The importance and centrality of the construct of agency is wellknown amongst social
scientists. Yet, there is still little agreement on how this construct should be understood and …

Availability of and access to services that promote sexual and reproductive health (SRH)
amongst adolescent girls have become a global priority. Yet, while researchers have …

Background Social norms continue to be entrenched in Uganda. Understanding social
norms helps to uncover the underlying drivers that influence attitudes and behavior towards …

Despite recent declines in early childbearing in Ethiopia, improved sexual and reproductive
health continues to elude many adolescent girls, partially due to constrained agency and …

Background Early marriage is not uncommon in Ethiopia, particularly for adolescent girls in
rural settings. Social norms are among the factors believed to perpetuate early marriage …

Education in Mali is constrained by a multi-dimensional crisis that restricts education and
makes life difficult. Young people are particularly affected. In this article, we use the …

Global interest in child, early, and forced marriage and unions (CEFMU) is reflected in a
large and growing body of research and interventions. Those interventions have focused on …

Background This study explored the influence of social norms on the access and utilization
of sexual and reproductive health services by adolescents. Apart from individual and …

Despite its importance for the social sciences, human agency remains an ambiguous and
underoperationalized construct. After engaging prior research to articulate clear criteria for …

Introduction The last decade has experienced a surge of interventions focused on improving
adolescent girls' agency. Yet measuring adolescent girls' agency continues to be a …