-year-old Palestinian refugee from Ein El Hilweh camp, Lebanon © Marcel Saleh/GAGE 2022
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
UNICEF Jordan’s Makani programme: supporting students, building resilience
UNICEF Jordan’s Makani programme has evolved considerably since it was launched in 2015. It was initially designed to provide informal…
13th September 2022
2022-09-13 15:40:44
A Syrian girl working a field near her informal tented settlement © Marcel Saleh
‘Each one of us had a dream’: An exploration of factors supporting gender-responsive education and e...
This report aims to understand what sets the most successful young Syrian and Palestinian refugees apart from their peers.
12th July 2022
2022-07-12 16:34:26
Barriers to refugee adolescents' educational access during COVID-19: Exploring the roles of gender, ...
In this article, we adopt an intersectional conceptual framework to explore the roles gender and other social inequalities have played…
28th June 2022
2022-06-28 17:03:08
Girls selling peanuts on the street © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
Experiences of urban relocation and life in condominiums in Addis Ababa
This policy brief investigates the experiences of adolescents in Addis Ababa who relocated from inner-city areas to the suburbs.
23rd May 2022
2022-05-23 13:33:44
Girls in class in Chittagong © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
A green skills framework for climate action, climate empowerment, and climate justice
This article applies a critical feminist lens to understand how green skills have been conceptualised across the gender and adolescence, greening and sustainability, and education fields. It also integrates the perspectives of stakeholders from climate, education, and gender-focused multilateral, government, and non-governmental organisations working on green skills.
23rd May 2022
2022-05-23 13:15:41
12-year-old boys selling fruit near the zoo in Dhaka
Climate Risks and Truncated Opportunities: How Do Environmental Challenges Intersect with Economic a...
This article explores how limited integration of environmental, economic, and social aspects has affected the development of Rohingya refugee adolescents who were forcibly displaced from Myanmar to the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh.
13th April 2022
2022-04-13 10:50:57
Girls selling peanuts on the street © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
'A dream come true'? Adolescents’ perspectives on urban relocation and life in condominiums in Addis...
This paper investigates the experiences of adolescents in Addis Ababa who relocated from inner-city areas to the suburbs.
11th April 2022
2022-04-11 14:30:51
An adolescent girl in Kigali in Rwanda. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2020
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
A group of girls in Bangladesh © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2023
Identifying latent classes of empowerment among early adolescent girls and the factors that cultivat...
Empowering girls is an important goal in development but remains difficult to measure. This project develops survey-based empowerment measures…
22nd March 2022
2022-03-22 09:55:56
Young adolescent girl in Chittagong, Bangladesh © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
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.
14th March 2022
2022-03-14 10:47:23
Young adolescent girl in Amhara, Ethiopia © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
Adolescent lives in Ethiopia: what are we learning from longitudinal evidence?
Brief summarising what GAGE has learnt through longitudinal research in Ethiopia so far.
14th March 2022
2022-03-14 10:45:51
Young woman in a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh © UN Women/Allison Joyce
Adolescent lives in Cox's Bazar: what are we learning from longitudinal evidence?
Brief summarising what GAGE has learnt through longitudinal research in Cox's Bazar so far.
14th March 2022
2022-03-14 10:43:44
Adolescent boys in Wavel Camp, Lebanon © Elie Matar
Adolescent lives in Lebanon: what are we learning from participatory evidence?
Brief summarising what GAGE has learnt through participatory research in Lebanon so far.
14th March 2022
2022-03-14 10:41:46
Adolescent Syrian girls living in Jordan © Nathalie Betrtrams/GAGE
Adolescent lives in Jordan: what are we learning from longitudinal evidence?
Brief summarising what GAGE has learnt through longitudinal research in Jordan so far.
14th March 2022
2022-03-14 10:38:16
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Adolescent digital inclusion
Qualitative research toolkit to explore the experiences of adolescents during the covid-19 pandemic with regard to digital inclusion, with a focus on young people affected by forced displacement.
24th January 2022
2022-01-24 10:05:35
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Tackling digital exclusion among disadvantaged adolescents in Jordan
Report on findings from a rapid assessment of UNICEF Jordan’s digital inclusion programme for vulnerable adolescents attending Makani centres aiming to help address the digital divide.
24th January 2022
2022-01-24 10:04:49
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Disrupted education trajectories: Exploring the effects of Covid-19 on adolescent learning and prior...
