Adolescent girls’ education and empowerment: midline findings from a mixed methods assessment of Room to Read’s Girls’ Empowerment Programme
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Adolescent girls’ education and empowerment: midline findings from a mixed methods assessment of Room to Read’s Girls’ Empowerment Programme
29.06.2025 | Nepal
Country
Nepal
Capability domains
Education and learning
Audience type
Programme designer or implementer
Data collection round
Midline
Year of publication
2025
Study methodology
Mixed-methods
Authors
Anita Ghimire, Dinesh Bhattarai, Binita Karki, Sunita Bhattarai, Manita Acharya, Aditi Rai, Shilu Subba, Sagita Sharma, Nicola Jones
Adolescents (10–19 years) account for 20% of Nepal’s population (according to the 2021 census), and since 2010 have received increasing attention from government and non-governmental actors alike. The Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) longitudinal research study brings a gender focus to Nepal’s development programming for adolescents. In partnership with the Room to Read programme, GAGE has been conducting a nested impact evaluation of the Girls’ Education Programme (GEP), a multi-year education and empowerment programme implemented in Tanahun and Nuwakot districts. The programme supports adolescent girls from grades 6 to 12 through life-skills education, mentoring, educational support and community outreach.
Suggested citation:
Ghimire, A., Bhattarai, D., Karki, B., Bhattarai, S., Acharya, M., Rai, A., ... and Jones, N. ,(2025) ‘Adolescent girls’ education and empowerment: midline findings from a mixed methods assessment of Room to Read’s Girls’ Empowerment Programme’. Policy brief. London: Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (https://gage.odi.org/adolescent-girls-education-and-empowerment-midline-findings-from-a-mixed-methods-assessment-of-room-to-read-s-girls-empowerment-programme/)