Authors: Fernando Althabe, et al.Publication Date: June 2015This article compares maternal and perinatal outcomes of adolescent mothers and mothers aged twenty to twenty-four years based on a prospective, population-based observational study of newborn outcomes in seven low-middle income countries. Learn More …
Authors: Gilda Sedgh, Lawrence B. Finer, Akinrinola Bankole, Michelle A. Eilers, and Susheela SinghPublication Date: February 2015 The purpose of this study was to examine pregnancy rates and outcomes (births and abortions) among 15- to 19-year olds and 10- to 14-year olds in all countries for which recent information could be obtained and to examine trends
Authors: Rebecka Lundgren and Avni AminPublication Date: 2014This review article examines the risk factors and drivers of gender-based violence among adolescents, including exposure to violence as a child and prior victimization, bullying, poor parental practices, harmful substance use, lack of female empowerment, controlling male behavior, and laws that perpetuate gender inequality. Learn More …
Authoring Agency: Women’s Refugee CommissionPublication Date: July 2015This report is intended to help humanitarian practitioners more effectively identify and address the unique needs of adolescent girls in displacement and crisis settings. It also provides donors and policy makers, who have the ability to drive change in humanitarian programming, with guidance on how to make sustainable
Authoring Agencies: Population Council and CHETNAPublication Date: 2014This study, drawing on a baseline survey conducted in 90 villages in Surendranagar district in Gujarat, explored the school experiences of adolescent girls in the last year of primary school and the first year of secondary school. It assessed the extent to which a supportive environment for schooling was available to these girls
