Ethnographic Research and Gender Assessment in Northern Nigeria

By analyzing girls’ experiences with A360’s Matasa Matan Area (MMA), independent research from a northern Nigerian NGO, the Centre for Girls’ Education (CGE), explores how gender dynamics influence contraceptive decision-making among married girls in northern Nigeria’s conservative settings. The research looks at how well MMA is, and isn’t, responding.

The findings from this research reinforce that gender-transformative impact takes time. Programs like MMA may not shift entrenched patterns of gender norms overnight. 

This publication offers considerations for adolescent and youth contraceptive programs and practitioners navigating culturally complex contexts.

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Want more? Watch this video to see how MMA support girls in Northern Nigeria to plan for the lives – and families – that they want.