Tagged: adolescence

What We Know and What We Don’t Know about Youth Gangs in Latin America

Data and Research Evidence

By Cirenia Chávez

*This blog post has been translated into Spanish: Lo que sabemos y lo que no sabemos sobre las pandillas juveniles en América Latina Gang violence in Latin America has become one of the central security concerns in some countries of the region, including the countries of the Northern Triangle of Central America and more recently,… Read more →←

Mind the gender gap: How can a gender-norm lens improve social protection outcomes for adolescents?

Impact evaluation

By Tia Palermo and Maja Gavrilovic

Since adolescence is a highly vulnerable period of rapid physiological, biological, and psychological change, researchers and development partners are increasingly asking how social protection can facilitate safer transitions to adulthood, and what additional factors shape these transitions for youth. Vulnerabilities related to adverse… Read more →←

Positive and negative spirals and the plasticity of the adolescent brain

Data and Research

By Nikola Balvin

Contrary to what my parents remember about it, my own recollections of adolescence are quite positive. I remember it as a period of discovery and energy, spending endless hours with friends, hungrily soaking up new knowledge, experiences and skills. But I also took risks, acted on the spur of the moment without thinking the consequences… Read more →←

Adolescent girls in Europe and Canada at a higher risk of multidimensional poverty than boys

Data and Research

By Yekaterina Chzhen

A recent paper in Child Indicators Research (behind a paywall) shows that girls aged 11, 13 and 15 are more likely to suffer from multidimensional poverty than boys in 26 out of 38 high and middle income countries included. England shows the greatest difference in the prevalence of multidimensional poverty between girls and boys – 8… Read more →←

Seven briefs for seven adolescent research challenges

Data and Research Methods & tools

By John Santelli, MD, MPH

Welcome to the Septuplets! On behalf of the Lancet Commission and the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, I am very pleased to announce the birth of a new series of seven briefs on how to conduct research with adolescents in low- and middle- income countries. The current cohort of adolescents and young adults is the largest the… Read more →←

Famines and stunting: Are adolescents the hardest hit?

Data and Research Evidence to Policy

By Goran Holmqvist and Audrey Pereira

The UN recently raised a red flag that we are heading for one of the worst humanitarian crises since 1945. 20 million people in four countries – South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria – face the risk of famine. The world could witness horrors again. Adding to our concern is the prediction that climate change will bring even more… Read more →←

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