Can Youth Empowerment Programs Reduce Violence against Girls during the COVID-19 Pandemic ? (anglais)

This paper shows that a youth empowerment program in Bolivia reduces the prevalence of violence against girls during the COVID-19 lockdown. The program offers training in soft skills and technical skills, sex education, mentoring, and job-finding assistance. To measure the effects of the program, the study conducts a randomized control trial with 600 vulnerable adolescents. The results indicate that seven months after its completion, the program increased...

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Gulesci,Selim;

Beccar,Manuela Puente;

Ubfal,Diego Javier;
Date du document
2021/02/16
Type de document
Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
Numéro du rapport
WPS9547
Volume
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Pays
Monde,
Région
Autres,
Date de publication
2021/02/16
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Titre du rapport
Can Youth Empowerment Programs Reduce Violence against Girls during the COVID-19 Pandemic ?
Mots clé
access to labor market

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