Adolescence is increasingly recognised as a critical period for capacity growth, one which
presents development actors with a unique opportunity to alter life trajectories across …

This book offers practical approaches to improve and empower the lives of at-risk, low-
income, urban-based girls and young women. It does this by presenting successful projects …

Childhood, adolescence and early adulthood remain for many girls and young women a
period of deprivation, danger and vulnerability, resulting in lack of agency and critical …

Adolescence (from the ages of 10 to 19 years) is a critical stage of human development
during which children experience rapid social, physical, psychological, and emotional …

Ethiopia has one of the youngest populations in the world, with over half of its citizens under
20 years of age. Over the past two decades, it has made remarkable progress in increasing …

This paper examines youth vulnerabilities, with a particular emphasis on low-and middle-
income countries. It touches on the challenges confronted by young people exposed to …

Girls are receiving increasing attention from international development actors. However, this
attention has been insufficiently analyzed within development studies. Therefore, this article …

Adolescence is a pivotal time in a girl's life when girls develop a range of political, economic,
familial, psychosocial, physical and educational capabilities enabling them to make their …

Vulnerability has been a guiding narrative to state interventions towards children and their
families in New Zealand. This article shows how this progressive notion has been …

1.1 Background Adolescent1 pregnancy is commonplace in many countries. An estimated
14 million women aged 15–19 years gave birth each year in 1995–2000, with 12.8 million …