Document Type
Report
Publication Date
4-2024
Abstract
The Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya, a randomized trial implemented between 2015 and 2021, was designed to test the short- and longer-term effects of two-year multisectoral and multilevel “cash plus” programs for adolescent girls aged 11–14 years. It was implemented in two marginalized areas of Kenya: Kibera, an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, and Wajir, a pastoralist rural county. Results showed that a multisectoral approach was an effective way to create positive change across a range of well-being factors for young adolescent girls, including education, health, and economic outcomes. The program had long-term sustainable effects. Throughout the testing for scale phase, PC-Kenya demonstrated a commitment to assessing which program components had greatest impact, limits of feasibility, and cost calculations relative to country budgets. This report includes a high-level summary of the impact evaluation results on key indicators on education and gender norms, including both quantitative and qualitative data, as well as recommendations for scale up of the program jointly developed by PC-Kenya, Save the Children, and the Wajir County Government.
Recommended Citation
Austrian, Karen, Eva Muluve, Ruth Nanjekho, John A. Maluccio, and Erica Soler-Hampejsek. 2024. "Adolescent Girls Initiative–Kenya: Testing for Scale—Recommendations Report." Nairobi: Population Council Kenya.
DOI
10.31899/sbsr2024.1005
Language
English
Project
Adolescent Girls Initiative–Kenya; GIRL Center