2013

Authoring Agency: George Washington University Global Women’s InstitutePublication Date: 2013This brief provides a concise overview of select school-based interventions that aim to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG) or improve knowledge and attitudes that perpetuate VAWG.  It highlights effective, promising, and emerging interventions and examines multiple forms of violence against women and girls. Learn More …

Authoring Agencies: Department for International Development and Girl HubPublication Date: March 2013This paper provides a critical evaluation of the evidence available on how social norms can be used to promote behavior change. It synthesizes key evidence on integrated approaches to improving girls’ access to health care, economic assets, and education and preventing violence as a

Authoring Agencies: UNICEF, U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency, Together for Girls, and the Collaborating Centre for Operational Research and EvaluationPublication Date: 2013This report details the findings of the National Baseline Survey on Life Experiences of Adolescents performed in Zimbabwe in 2011. Learn More …

Authoring Agencies: Department for International Development and Girl HubPublication Date: February 2013This paper focuses on the benefits of strengthening poor adolescent girls’ ability to invest in and accumulate physical and financial assets.  It also analyses the effectiveness of programs working in this area of development. Learn More …

Authoring Agency: Girl HubPublication Date: October 2013This study identifies and prioritizes the country-specific constraints to higher return investments in adolescent girls – including obstacles for girls contributing to, and benefiting from, economic growth in Ethiopia. Learn More …

Authoring Agencies: The Population Council and the Coalition for Adolescent GirlsPublication Date: 2013This report is the first of its kind to examine the social and economic determinants of internal migration for adolescent girls in developing countries, and to identify the links between migration, risk, and opportunity. Learn More …

Authoring Agency: Council on Foreign RelationsPublication Date: May 2013This paper examines child marriage as not only a threat to the girls themselves, but also to the prosperity and stability of the countries in which the practice is prevalent.  It posits that child marriage undermines U.S. development and foreign policy priorities and threatens international cooperation. Learn

Authoring Agency: Let Girls LeadPublication Date: 2013This research investigates economic empowerment strategies for adolescent girls, analyzing data from a wide array of initiatives. This report identifies key findings from the field and develops recommendations to inform future program development for civil society organizations and funders working in the field of adolescent girls’ economic empowerment. Learn

Authoring Agencies: Department for International Development and Girl HubPublication Date: March 2013This paper looks at the evidence available on the alternative  multi-dimensional educational investments designed to build a diverse range of competencies in such a way as to empower adolescent girls. It highlights innovative and effective approaches to the problem of gender inequality and discrimination

Authoring Agencies: Aide et Action, the African Network Campaign on Education for All, FAWE, Plan International, and UNICEFPublication Date: 2013This report highlights the best practices of partner organizations involved in girls’ and women’s education in West Africa by reviewing strategies, initiatives, procedures, and behaviors that have generated good results. Learn More …