Gender and Health in Early Adolescence: Results from the Global Early Adolescent Study

Description

This webinar on the gender divide in the social worlds of young adolescents will provide insights on how gender socialization shapes adolescents health and well-being around the world following the results of the Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS). Learn more about the event online.

This event will also be livestreamed via Facebook Live.

The event will address the following points:

• The critical influence of gender socialization in shaping health related exposures, practices and outcomes
• Early adolescence as a prime time for gender transformative interventions
• Young people's complex and fluid outlook on gender

Presenters:

• Caroline Moreau, associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and GEAS director of research (moderator)
• Robert Wm. Blum, professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and GEAS principal investigator
• Astha Ramaiya, GEAS research associate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Kristin Mmari, associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and GEAS director of intervention research and evaluation
• Elizabeth M. Saewyc, professor, director of the School of Nursing, and executive director of the Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre at the University of British Columbia
• Ben Cislaghi, associate professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine