Relatively little is known about the specific impacts of the conflict on young people in Tigray, despite the fact that 34.6% of the country’s population are between the ages of 10 and 24 years (UNFPA, 2024). As such, this short research brief synthesises findings from a mixed-methods study carried out in the eastern, northwestern and southern zones of Tigray in early 2024 with 753 adolescents and 375 caregivers. The study focused on the effects of the conflict on Tigrayan households’ livelihoods and food security, and on adolescents’ bodily integrity (including girls’ risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage), psychosocial well-being, education and health.
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Suggested citation:
Presler-Marshall, E., Endale, K., Yadete, W., Jones, N., Woldehanna, T., Birhanu, K., … and Tesfaye, A. (2024) ‘The impacts of the northern Ethiopia conflict on adolescents in Tigray’. Policy brief. London: Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (https://www.gage.odi.org/publication/the-impacts-of-the-northern-ethiopia-conflict-on-adolescents-in-tigray/)
