Adolescent BehaviorNCT03890237
GAGE Act With Her-Ethiopia Evaluation
A study testing Her Spaces, Act With Her and Act With Her + Asset Transfer in people with Adolescent Behavior and Gender, run by George Washington University at 3 sites in Ethiopia.
Trial summary
This study evaluates the impact of Act With Her Ethiopia (AWH-E), a gender transformative multi-level program that aims to improve the lives of young adolescent boys and girls. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 10 to 13 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Adolescent Behavior, Gender
- What is being tested?
- Her Spaces, Act With Her and Act With Her + Asset Transfer
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 4,500 participants
- Where
- 3 sitesEthiopia
- Study dates
- 1 Mar 2019to 30 Nov 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 10 to 13 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- girls and boys 10-13 at time of enrollment in Act With Her Arms
- girls 11-13 female at time of enrollment in Her Spaces Arm
Who cannot join
- None
Trial locations and contacts
3 sites in 1 country.
Ethiopia3 sites
Study site
East Hararghe, Oromiya
Study site
South Gondar, Amhara
Study site
Zone 5, Afar Region
About this study
Official title: Gender Transformative Programming to Improve Capabilities of Young Adolescents in Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial
This study evaluates the impact of Act With Her Ethiopia (AWH-E), a gender transformative multi-level program that aims to improve the lives of young adolescent boys and girls.
Read the detailed description
Unequal gender norms and power dynamics are often driven and reinforced by adolescent girls' male peers, families, communities, and the broader institutional structures that surround them. Without change in gender attitudes and norms at each of these levels, improved outcomes for key transitions are much less likely to be sustained. Efforts to nurture change must also acknowledge that adolescents' opportunities and capabilities are shaped by complex, intersectional forces including ethnicity, caste, religion, and disability, among others. This multi-arm randomized control trial aims to improve the evidence base on effective approaches to improve multi-sectoral outcomes for girls across the following domains from the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) framework: education and learning; health, nutrition and sexual and reproductive health; bodily integrity; psychosocial well-being; voice and agency; and economic empowerment.
Specifically, the trial has four goals:
- To evaluate the impact of Act With Her in Ethiopia (AWH-E) - a gender-transformative multi-level program - on young adolescent girls' and boys' capabilities (11-13) in the short- and long-run across the six GAGE capability domains using a multi-arm cluster randomized control trial across two regions (Amhara and Oromia).
- To compare the impact of AWH-E to a more basic gender-synchronized program (AWH-E without community engagement and systems strengthening), a standalone girls' group program (Her Spaces), and the gender-transformative program with economic support (AWH-E + Asset Transfers) on young adolescent capability achievements and transitions in the short- and longer- terms across two regions (Amhara and Oromia).
- To evaluate the impact of AWH-E on young adolescent capability achievements and transitions in the short- and long- term in pastoralist contexts (Afar).
- To use mixed-methods research to understand the mechanisms driving the impact, and in particular what works, for whom, and why.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Gender
- Being tested
- Her Spaces, Act With Her, Act With Her + Asset Transfer, Act With Her (simple)
- Medical subject headings
- Adolescent Behavior, Coitus
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Her SpacesBehavioural
Her Spaces will comprise a set of activities leveraging the Her Spaces curriculum and program model which includes curriculum-based sessions for 11-13 year old girls, with 40 sessions delivered weekly over the course of 10 months
Act With HerBehavioural
Act With Her was designed to facilitate adolescent transitions to adulthood via improvements across the six GAGE domains (education, bodily integrity, health, psychosocial well-being, voice and agency, and economic empowerment). Project activities fall into three main categories: curriculum-based programming with adolescent girls and boys, community transformation, and systems strengthening. Act With Her will work with 10-13 year old girls and boys for 10 months and implement community-level and high-level system strengthening work up to 24 months (in rural and pastoralist areas).
