ToolkitsDecember 2019Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Agnieszka Małachowska, Emma Jones, Jude Sajdi, Kifah Banioweda, Workneh Yadete, Kiya Gezahegne and Kassahun Tilahun11-year-old Pakistani girl living in an informal tented settlement near Amman, Jordan. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGEThis toolkit is a companion piece to the GAGE baseline qualitative research toolkit and provides the group and individual research tools – all of which are age-tailored (early adolescents, mid/older adolescents and adults) – used during the second round of data collection in GAGE’s longitudinal study. A selection of these could be used to understand different dimensions of adolescent well-being and development trajectories in any given context.For the purposes of the GAGE research programme, this collection of tools has also been designed to mirror the GAGE ‘3 Cs’ conceptual framework, which reflects the close connections between the ‘3 Cs’: capabilities, change strategies and contexts.It considers adolescents’ multidimensional capabilities and the ways in which these differ depending on age, gender and (dis)ability; the change strategies that are used by families, communities, service providers, policy-makers, civil society and development partners to promote empowered and healthy transitions from adolescence into early adulthood; and finally the broader meso- and macro-level contexts that shape the enabling/constraining environments in which adolescent realities are played out. Adolescents are situated at the centre of this socio-ecological framework.Read the research Qualitative research toolkit: GAGE's approach to researching with adolescentsRelated Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence overviewThis concise brochure gives an overview of the GAGE programme, detailing our conceptual framework, research questions and methodology.Briefing papers1 June 2018 Adolescent perspectives on services and programmes in conflict affected contexts: a participatory research toolkitThis document outlines participatory research tools which will be used by GAGE researchers in Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon.Toolkits30 September 2017GAGE conceptual framework: why understanding adolescent capabilities, change strategies and contexts mattersGAGE’s conceptual framework focuses on the interconnectedness and dynamism of what we call ‘the 3 Cs’: capabilities, change strategies and contexts.Research reports and studies11 July 2017See more:adolescent girlsgendersocial policyGlobalView the discussion thread.