The Covid-19 pandemic delivered an unprecedented shock to education systems globally, with school closures affecting 1.6 billion children. The need…
5th November 2021
2021-11-05 12:17:39
Young adolescent girls in Chittagong, Bangladesh © Nathalie Bertrams / GAGE
The Gendered Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescents’ Education and School-to- Work Transitions in Banglad...
The extended closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic is having a negative impact on adolescents. This impact…
13th October 2021
2021-10-13 16:50:13
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Absenteeism, Dropout, and On-Time School Completion of Vulnerable Primary School Students in Ethiopi...
While Ethiopia has seen a rapid expansion of school enrollment over the past 25 years, especially in primary education, dropout, absenteeism,…
21st September 2021
2021-09-21 16:21:49
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‘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
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‘Do Poor People’s Dreams Ever Come True?’ Educational Aspirations and Lived Realities in Urban Slums...
Bangladesh has made progress in advancing adolescent girls’ education, but there remain substantial evidence gaps around age and gender differences…
13th August 2021
2021-08-13 11:57:40
An adolescent girl who is blind in Amhara, Ethiopia © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2020
‘People consider us devils’: exploring patterns of exclusion facing adolescents with disabilities in...
This journal article explores the educational, bodily integrity and psychosocial outcomes of adolescents with disabilities in Ethiopia.
22nd July 2021
2021-07-22 22:56:29
Adolescent Syrian girl in an informal tented settlement in Jordan. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
How to maximise the impacts of cash transfers for vulnerable adolescents in Jordan
Jordan’s population grew considerably in the last decade, as it took in more than a million Syrians fleeing civil war…
12th July 2021
2021-07-12 17:28:12
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Intersecting barriers to adolescents’ educational access during COVID-19: Exploring the role of gend...
This article explores the social determinants of adolescents’ access to education during the COVID-19 pandemic in three diverse urban contexts in Bangladesh,…
5th July 2021
2021-07-05 17:40:11
Girls at school in Chittagong, Bangladesh © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2021
Adolescent experiences in Chittagong and Sylhet divisions, Bangladesh
To address adolescent-specific obstacles, including high female drop-out rates in secondary school, the government of Bangladesh (GoB) is implementing…
21st May 2021
2021-05-21 13:24:39
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 girl in Jordan. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams
‘Some got married, others don’t want to attend school as they are involved in income-generation’: ad...
The risks and opportunities adolescents face across four low- and middle-income country contexts after lockdowns.
8th April 2021
2021-04-08 00:54:33
Transforming gender norms through life-skills programming in rural Ethiopia: short-term impacts and...
A longitudinal cluster randomised evaluation of the Act With Her-Ethiopia programme in Afar, Ethiopia.
1st April 2021
2021-04-01 14:30:19
© Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2021
Exploring changing patterns in adolescents’ access to education and learning in Ethiopia: policy and...
Ethiopia has seen remarkable progress over the last decade in terms of adolescents’ access to education. The Ministry of…
31st March 2021
2021-03-31 13:23:00
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‘My husband can go to work and I will go to my school’: exploring changing patterns in adolescents’ ...
Ethiopia has seen remarkable progress over the last decade in terms of adolescents’ access to education. The Ministry of…
31st March 2021
2021-03-31 13:18:51
Sonia, 10 years, attends Arabic learning class in her local Makani centre. Photo: UNICEF
Exploring adolescent capabilities among the marginalised Dom community in Jordan
This report addresses the lack of data on the well-being of young people from the Dom community in Jordan.
14th March 2021
2021-03-14 09:00:46
Human rights education in humanitarian settings: opportunities and challenges
Non-formal education programmes and the extent to which they embed education about, through and for human rights.
3rd February 2021
2021-02-03 00:15:54
Young adolescent girl from the Rohingya refugee community in Bangladesh. Photo: Anna Dubuis/DfID
Exploring the impacts of covid-19 on Rohingya adolescents in Cox's Bazar: a mixed-methods study
This journal article explores how intersecting vulnerabilities faced by Rohingya adolescents in Cox's Bazar have been exacerbated by covid-19.
9th December 2020
2020-12-09 22:36:46
Adolescent girl in Bangladesh. Photo: Marcella Pasotti/GAGE
Adolescence in the time of covid-19: evidence from Bangladesh
The effects of COVID-19 and economic and educational disruptions on adolescent well-being in Bangladesh.