Act With Her + Asset TransferBehavioural
This arm will implement the Act With Her program described above, using program curricula with 10-13-year-old girls and boys over 10 months and conducting community-level systems strengthening up to 24 months. Additionally, the girls participating in this arm will receive one of three asset transfer options. The packages will be of equal value (115 USD) - one will include school supplies, one will include hygiene supplies, and will be a combination of both. Each adolescent girl will choose which package she would like to receive and will receive components of the package at 3 timepoints over the course of the first 10 months of the project.
Act With Her (simple)Behavioural
This arm will implement the Act With Her curricula described above with 10-13 year old girls and boys over 10 months. The adolescent groups will follow the same model (near-peer, same-sex mentors, 40 weekly meetings for girls, 18 meetings for boys, 4 of which are joint sessions for boys and girls, 6 sessions for parents), but will not include community-level systems strengthening activities
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Control | No intervention | Business as usual, no intervention |
| Her Spaces | Experimental | Starts in year 1; intervention package with 11-13 year old girls for 10 months; standard parental and community engagement. All programming ends after 10 months. Receives: Behavioral: Her Spaces |
| Act With Her | Experimental | Starts in year 1; core intervention package with 10-13 year old girls and boys for 10 months; 6 dedicated sessions with parents; and community-level system strengthening up to 24 months. Receives: Behavioral: Act With Her |
| Act With Her + Asset Transfer | Experimental | Starts in year 1; core intervention package with 10-13 year old girls and boys for 10 months; asset transfer for girls over 10 months; 6 dedicated sessions with parents; and community-level system strengthening up to 24 months. Receives: Behavioral: Act With Her + Asset Transfer |
| Act With Her (simple) | Experimental | Starts in year 1; core intervention package with 10-13 year old girls and boys for 10 months; 6 dedicated sessions with parents; does not include community-level systems strengthening. All programming ends after 10 months. Receives: Behavioral: Act With Her (simple) |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Standardized Index of Education and Learning (girls)
Standardized index of education and learning at the individual level. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. The index is comprised of four components: indicator for enrolled in school (at time in survey, or if school not in session at survey, at time of most recent session), share of school days attended (past two weeks; among those enrolled), indicator for did not miss more than one week of school at one time (past 12 months; among those enrolled), aspires for secondary degree or higher. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol.
Measured: 20 months after intervention starts
Standardized index of Bodily Integrity (girls)
Standardized index of bodily integrity at the individual level. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. The index is comprised of six indicators: peer violence scale (past 12 months, inverse), indicator for did not experience peer violence (past 12 months), indicator for did not perpetrate peer violence (past 12 months), indicator for did not experience violence or witness violence against female caregiver in the household (past 12 months), indicator for did not experience sexual violence (past 12 months), ideal age of marriage. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol.
Measured: 20 months after the intervention starts
Standardized Index of Health, Nutrition, and Sexual and Reproductive Health (girls)
Standardized index of bodily integrity at the individual level. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. The index is comprised of five components: indicator for self-reported health very good or good, proportion of meals yesterday with meat/chicken/fish/egg, indicator if ever hungry because not enough food (past four weeks), indicator for normal activities not affected during menstruation (among those who have reached menarche), index of improved menstrual hygiene practices (among those who have reached menarche), ideal age of first child (among childless). The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol.
Measured: 20 months after the intervention starts
Standardized Index of Psychosocial Well-Being (girls)
Standardized index of bodily integrity at the individual level. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. The index is composed of three components. Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale score, General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12; measure of psychosocial distress; inverse) score, Child and Youth Resilience Scale score. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol
Measured: 20 months after the intervention starts
Standardized Index of Voice and Agency (girls)
Standardized index of voice and agency. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. The index is composed of five components: index of participation in decision making (school, family; standardized separately for in school and out of school), index of comfort discussing issues, index of voice, index of mobility, index of collective action. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol.
Measured: 20 months after the intervention starts
Standardized Index of Economic Empowerment (girls)
Standardized index of economic empowerment. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. Index is comprised of five components: indicator for any control of money (past 12 months), indicator for any savings for the future, indicator for aspires to be employed in skilled or professional work when adult, aspires to have employment or a business when adult, proportion of time yesterday in leisure and school (including travel to and from, and studying). The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol.
