Gender, power and progress: how norms changeResearch reports and studies | December 2020 | Caroline Harper, Rachel Marcus, Rachel George, Sophia M. D’Angelo and Emma SammanThis report is about gender norms and the ways gender equality, women’s and girls’ rights, and norms that shape those rights, have progressed over time. Downloads
Study: 33 per cent of Homa Bay teens pregnant or mothersMedia | 29 November 2020 | The Standard Find out more
Kenya: Survey - Poverty Behind Early Exposure to Sex in Homa BayMedia | 28 November 2020 | AllAfrica.com Find out more
Action urged on teenage pregnancy and HIV, as new report reveals high rates in Homa BayPress release | 27 November 2020Gender inequality, difficulties in accessing services and poverty are fuelling high rates of unintended pregnancies and HIV in Homa Bay, Western Kenya. Find out more
Unintended pregnancies and HIV among adolescents and young people: a situation analysis of Homa Bay, KenyaResearch reports and studies | November 2020 | Fiona Samuels, Carmen Leon-Himmelstine, Lilian Otiso, Maryline Mireku and Beryl OyierAn investigation of the drivers of unintended pregnancy, HIV and violence among adolescents in Homa Bay County, Kenya. Downloads
‘They did not take me to a clinic’: Ethiopian adolescents’ access to health and nutrition information and servicesResearch reports and studies | November 2020 | Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Nicola Jones, Rebecca Dutton, Sarah Baird, Workneh Yadete, Tassew Woldehanna, Fitsum Workneh and Abreham IyasuChanges in Ethiopian adolescents’ physical health, including nutrition and sexual and reproductive health, in the two years since the baseline. Downloads
Adapting through Covid-19: lessons from teenage pregnancy programmes in Sierra LeoneBriefing papers | October 2020 | Stephanie Buell and Clare CastillejoThis brief explores the impact of Covid-19 during the first half of 2020 on three organisations working to reduce teenage pregnancy in Sierra Leone. Downloads
Teenage pregnancy in Sierra Leone: priorities for a future research agendaBriefing papers | July 2020 | Clare CastillejoA paper that suggests a future research agenda for tackling teenage pregnancy in Sierra Leone. Downloads
'We didn't come here to eat. We came here to save our life': health and nutrition challenges facing adolescents in Cox's Bazar, BangladeshBriefing papers | June 2020 | Silvia Guglielmi, Nicola Jones, Jennifer Muz, Sarah Baird, Khadija Mitu and Muhammad Ala UddinThis policy brief discusses the age- and gender-based health risks facing adolescents within Rohingya refugee and Bangladeshi host communities. Downloads