Mahama refugee camp in Rwanda, whose population is predominately Burundian, has
registered a rapid rise in pregnancies among girls between 13 and 15 years. In Rwanda …

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 …

Despite its cultural and biological importance, limited knowledge about menstruation and
cultural taboos in many contexts mean that menarche often brings fear and stigma. In …

Objectives To explore how adolescent and young men negotiate the complex realities of
lives to explain their pathways into and reasons for early marriage in urban slums of …

1 The Bangladesh formative work involved 175 adolescents due to practical and security
constraints at the time of fieldwork. Although our understanding of the risks and …

In this chapter we consider why education systems have not yet achieved equitable access
and learning for all girls, despite high-level government commitment. Taking Ethiopia as a …

This study purposed to investigate the lived experiences of out of school teenage mothers
during pregnancy, and post-delivery in Rusororo Sector, Gasabo district, Kigali City. It is a …

Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls argues that women and girls are
vulnerable across all areas of society, and that therefore a commitment to end violence …

Ethiopia has made remarkable progress in expanding access to education over the past two
decades. The budget allocated to education has doubled, and with greatly expanded …

Existing evidence suggests that most Ethiopian adolescents have experienced at least one
form of ageor gender-based violence (Pankhurst et al., 2018; Save the Children, 2011), and …