Measured: 20 months after the intervention starts
Standardized Index of Cross-Cutting Gender Issues (girls)
Standardized index of cross-cutting gender issues. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. Index is comprised of six components: index of gender equitable attitudes, index of gender consciousness, index of trusted friends (supportive social network), indicator for supportive adult, knowledge index, index of access to health services. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol.
Measured: 20 months after the intervention ends
Standardized Index of Cross-Cutting Gender Issues (boys)
Standardized index of cross-cutting issues for boys. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. Index of composed of 9 components: index of gender equitable attitudes, index of gender consciousness, index of gender equitable behaviors, indicator for not perpetrating peer violence, peer violence index (inverse), indicator for not being a victim of peer violence, General Health Questionare-12 (GHQ-12; measure of mental health, inverse) score, indicator for supportive adult, knowledge index. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol
Measured: 20 months after the intervention ends
Standardized Index of Cross-cutting Gender Issues (primary female caregivers of girls)
Standardized index of cross-cutting issues for primary female caregivers of girls. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. Index consists of 8 components: aspiration for adolescent's education, expected age of marriage for adolescent, aspiration for adolescent to work in skilled or professional employment as an adult, aspiration for adolescent to be employed or own a business as an adult, index of support for education, indicator for did not cut back food same for boys and girls (past 4 weeks), index of gender consciousness, index of gender attitudes. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol
Measured: 20 months after the intervention ends
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted26 Mar 2019
- Study start1 Mar 2019
- Primary completion31 Dec 2025
- Study completion30 Nov 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Adolescent BehaviorStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- The impact evaluation study is a cluster-randomized controlled trial among 175 communities with five study arms: control (no intervention), AWH-E, Her Spaces, AWH- E + asset transfer, and AWH-E without community engagement and systems strengthening.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 4,500 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- George Washington University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Overseas Development Institute, Addis Ababa University, University of Oklahoma, Pathfinder International, Care International, Department for International Development, United Kingdom, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Sarah Baird, George Washington University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03890237
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- GAGE AWH-E 2019
- Status last verified
- May 2026
- First submitted
- 21 Mar 2019
- Last updated
- 28 May 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided: Deidentified data will be made public through the UK data archive per DfID funding requirements.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 28 May 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Gender Transformative Programming to Improve Capabilities of Young Adolescents in Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03890237
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- GAGE AWH-E 2019
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Gender
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 4,500 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- George Washington UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Overseas Development Institute, Addis Ababa University, University of Oklahoma, Pathfinder International, Care International, Department for International Development, United Kingdom, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Study start
- 1 Mar 2019 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Dec 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Nov 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 26 Mar 2019 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study evaluates the impact of Act With Her Ethiopia (AWH-E), a gender transformative multi-level program that aims to improve the lives of young adolescent boys and girls.
Detailed description
Unequal gender norms and power dynamics are often driven and reinforced by adolescent girls' male peers, families, communities, and the broader institutional structures that surround them. Without change in gender attitudes and norms at each of these levels, improved outcomes for key transitions are much less likely to be sustained. Efforts to nurture change must also acknowledge that adolescents' opportunities and capabilities are shaped by complex, intersectional forces including ethnicity, caste, religion, and disability, among others. This multi-arm randomized control trial aims to improve the evidence base on effective approaches to improve multi-sectoral outcomes for girls across the following domains from the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) framework: education and learning; health, nutrition and sexual and reproductive health; bodily integrity; psychosocial well-being; voice and agency; and economic empowerment.
Specifically, the trial has four goals:
- To evaluate the impact of Act With Her in Ethiopia (AWH-E) - a gender-transformative multi-level program - on young adolescent girls' and boys' capabilities (11-13) in the short- and long-run across the six GAGE capability domains using a multi-arm cluster randomized control trial across two regions (Amhara and Oromia).
