The development objective of the Human Capital Project for Guinea-Bissau is to improve utilization of quality social services, particularly for children (0-10 years), pregnant women and adolescent girls...
This cluster-randomized trial in Côte d’Ivoire examined multi-sectoral approaches to improving adolescent girls’ empowerment (AGE). Safe spaces offering life skills and sexual and...
A pesar de una tasa que ha ido disminuyendo lentamente (en comparación con otras regiones), América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) sigue teniendo la segunda tasa más alta de embarazo adolescente...
The development objective of the Enhancing Health System Transformation (GUEST) Project for Guinea is to improve the utilization of quality reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health...
Using a cluster-randomized trial, this paper evaluates the impact of group-based interpersonal therapy on mental health and human capital accumulation among adolescent girls in Uganda who were at risk...
This paper provides a narrative review of social protection policies for youth (ages 15–24) in low- and middle-income countries; assesses the state of the evidence on their impacts; and provides...
Teen pregnancies are common in Latin Americaand the Caribbean and pose risks for the motherand her future family. Though it has fallen, theregion has the second highest teen pregnancy ratein the world...
As taxas de gravidez na adolescência no Brasilestão entre as mais altas da América Latina. A taxaatual, de 68,4 casos para cada 1.000 adolescentesseapresenta-se acima da média mundial...
Teenage pregnancy rates in Brazil are among thehighest in Latin America. The current rate of 68.4per 1,000 adolescents lies well above the worldaverage of 46 per 1,000 and is higher than the LatinAmerican...
Las tasas de embarazo adolescente en Brasil se encuentran entre las más altas de América Latina.La tasa actual de 68,4 por cada 1,000 adolescentes se encuentra muy por encima de la media ...
This study uses a cluster-randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of a large-scale women and girls empowerment program on sexual and reproductive health and empowerment outcomes in Côte...
The Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report is an annual report presenting the latest, most reliable data and estimates of stillbirths, all-cause child and adolescent mortality, and child and adolescent...
This compendium presents the results of a 3-year program instituted in Uganda to assess the status of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) services and to propose recommendations...
Adolescence is a dynamic period of biological development and social change, and also a period when adolescent girls are at risk of school dropout, early marriage, pregnancy, and gender-based violence...
Overlapping crises such as climate change, the ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, regional conflicts and rising global food insecurity exacerbate the inequalities faced by adolescent girls, ...
This document analyzes the indirect costs of mental health for adolescents and young adults in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region and its potential impact in lowering human capital in the...
Gender gaps in Togo cut across many dimensions. Inequality starts in childhood, when girls are disadvantaged in access to schooling because of prevalent social norms and gender roles. It continues into ...
Gender gaps in Togo cut across many dimensions. Inequality starts in childhood, when girls are disadvantaged in access to schooling because of prevalent social norms and gender roles. It continues into ...
The development objective of the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment Project for Nigeria is to improve secondary education opportunities among girls in targeted areas in participating ...