PREVIEW

Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme: Research and Evaluation Midterm Technical Report

April 4, 2017
Authors: Karen Austrian, Paul C. Hewett, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Fiammetta Bozzani, Jere R. Behrman, and Jean Digitale
Organization: Population Council

Adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence, unintended pregnancy, and HIV. The Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme (AGEP) is a six-year randomized controlled trial that set out to measure the effect of a social, health, and economic assets program on the health and education outcomes of vulnerable adolescent girls in rural and urban sites across Zambia. Even though the program and research are still underway, the midterm results still provide rich data and implications for policy and programming for helping vulnerable adolescent girls reach their full potential.