- To compare the impact of AWH-E to a more basic gender-synchronized program (AWH-E without community engagement and systems strengthening), a standalone girls' group program (Her Spaces), and the gender-transformative program with economic support (AWH-E + Asset Transfers) on young adolescent capability achievements and transitions in the short- and longer- terms across two regions (Amhara and Oromia).
- To evaluate the impact of AWH-E on young adolescent capability achievements and transitions in the short- and long- term in pastoralist contexts (Afar).
- To use mixed-methods research to understand the mechanisms driving the impact, and in particular what works, for whom, and why.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 5
- Model description
- The impact evaluation study is a cluster-randomized controlled trial among 175 communities with five study arms: control (no intervention), AWH-E, Her Spaces, AWH- E + asset transfer, and AWH-E without community engagement and systems strengthening.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Control | No intervention | –Business as usual, no intervention |
| Her Spaces | Experimental | Behavioral: Her SpacesStarts in year 1; intervention package with 11-13 year old girls for 10 months; standard parental and community engagement. All programming ends after 10 months. |
| Act With Her | Experimental | Behavioral: Act With HerStarts in year 1; core intervention package with 10-13 year old girls and boys for 10 months; 6 dedicated sessions with parents; and community-level system strengthening up to 24 months. |
| Act With Her + Asset Transfer | Experimental | Behavioral: Act With Her + Asset TransferStarts in year 1; core intervention package with 10-13 year old girls and boys for 10 months; asset transfer for girls over 10 months; 6 dedicated sessions with parents; and community-level system strengthening up to 24 months. |
| Act With Her (simple) | Experimental | Behavioral: Act With Her (simple)Starts in year 1; core intervention package with 10-13 year old girls and boys for 10 months; 6 dedicated sessions with parents; does not include community-level systems strengthening. All programming ends after 10 months. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 10 to 13 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- girls and boys 10-13 at time of enrollment in Act With Her Arms
- girls 11-13 female at time of enrollment in Her Spaces Arm
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- None
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Her SpacesHer Spaces will comprise a set of activities leveraging the Her Spaces curriculum and program model which includes curriculum-based sessions for 11-13 year old girls, with 40 sessions delivered weekly over the course of 10 months | Behavioural | Her Spaces |
| Act With HerAct With Her was designed to facilitate adolescent transitions to adulthood via improvements across the six GAGE domains (education, bodily integrity, health, psychosocial well-being, voice and agency, and economic empowerment). Project activities fall into three main categories: curriculum-based programming with adolescent girls and boys, community transformation, and systems strengthening. Act With Her will work with 10-13 year old girls and boys for 10 months and implement community-level and high-level system strengthening work up to 24 months (in rural and pastoralist areas). | Behavioural | Act With Her |
| Act With Her + Asset TransferThis arm will implement the Act With Her program described above, using program curricula with 10-13-year-old girls and boys over 10 months and conducting community-level systems strengthening up to 24 months. Additionally, the girls participating in this arm will receive one of three asset transfer options. The packages will be of equal value (115 USD) - one will include school supplies, one will include hygiene supplies, and will be a combination of both. Each adolescent girl will choose which package she would like to receive and will receive components of the package at 3 timepoints over the course of the first 10 months of the project. | Behavioural | Act With Her + Asset Transfer |
| Act With Her (simple)This arm will implement the Act With Her curricula described above with 10-13 year old girls and boys over 10 months. The adolescent groups will follow the same model (near-peer, same-sex mentors, 40 weekly meetings for girls, 18 meetings for boys, 4 of which are joint sessions for boys and girls, 6 sessions for parents), but will not include community-level systems strengthening activities | Behavioural | Act With Her (simple) |
Primary outcome
Standardized Index of Education and Learning (girls)
Time frame: 20 months after intervention starts
Standardized index of education and learning at the individual level. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. The index is comprised of four components: indicator for enrolled in school (at time in survey, or if school not in session at survey, at time of most recent session), share of school days attended (past two weeks; among those enrolled), indicator for did not miss more than one week of school at one time (past 12 months; among those enrolled), aspires for secondary degree or higher. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol.
