At just past the halfway point to the deadline for achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), only 15% of the goals are on track to meet their targets (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), 2023). Given that many countries in the Global South have large adolescent and youth populations, including Ethiopia where 32% of the population are aged 10-24 years old (UNFPA, 2024), understanding how best to support young people’s capabilities is essential for getting the SDGs back on track. Adolescents in Ethiopia have been living through recurrent and interconnected crises during the course of GAGE’s longitudinal research. In 2018 and 2019, ethnic tensions and conflict along the Somali–Oromia border displaced large numbers of people (the number of internally displaced people in Ethiopia rose from 258,000 in 2016 to 2.1 million by the end of 2018) (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), 2024).
Suggested citation:
Devonald, M., Yadete, W. and Jones, N. (2024) ‘How can adolescent and youth capabilities be supported in crises contexts? Evidence from Urban Ethiopia’. Policy brief. London: Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (https://www.gage.odi.org/publication/how-can-adolescent-and-youth-capabilities-be-supported-in-crises-contexts-evidence-from-urban-ethiopia/)
