Transforming gender norms through life-skills programming in rural Ethiopia: Amhara case study

Short-term impacts and emerging lessons for adaptive programming. Amhara case study

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
13 January 2022
Country:
Ethiopia
Document Type:
Research Paper
Theme:
Governance and Conflict
First published:
1 April 2021
Authors:
Baird, S, Dutton, R, Hamory, J and Iyasu, A

Abstract

Life-skills programming that takes a gender-responsive approach is well-positioned to both build adolescents바카라 사이트™ skills and to empower them more broadly. Reviews of the impacts of club-based life-skills interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) find that they improve adolescents바카라 사이트™ educational, mental health and psychosocial outcomes, but also highlight important evidence gaps, particularly for interventions targeting very young adolescents (VYA; aged 10바카라 사이트“14 years).

The implementation and evaluation of Act With Her-Ethiopia (AWH-E) programming, targeting three diverse populations in Ethiopia, provides a critical opportunity to fill this evidence gap and contribute to understanding of 바카라 사이트˜what works바카라 사이트™ to influence adolescents바카라 사이트™ trajectories. AWH-E is a safe spaces curriculum-based group programme for girls aged 11바카라 사이트“13, with additional programming for boys and adolescents바카라 사이트™ support systems (including parents, community leaders and other community members) and system-strengthening initiatives.

The Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme is carrying out a longitudinal cluster randomised evaluation of the AWH-E programme in three regions of Ethiopia: Afar, Amhara and Oromia . This report is one of a series of three regional reports. It focuses on survey and qualitative research findings from South Gondar in Ethiopia바카라 사이트™s Amhara region, and concludes with recommendations for future programming.

This work is an output of the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme

Citation

Baird, S., Dutton, R., Hamory, J., Iyasu, A., Jones, N., Presler-Marshall, E. and Yadete, W. (2021) Transforming gender norms through life-skills programming in rural Ethiopia: short-term impacts and emerging lessons for adaptive programming. Amhara case study. Report. London: Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence.

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