Standardized index of Bodily Integrity (girls)
Time frame: 20 months after the intervention starts
Standardized index of bodily integrity at the individual level. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. The index is comprised of six indicators: peer violence scale (past 12 months, inverse), indicator for did not experience peer violence (past 12 months), indicator for did not perpetrate peer violence (past 12 months), indicator for did not experience violence or witness violence against female caregiver in the household (past 12 months), indicator for did not experience sexual violence (past 12 months), ideal age of marriage. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol.
Standardized Index of Health, Nutrition, and Sexual and Reproductive Health (girls)
Time frame: 20 months after the intervention starts
Standardized index of bodily integrity at the individual level. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. The index is comprised of five components: indicator for self-reported health very good or good, proportion of meals yesterday with meat/chicken/fish/egg, indicator if ever hungry because not enough food (past four weeks), indicator for normal activities not affected during menstruation (among those who have reached menarche), index of improved menstrual hygiene practices (among those who have reached menarche), ideal age of first child (among childless). The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol.
Standardized Index of Psychosocial Well-Being (girls)
Time frame: 20 months after the intervention starts
Standardized index of bodily integrity at the individual level. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. The index is composed of three components. Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale score, General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12; measure of psychosocial distress; inverse) score, Child and Youth Resilience Scale score. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol
Standardized Index of Voice and Agency (girls)
Time frame: 20 months after the intervention starts
Standardized index of voice and agency. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. The index is composed of five components: index of participation in decision making (school, family; standardized separately for in school and out of school), index of comfort discussing issues, index of voice, index of mobility, index of collective action. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol.
Standardized Index of Economic Empowerment (girls)
Time frame: 20 months after the intervention starts
Standardized index of economic empowerment. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. Index is comprised of five components: indicator for any control of money (past 12 months), indicator for any savings for the future, indicator for aspires to be employed in skilled or professional work when adult, aspires to have employment or a business when adult, proportion of time yesterday in leisure and school (including travel to and from, and studying). The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol.
Standardized Index of Cross-Cutting Gender Issues (girls)
Time frame: 20 months after the intervention ends
Standardized index of cross-cutting gender issues. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. Index is comprised of six components: index of gender equitable attitudes, index of gender consciousness, index of trusted friends (supportive social network), indicator for supportive adult, knowledge index, index of access to health services. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol.
Standardized Index of Cross-Cutting Gender Issues (boys)
Time frame: 20 months after the intervention ends
Standardized index of cross-cutting issues for boys. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. Index of composed of 9 components: index of gender equitable attitudes, index of gender consciousness, index of gender equitable behaviors, indicator for not perpetrating peer violence, peer violence index (inverse), indicator for not being a victim of peer violence, General Health Questionare-12 (GHQ-12; measure of mental health, inverse) score, indicator for supportive adult, knowledge index. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol
Standardized Index of Cross-cutting Gender Issues (primary female caregivers of girls)
Time frame: 20 months after the intervention ends
Standardized index of cross-cutting issues for primary female caregivers of girls. The index is standardized to be mean 0 standard deviation 1. Higher values are better outcomes. Each component of the index is also standardized to be mean zero standard deviation one before summing. Index consists of 8 components: aspiration for adolescent's education, expected age of marriage for adolescent, aspiration for adolescent to work in skilled or professional employment as an adult, aspiration for adolescent to be employed or own a business as an adult, index of support for education, indicator for did not cut back food same for boys and girls (past 4 weeks), index of gender consciousness, index of gender attitudes. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the protocol
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 28 May 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided. Deidentified data will be made public through the UK data archive per DfID funding requirements.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
3 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Her Spaces, Act With Her and Act With Her + Asset Transfer in people with Adolescent Behavior and Gender, run by George Washington University at 3 sites in Ethiopia.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 May 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 3 sites in Ethiopia. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Standardized Index of Education and Learning (girls) (time frame: 20 months after intervention starts). The study lists 9 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 May 2026.