Adolescent pregnancy remains a concern in Southeast Asia, with pregnancy both a driver and an outcome of child marriage or union.
The double burden of malnutrition (DBM) – the coexistence of undernutrition and overweight/obesity – poses a critical global health challenge, particularly for children and adolescents.
Comprehensive Sexuality Education is crucial for equipping young people with the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed decisions about their sexual health and well-being.
School meal programs—in which students receive meals, snacks, or take-home rations—reach over 400 million children throughout the world.
Evidence from 71 studies shows that schools can play a central role in preventing violence against girls.
Evidence from 88 impact evaluations shows that schools can play a central role in preventing behavioral forms of violence. School-delivered Behavioral Violence Prevention (BVP) interventions consistently improve students behavior, emotional regulation, and violence-related attitudes.
chool-related gender-based violence remains widespread in low- and middle-income countries, yet rigorous evidence on effective prevention strategies is limited.
Although the outcomes of comprehensive sexuality education are generally promising and positive, limited research has been conducted on how and under what conditions these outcomes are achieved.
School re-entry and continuation policies are widely promoted in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as a means of safeguarding adolescent mothers’ educational participation, yet their practical effects remain inconsistently documented.
Teenage pregnancy continues to disrupt girls’ schooling in rural Zimbabwe despite the Education Amendment Act (2020), which guarantees readmission after childbirth.