51茶馆

Abstract

The article draws on qualitative research on 150 girls and boys aged 10鈥�19 years, along with their caregivers and key informants, in communities from three diverse regions in Ethiopia: pastoralist Afar, highland Amhara, and lowland Oromia.

Findings

Although Ethiopia has made remarkable progress in increasing secondary enrolment since 2000, intersecting barriers put vulnerable adolescents鈥� educational opportunities at risk. Children and adolescents from poor households, those with disabilities, and who are internally displaced, out鈥恛f鈥恠chool or working face a range of challenges at the household, community and system levels. These barriers are also shaped by gender norms that restrict adolescent girls鈥� and boys鈥� education, often in contrasting ways.

This article is an output of the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme

Citation

Devonald, M,聽Jones, N,聽Yadete, W.聽Addressing educational attainment inequities in rural Ethiopia: Leave no adolescent behind.聽Dev Policy Rev.聽2020;聽00:聽1鈥撀�17.聽https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12523

Link