15th November 2020
2020-11-15 23:24:39
Students at Kokebe School in Addis Ababa. Photo: Alexandra Humme/GPE
Leave no adolescent behind: addressing inequities in educational attainment in rural Ethiopia
The factors that shape the educational trajectories of at‐risk populations in rural Ethiopia.
11th October 2020
2020-10-11 23:53:32
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Life skills for adolescent girls in the COVID-19 pandemic
Guidance on how to align the design, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of essential life skills programming for girls.
11th August 2020
2020-08-11 01:48:52
12-year-old girl in Nepal. Photo: Sanjana Shrestha/UN Women
Creation of the gender-equitable school index for secondary schools using principal components analy...
A gender-equitable school (GES) index to measure factors that may influence girls' secondary school pass rates.
29th June 2020
2020-06-29 00:35:26
Syrian girl in Lebanon. Photo: Kate Holt/EU ECHO
Double crisis: effects of a pandemic and economic crisis on Lebanon’s most vulnerable adolescents
This policy brief draws on interviews with vulnerable young people in Lebanon to understand the compounded effects of the pandemic and the pre-existing economic and political crisis.
19th May 2020
2020-05-19 02:37:56
A young Rohingya refugee girl in a UNICEF temporary learning centre funded by UKAid in Cox’s Bazar. Photo: Russell Watkins/DfID
‘I don’t have any aspiration because I couldn’t study’: exploring the educational barriers facing ad...
This brief synthesises findings on education and learning among Rohingya and host community adolescents from baseline research.
1st April 2020
2020-04-01 06:00:07
Students at school in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
Adolescent education and learning in Chittagong, Bangladesh
Bangladesh has made remarkable gains in the past 20 years in increasing access to education, especially at the primary level…
5th December 2019
2019-12-05 04:14:11
Two best friends sitting in the school yard, Chittagong, Bangladesh © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2019
Does non-formal education have lasting effects?
We compare insights concerning the nature and effects of these programmes in different contexts and reflect on transferable lessons.
2nd October 2019
2019-10-02 00:53:19
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Adolescents in Jordan: education and learning
The majority of Syrian adolescents are not attending secondary school in Jordan. This policy note highlights the fragility of adolescents’ educational aspirations and underscores the need for more support.
22nd July 2019
2019-07-22 08:27:24
Young adolescent students of a madrasa in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
Adolescent education and learning in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Over the last several decades, Bangladesh has invested heavily in girls’ education through government policy and programmes, which have worked…
5th July 2019
2019-07-05 02:02:03
Group of women and girls in Afar. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
Adolescent well-being in Ethiopia: exploring gendered capabilities, contexts and change strategies
Baseline synthesis report exploring adolescent girls’ and boys’ experiences in Ethiopia as they transition from early adolescence through puberty and into early adulthood.
21st May 2019
2019-05-21 02:53:35
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Adolescent education and learning in Ethiopia
Adolescents’ perceptions of and experiences with accessing education and learning services in Ethiopia
20th May 2019
2019-05-20 05:55:57
Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
Gender and regional inequalities in adolescent education and learning in Ethiopia
Adolescents’ educational aspirations, caregiver support for education, access to education, learning and educational transitions in Ethiopia.
20th May 2019
2019-05-20 02:54:51
A student studies in grade 8 at Shree Dharmasthali Lower Secondary School, Pokhara, Nepal. Photo: Jim Holmes/AusAID
Supporting girls' education: emerging baseline findings from an evaluation of 'Room to Read' in Nepa...
Preliminary findings from the baseline survey of Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program evaluation.
2nd December 2018
2018-12-02 13:40:21
Photo: Petterik Wiggers/Plan International
Accelerating adolescent girls' education and empowerment: a call for action to the G7
Catalysing global action on adolescent girls’ education and empowerment is essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and establishing foundations…
24th June 2018
2018-06-24 10:22:44
11 year old Manar and her friends at their damaged school in Gaza. Photo: Anas al Baba/Oxfam
'We girls also have ambitions!': exploring opportunities for and challenges to quality education for...
This briefing paper draws on findings from a Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) mixed methods research study to explore…
23rd December 2017
2017-12-23 23:40:16
Photo: Plan International
GAGE Rigorous Review: Girls' clubs, life skills programmes and girls' well-being outcomes
This rigorous review synthesises studies on the empowerment impacts of girls’ clubs and life skills programmes with a gender equality…
19th September 2017
2017-09-19 20:04:51