, Malagasy women and girls encounter significant disadvantages across all dimensions of well-being and are unable to access … decision-making, particularly with respect to family formation. Women and girls also appear to be disproportionally affected by … vulnerability to poverty, violence, and discrimination. This thematic note discusses in detail the status of girls' and women …

, Malagasy women and girls encounter significant disadvantages across all dimensions of well-being and are unable to access … decision-making, particularly with respect to family formation. Women and girls also appear to be disproportionally affected by … in Madagascar and proposes four strategic lines of policy recommendations to (i) assist girls and young women in …

affected educational outcomes of girls and examine the mechanisms which account for the relative performance of NGO versus … increased girls' enrollment as compared to boys. Constructing cohorts from cross-sectional data using year of birth and year of … the effect operates mainly through girls. The two most prominent characteristics of NGO schools that encourage girls …

International evidence indicates that keeping girls in school positively impacts their life trajectory and benefits the … is still needed to ensure that adolescent girls stay in school and complete their education. Starting in the upper grades … of primary school, adolescent girls are more likely to drop out of school than their male counterparts with pregnancy …

spending on education, health care, and nutrition are often more likely to affect adolescent girls than boys. In Malawi … countries if current trends continue. The high prevalence of child marriage and teenage pregnancy among Malawian girls greatly … socio-cultural determinants that perpetuate a vicious cycle for the poorest and most vulnerable girls and have costly …

The proportions of girls marrying or having children before the age of 18 have been declining in Uganda according to … than one third of girls still marry as children, and close to three in ten girls have their first child before turning 18 …. Similarly, despite substantial efforts to improve educational attainment, only one in four girls completes lower secondary …