Great new report from CARE International UK & Cherie Blair Foundation for Women ⬇️ on why it has never been more important to shift the dial on investing in the care economy.
Recognising the value of care work & investing in quality care provision is vital for #genderequality . #caringeconomies Kath Ford

#mentalhealthawarenessweek
Lessons learnt from our pilot study in Ethiopia have helped us collect data in Round 7 (shorturl.at/dvIJ8) on how conflict & crises affect young people’s mental health
Read our blog: 'Caught in the Crossfire’ bit.ly/45azaKI
YoungLivesEthiopia

In Nov 2023, Peru's government banned all marriages with under-18s.

Find out how research from Young Lives played a key role in bringing about the change:

⬇️ ox.ac.uk/news/features/…

Great to see our evidence being referenced by Jessica Leight ⬇️ The YL datasets from each round of household & child surveys, & our school surveys are publicly archived & available to download from the UK Data Archive UKDataService Access them via: younglives.org.uk/data

What a fantastic discussion last week! Building the longitudinal evidence base on how #genderinequality , #poverty & #climateshocks interact is vital if we are to ensure #socialprotection can meet the needs of all women & girls: bit.ly/3woQJuI
Kath Ford FCDO Research

New publication using YL data to estimate associations between foundational cognitive skills measured at age 12 & educational outcomes measured at ages 15 & 19–20, in Ethiopia & Peru. Read via ScienceDirect (FREE download until 22 June!): bit.ly/4a5EXD7

Excited to hear Jishnu Das - with Tim Phillips - reference YL research from Alan Sánchez & Abhijeet Singh's paper ‘Accessing higher education in developing countries’ in S4 ep 13 of @Vox_Dev's Development Economics podcast!
🎧:👇bit.ly/3JQxQnC
👀: bit.ly/3ybXdO3

In all communities, job opportunities are too limited to accommodate the growing number of young people seeking employment. #Ethiopia

Read Young Lives Policy Brief on Employment and Labour Market Preparedness - loom.ly/gRac28Y

FCDO Research International Labour Organization ሥራ እና ክህሎት ሚኒስቴር / Ministry of Labor and Skills

YL Senior Policy Advisor Kath Ford will be discussing the #climatecrisis and how it impacts education at REALCentre Cambridge's symposium 'Climate (In)Justice' on 20 May. Join them in-person or online: climateinjustice.eventbrite.co.uk

🎧 The YL ‘Skills for Young People’ podcast is now available on our YouTube channel!
Take a deep dive into the topic of children’s skills in the Global South with this series of absorbing conversations with academic, policy & programme experts. Listen now bit.ly/3WaKmW8

📢YL research into #ChildMarriage influences policy change in Peru
On 25 Nov 2023 the Peruvian Govt introduced new legislation to prohibit all marriages with minors under the age of 18 – YL evidence played a key part in bringing this about. Read more: bit.ly/49LDoKF

Catch up on our latest news in our recent newsletter: younglives.org.uk/news/march-202…
Past issues are also available here: younglives.org.uk/young-lives-ne…

YL evidence shows children living in poverty in low- & middle-income countries are bearing the brunt of worsening climate change & its impacts on many areas of their lives, such as health & nutrition, education, water & sanitation, & housing. #EarthDay
➡️ bit.ly/4462xhX

‘It is rare that you can draw a direct link between #academicresearch and #policychange , but in this case, it is unequivocal’

Read University of Oxford feature on reducing #childmarriage in #Peru

👀shorturl.at/CERT0

Alan Sánchez Kath Ford Renu Singh Flor Pablo Medina 🇵🇪

This #WorldHealthDay read YL evidence that shows, despite improvements in sexual & reproductive health in Ethiopia, inequalities & entrenched patriarchal norms continue to disadvantage adolescent girls & young women. Read more: loom.ly/t2gt7S4
#myhealthmyright World Health Organization (WHO)

'If a guest comes to our home, they hide me & they don't allow me to sit together with them because I am disabled' young woman with a physical impairment, Bahir Dar GAGE programme's study on young people with disabilities in Ethiopia
CYW-RPF Newsletter - loom.ly/T-u8HvY

'Sex-disaggregated data is crucial to develop gender-sensitive policies' Firehiywot Handamo, UN Women Ethiopia study, at the third CYW-RPF meeting of the year

FCDO Research Young Lives Ministry of Women and Social Affairs

On this #InternationalWomen ’s Month, interesting research on gender & fiscal policies in Ethiopia conducted by UN Women Ethiopia will be presented at March’s CYW-RPF on the 28th of March
Young Lives Ministry of Women and Social Affairs
To participate in the Forum follow this link -loom.ly/9GiVyd8

To celebrate #WorldPoetryDay , hear from writer and poet Lemn Sissay exploring how children from tough backgrounds overcome the odds in this fabulous video featuring research from Young Lives in partnership with BBC Ideas💡
Watch now➡️shorturl.at/knvxA
#BBCIdeas #SocialSciences