GAGE Act With Her-Ethiopia Evaluation
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior
- Gender
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: The impact evaluation study is a cluster-randomized controlled trial among 175 communities with five study arms: control (no intervention), AWH-E, Her Spaces, AWH- E + asset transfer, and AWH-E without community engagement and systems strengthening.Masking: None (Open Label)Masking Description: Study participants will not be masked to their assignment, but will not know the full set of treatment and comparison groups, or what those other groups receive. Given cluster level randomization, contamination will be minimized. Enumerators who collect the survey data that forms the basis of the evaluation will not be explicitly told the treatment status of a given Kebele, however, given the community level nature of the intervention it may be possible for them to ascertain whether it is a treatment or control Kebele. Statistical analyses will be done by the investigators who will not be masked to the treatment status of the participantsPrimary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 10 years and 13 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Unequal gender norms and power dynamics are often driven and reinforced by adolescent girls' male peers, families, communities, and the broader institutional structures that surround them. Without change in gender attitudes and norms at each of these levels, improved outcomes for key transitions are...
Unequal gender norms and power dynamics are often driven and reinforced by adolescent girls' male peers, families, communities, and the broader institutional structures that surround them. Without change in gender attitudes and norms at each of these levels, improved outcomes for key transitions are much less likely to be sustained. Efforts to nurture change must also acknowledge that adolescents' opportunities and capabilities are shaped by complex, intersectional forces including ethnicity, caste, religion, and disability, among others. This multi-arm randomized control trial aims to improve the evidence base on effective approaches to improve multi-sectoral outcomes for girls across the following domains from the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) framework: education and learning; health, nutrition and sexual and reproductive health; bodily integrity; psychosocial well-being; voice and agency; and economic empowerment. Specifically, the trial has four goals: To evaluate the impact of Act With Her in Ethiopia (AWH-E) - a gender-transformative multi-level program - on young adolescent girls' and boys' capabilities (11-13) in the short- and long-run across the six GAGE capability domains using a multi-arm cluster randomized control trial across two regions (Amhara and Oromia). To compare the impact of AWH-E to a more basic gender-synchronized program (AWH-E without community engagement and systems strengthening), a standalone girls' group program (Her Spaces), and the gender-transformative program with economic support (AWH-E + Asset Transfers) on young adolescent capability achievements and transitions in the short- and longer- terms across two regions (Amhara and Oromia). To evaluate the impact of AWH-E on young adolescent capability achievements and transitions in the short- and long- term in pastoralist contexts (Afar). To use mixed-methods research to understand the mechanisms driving the impact, and in particular what works, for whom, and why.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03890237
- Collaborators
- Overseas Development Institute
- Addis Ababa University
- University of Oklahoma
- Pathfinder International
- Care International
- UK Department for International Development on behalf of UK Aid
- Gates Foundation
- Investigators
- Not Provided
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