Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries

This book explores the harmful impact of discriminatory gender norms on all aspects of adolescent girls' lives across a range of contexts. With cases from Ethiopia, Nepal, Uganda and Viet Nam, the book shows how more egalitarian gender norms can help girls realise their full potential. It will interest policy makers, NGOs, academics and students.

Caroline Harper is a Principal Research Fellow and Head of the Social Development programme at the UK-based Overseas Development Institute (ODI), focusing on gender, generations and exclusion.
Nicola Jones is a political scientist and Principal Research Fellow at ODI, as well as Director of the longitudinal Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) research programme.
Anita Ghimire is the director for social science research at the Nepal Institute for Social and Environmental Research (NISER).
Rachel Marcus is a freelance social development researcher focused on gender, childhood, youth and adolescence.
Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo is a Professor in the School of Women and Gender Studies at Makerere University in Uganda.