Publications on child marriage and female genital mutilation from Ethiopia
A 17-year-old girl married at 13, with three children © Nathalie Bertrams/ GAGE 2024
'People will talk about her if she is not circumcised': Exploring the patterning, drivers and gender...
Over the past decade there has been a burgeoning literature on social norms and the need to understand their context-specific…
11th March 2024
2024-03-11 13:52:46
An adolescent girl who helps her mother with fetching water, milking goats, caring for siblings, churning butter, selling firewood and making coffee, Afar region, Ethiopia © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2022
Exploring the patterning and drivers of FGM/C and child marriage in pastoralist Ethiopia: Baseline r...
This report draws on findings from a mixed-methods baseline assessment that explored the patterning and drivers of child marriage and FGM/C in Afar and Somali regions, to identify possible entry points to fast-track change for girls, their families and communities.
24th August 2022
2022-08-24 14:34:51
© Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
Exploring the diversity of FGM/C practices in Ethiopia. Drivers, experiences and opportunities for s...
Report on FGM/C drawing on research conducted by the GAGE programme exploring the ways in which current policy and programming efforts are contributing to change, and where there are still blockages in shifting practices and norms around FGM/C.
18th January 2022
2022-01-18 18:18:09
Fast-tracking progress towards eliminating FGM/C and child marriage in pastoralist Ethiopia: priorit...
This brief provides evidence on the current levels and drivers of FGM/C and child marriage in pastoral communities as well as an evaluation of a multicomponent programme implemented by Save the Children and aimed at eliminating FGM/C and child marriage.
22nd August 2022
2022-08-22 14:01:06
Toolkit on FGM and child marriage
This tool kit was developed with two purposes in mind. First, it aims to address the evidence lacunae surrounding girls…
4th July 2022
2022-07-04 16:40:30
15-year-old girl who was married when she was 12 in Amhara, Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
‘The School Was Closed, So When They Brought Me A Husband I Couldn’t Say No’: Exploring the Gendered...
Child marriage is increasingly recognised as a development priority given its far-reaching life-course and inter-generational consequences. Despite rapid progress, Ethiopia…
17th July 2021
2021-07-17 16:10:54
15-year-old girl who was married when she was 12 in Amhara, Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE
Constrained choices: exploring the complexities of adolescent girls’ voice and agency in child marri...
This journal article extends and strengthens the empirical evidence base regarding child marriage in Ethiopia to identify entry points for eliminating child marriage.
9th December 2020
2020-12-09 23:15:26