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Population Council researchers are testing approaches to determine whether combining cash incentives with girl-centered programming can improve the lives of very young adolescent girls in rural Liberia. By its end in , over , people had been killed, and widespread violence against women had been perpetrated. The post-conflict environment continues to foster sexual and gender-based violence, as well as high rates of adolescent childbearing. In North-Central Liberia, the situation for adolescent girls is dire. Nearly half of girls age are not enrolled in school. Among girls age , more than one in four girls report having experienced violence

Jump to navigation. The program was designed to help girls in emergency situations make healthy life choices, reduce their risk of sexual abuse, and improve school attendance rates. Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to measure the overall impact of the program and the effectiveness of adding a small incentive payment to encourage participation. Results revealed that Girl Empower led to sustained improvements in several important domains, including child marriage and sexual and reproductive health, but did not reduce sexual violence among the participants.

In general, women in Liberia have less access to education , health care, property, and justice when compared to men. Liberia suffered two devastating civil wars from — and — The wars left Liberia nearly destroyed with minimal infrastructure and thousands dead.