Strengthening Awareness Among Rural Adolescent Girls In Bangladesh : Impact Evaluation of Adolescent Development Program of BRAC

Adolescent period is considered as most important formative time that outlines the future course of female's life. The book addresses the impact of Adolescent Development Program of BRAC in strengthening awareness among rural adolescent girls in Bangladesh. In this regard combinations of quantitative and qualitative methods have been adopted for this research.The researcher found that the adolescent girls were more conscious about their health, their surroundings, different social issues like early marriage, drug addiction, reproductive health as well as the cultural activities after being involved in ADP. They also could raise their voice after joining the program.Their power of decision making was also increased. But still the findings also depict some limitations of the program that are needed to be addressed. On the basis of those findings some recommendations have been put forward in this book. No substantial work has so far been carried out in this subject.