Community experiences with a school-based intervention to delay marriage among girls in Oromia Region, Ethiopia

This brief looks at a programme by the Oromia Development Association (ODA) on comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of adolescents in the Oromia region, Ethiopia. This school-based programme is delivered by trained teachers who offer SRH education to adolescent girls and boys, covering topics like child marriage, early pregnancy, family planning and contraception, and vocational training.

The University of California San Diego (UCSD) examines how young people and decision makers describe their experience of this programme and how they perceived its effects on child marriage and youth development. The brief summarises these insights and how they can inform recommendations to improve the programme.