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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

‘I want someone to ask me why I’m sad and to listen to me’: Adolescent psychosocial well-being in Jo...

This policy brief, which draws on mixed-methods data collected between 2018 and 2022 as part of the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) research programme, aims to contribute to this dialogue by strengthening the evidence base on the psychosocial well-being of adolescents in Jordan.

17th March 2023

2023-03-17 08:29:51

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

Do Gender-Based Pathways Influence Mental Health? Examining the Linkages Between Early Child Marriag...

Article examining the relationship between early child marriage and psychological well-being and assessing if intimate partner violence mediates this relationship among young women.

22nd March 2022

2022-03-22 17:32:41

Adolescents in Dhaka © Nathalie Bertrams

Exploring older adolescents' (age 15–19) perceptions about substance abuse in urban slums: Policy br...

Policy brief exploring the experiences of adolescents in urban slums in Bangladesh with substance abuse

7th June 2021

2021-06-07 12:41:04

Adolescent access to health services in fragile and conflict-affected contexts: The case of the Gaza...

This article explores adolescents’ access to health services in the Gaza Strip, and their experiences and perceptions of those services.

24th May 2021

2021-05-24 09:56:08

Adolescent girl fetching water in Amhara, Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE

‘They did not take me to a clinic’: Ethiopian adolescents’ access to health and nutrition informatio...

Changes in Ethiopian adolescents’ physical health, including nutrition and sexual and reproductive health, in the two years since the baseline.

20th November 2020

2020-11-20 04:49:07

Adolescent girl in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2020

Adolescents’ experiences of covid-19 and the public health response in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh

A rapid snapshot of adolescents’ knowledge and attitudes towards covid-19 in Bangladesh.

27th October 2020

2020-10-27 01:29:49

13-year-old girl living in an ITS in Jordan. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2020

Adolescents’ experiences of covid-19 and the public health response in Jordan

A rapid snapshot of adolescents’ knowledge and attitudes towards covid-19 in Jordan, and its impact on six capability domains.

28th September 2020

2020-09-28 23:56:15

Adolescent boy in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2020

Adolescents’ experiences of covid-19 and the public health response in urban Ethiopia

A rapid snapshot of adolescents’ knowledge and attitudes towards covid-19 in Ethiopia, and its impact on six capability domains.

24th September 2020

2020-09-24 12:15:59

Young adolescent girl in an IDP community in Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2020

‘I have nothing to feed my family…’: covid-19 risk pathways for adolescent girls in low- and middle-...

This report focuses on the short-term effects of covid-19 and associated lockdowns on adolescent girls and boys in LMICs.

12th August 2020

2020-08-12 02:22:11

Adolescent girl in Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2020

Experiences of vulnerable urban youth under covid-19: the case of youth living with HIV

This policy brief focuses on the impact of covid-19 on youth living with HIV in Ethiopia.

11th August 2020

2020-08-11 05:12:12

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

Refugee children at the ACF Emergency Operations Center in Kutupalong. Photo: European Union

'We didn't come here to eat. We came here to save our life': health and nutrition challenges facing ...

This policy brief discusses the age- and gender-based health risks facing adolescents within Rohingya refugee and Bangladeshi host communities.

20th June 2020

2020-06-20 02:43:01

Adolescent girls in Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE

Intersecting inequalities, gender and adolescent health in Ethiopia

Young people's overall health and access to information is shaped by intersecting social identities.

17th June 2020

2020-06-17 02:06:41

Exploring the impact of covid-19 on adolescents in the Gaza Strip

This policy brief draws on interviews with vulnerable young people in Gaza to understand the compounded effects of the pandemic and the pre-existing economic and political crisis.

4th June 2020

2020-06-04 02:04:51

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

Adolescent married girl in an informal tented settlement in Jordan. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE

Exploring the impacts of covid-19 on adolescents in Jordan’s refugee camps and host communities

This policy brief shares emerging findings from interviews with adolescents in Jordan in the context of covid-19.

5th May 2020

2020-05-05 01:15:56

Young adolescent girl herding cattle in Amhara, Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE

Exploring adolescents' experiences and priorities in Ethiopia under covid-19

Emerging findings from interviews with adolescents in Ethiopia in the context of covid-19.

27th April 2020

2020-04-27 02:30:02

Do restrictive gender attitudes and norms influence physical and mental health during very young ado...

This paper analyses the association between restrictive gender attitudes at the individual level and restrictive gender norms at the community level and physical and mental health in Bangladesh and Ethiopia.

22nd November 2019

2019-11-22 03:20:22

Adolescents in Jordan: health, nutrition and WASH

During adolescence – a time of rapid physical growth and change – young people need access to relevant health, nutrition,…

22nd July 2019

2019-07-22 09:08:25

Adolescents in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE

Adolescent psychosocial well-being and voice and agency in Dhaka, Bangladesh

The 2017–2030 Bangladesh National Strategy for Adolescent Health recognises mental health as one of the four priority areas along with…

5th July 2019

2019-07-05 02:52:18

Adolescent girl working in a recycling plant, Dhaka. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE

Adolescent health, nutrition and sexual and reproductive health in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bangladesh has made substantial progress toward the Millennium Development Goals related to health and nutrition, including increased rates of immunisation…

5th July 2019

2019-07-05 02:18:45