Adolescents with disabilities Enhancing resilience and delivering inclusive development
Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) is a nine-year (2015-2024) mixed-methods longitudinal research
programme exploring the gendered experiences of young people aged 10-19 years. We are following the lives of 18,000
adolescents in six focal countries, two each in Africa (Ethiopia, Rwanda), Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal) and the Middle East (Jordan, Lebanon).
GAGE aims to generate new evidence on ‘what works’ to transform the lives of adolescent girls and boys to enable them to move out of poverty and exclusion, and fast-track social change. GAGE research involves the most vulnerable adolescents, including adolescent refugees, adolescents with disabilities, those out of school, married girls and adolescent mothers.
The results will support policy and programme actors to more effectively reach adolescent girls and boys to advance their wellbeing and what is needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, including the commitment to Leave No One Behind.
The GAGE consortium, managed by the Overseas Development Institute, convenes 35 research, policy and programming
partners globally and is funded by UK Aid from the UK government.
About ODI
ODI is an independent, global think tank, working for a sustainable and peaceful world in which every person thrives. ODI harnesses the power of evidence and ideas through research and partnership to confront challenges, develop solutions, and create change. ODI’s work addresses four key global challenges – poverty and inequality, economies and work, sustainability, and conflict and fragility – and explores the tools and approaches needed to enable progress and address risks. Our multidisciplinary approach combines research, advisory work, convening and communications.
