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

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 a...

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Main Authors: Gulesci, Selim, Beccar, Manuela Puente, Ubfal, Diego
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/498221613504523709/Can-Youth-Empowerment-Programs-Reduce-Violence-against-Girls-during-the-COVID-19-Pandemic
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35143

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