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Girl Empower – A gender transformative mentoring and cash transfer intervention to promote adolescent wellbeing: Impact findings from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Liberia

The Girl Empower intervention in Liberia, with a conditional cash transfer component, led to improvements in the sexual and reproductive health, gender attitudes, and life skills of 13 to 14-year-old adolescent girls, but did not improve sexual violence, schooling, psychosocial wellbeing, and protective factors outcomes.

Berk Özler, Kelly Hallman, Marie-France Guimond, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Marian Rogers, Esther Karnley (2020)

Do Gender Quotas Really Reduce Bias? Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Southern Africa

There is weak evidence suggesting that young women in communities with a female quota changed their gender biases surrounding women's participation in politics.

Amanda Clayton (2018)

Facilitating women's access to an economic empowerment initiative: Evidence from Uganda

In Uganda, couples workshops increased subsequent household participation of these couples in women's empowerment interventions.

Kate Ambler, Kelly Jones, Michael O'Sullivan (2021)

The role of piped water supplies in advancing health, economic development, and gender equality in rural communities

Piped water interventions resulted in a significant reduction of time spent fetching water for girls and women, as well as increased household water consumption.

James C. Winter, Gary L. Darmstadt, Jennifer Davis (2021)

The Impact of an Inclusive Education Intervention on Learning Outcomes for Girls with Disabilities within a Resource-poor Setting

A holistic approach to inclusive education — one that spans both school and community settings — may benefit the educational attainment of girls with disabilities in Kenya.

Mark Carew, Marcella Deluca, Nora Groce, Sammy Fwaga, Maria Kett (2020)

Countering Violence Against Women by Encouraging Disclosure: A Mass Media Experiment in Rural Uganda

In rural Uganda, a media campaign reduced rates of domestic violence by increasing women's willingness to report incidents.

Donald P. Green, Anna M. Wilke, Jasper Cooper (2020)

Why the Gender of Traditional Authorities Matters: Intersectionality and Women's Rights Advocacy in Malawi

In Malawi, female traditional leaders are more effective in bolstering support for child marriage reforms than their state or male counterparts.

Ragnhild L. Muriaas, Vibeke Wang, Lindsay J. Benstead, Boniface Dulani, Lise Rakner (2019)

Negotiating a Better Future: How Interpersonal Skills Facilitate Intergenerational Investment

In Zambia, negotiation training for teen girls may increase their continued enrollment in school.

Nava Ashraf, Natalie Bau, Corinne Low, Kathleen McGinn (2020)

Gender quotas increase the equality and effectiveness of climate policy interventions

Representation of women in decision making groups increases the likelihood that climate policy interventions will be effective and that the benefits of the interventions will be shared equally.

Nathan J. Cook, Tara Grillos, Krister P. Andersson (2019)

Girls’ education and HIV risk: Evidence from Uganda

Girls’ enrollment in secondary education significantly increased girls’ likelihood of abstaining from sex, and thereby decreased the prevalence of HIV/AIDS for girls in Uganda.

Marcella M. Alsan, David M. Cutler (2013)