trial led to a reduction in school dropout and early marriage. We see large improvements in girls’ mental health but only in …Striking gender gaps persist in fundamental aspects of human welfare. In India, the setting of this paper, these gaps … are particularly large. Interventions often target adolescent girls with the aim of empowering them to make choices that …

Despite improved access to education and socioeconomic conditions, child marriage remains high in several countries … the effectiveness of an entertainment-education short movie program targeted toward main child marriage actors …, adolescents, and parents to address norms and perceptions regarding the costs and benefits of child marriage. We conducted a …

In India, most adolescent girls 15-19 years old are married. A study was conducted in 1995-97 in Ahmednagar district of … Maharashtra, India to gain insight into whether and how their reproductive health needs are met, especially for gynaecological … problems, family planning and perceived fertility problems. It included a survey among 302 married girls of this age, and in …

strategy to end child marriage and teenage pregnancies. Improving girls' education is also a priority of the government …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 …