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Young Lives
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A longitudinal study of poverty and inequality following 12,000 children in Ethiopia, India, Peru, & Vietnam since 2002.
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Young Lives @yloxford.bsky.social · Mar 12
🚨 Round 7 Results now out! 🚨
We are delighted to release the latest results from our 20+ year study!
How do early life inequalities affect young people's later #health, #education, #work & #familylives?
Scan the QR code ⬇️ or visit younglives.org.uk/publications to download the factsheets.
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Young Lives is closely monitoring negotiations at #COP30 & collaborating with colleagues from @unicef.org @unfpa.org Save the Children & YOUNGO to advocate for a positive & ambitious outcome for children & young people in Belém #GGA
Read our joint #PolicyBrief: www.younglives.org.uk/publications...
Recommendations for the Global Goal on Adaptation: Ensuring a Successful and Meaningful Outcome for Children at COP30 | Young Lives
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November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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🎥 YL #Ethiopia Country Director Dr. Alula Pankhurst joined Meet EBC with Tefera Ghedamu to discuss #ICES2025.
He reflected on the 66-year journey of the conference & shared YL Eth Qual6 findings on #youthtransitions amid multiple crises.

👉 Watch the video here: bit.ly/4hDKO8h
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Meet #EBC: #Ethiopian Studies.
A conversation with Alula Pankhurst (PhD), member of the International organizing committee of the 22nd International Conference of #Ethiopian Studies held in Hawassa.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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📊 Today’s #CYWRPF seminar, which has been organised monthly for the past 15 years by @yloxford.bsky.social #Ethiopia, highlighted findings from the MODA study by PSI & UNICEF.

🔹 80.4% of children in Ethiopia face multidimensional deprivation.
🔹 Highest in Somali, Afar & SNNP regions.

#ChildPoverty
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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🚨 Read how Young Lives is advancing large-scale bio-sample #research in LMIC in the Global South by collecting 5,000+ hair samples from young people in Ethiopia, India & Peru to measure hair #cortisol.
👉 www.younglives.org.uk/news/challen...

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The challenges of measuring stress in a longitudinal study: lessons from Round 7 of Young Lives | Young Lives
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October 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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🗞 LATEST NEWSLETTER OUT NOW!

📣 YL research & recommendations on #mentalhealth
📣 Watch Dir. Marta Favara's @wellcometrust.bsky.social Guest Lecture
📣 YL, @unicef.org & @savechildrenuk.bsky.social unite to champion child-focused #climateaction at #COP30..

🔗 Read more: createsend.com/t/r-B7F45855...
October 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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#Poverty, #mentalhealth & #violence don't exist in isolation. They must be addressed together through integrated solutions.

This #EndPoverty Day (Fri 17 October), join this Global Coalition to #EndChildPoverty webinar & learn more:
Register 👉 shorturl.at/bSb1R

#IDEP2025
IDEP 2025 - Webinar — Global Coalition to End Child Poverty
On the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) on October 17th this webinar will look at how child poverty links to children’s mental health and violence.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Today at FCDO #Ethiopia, Kath Ford, Deputy Director of Young Lives, & @alulapankhurst.bsky.social, Country Director of YL Ethiopia, opened the session by sharing insights from Round 7 & Qual 6 - exploring youth transitions amid multiple crises.
#YouthTransitions #research
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October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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At FCDO #Ethiopia, Dr. Yisak Tafere from YL Eth lead qualitative researcher, shared insights on youth unemployment & migration - showing how economic hardship, conflict & inequality shape young lives
Calls for policies linking skills, jobs & safe migration paths
#YouthMigration
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October 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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🌍 #WorldMentalHealthDay
We’re proud contributors to the new @who.int Guidance on Mental Health Policy & Strategic Action Plans! 🧠💙
Read how Young Lives' evidence & findings continue to shape global change in mental health action: buff.ly/w5ILvKP
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Guidance on mental health policy and strategic action plans. Module 1. Introduction, purpose and use of the guidance
<p>Overview: WHO guidance on mental health policy and strategic action plans This Guidance provides a framework for strengthening governance, service delivery, workforce capacity and treatment, care…
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October 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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🌍 #WorldMentalHealthDay
With 20+ years of data, Young Lives is one of the few studies tracking mental health in LMICs, including conflict-affected areas of #Ethiopia.
Our latest #policybrief urges global action to protect young people’s #mentalhealth:
Navigating Crises and Building Resilience: Supporting Young People’s Mental Health Across the Life Course | Young Lives
Drawing on over two decades of data, Young Lives is one of the few studies collecting longitudinal data on mental health in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), including in conflict-affected…
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October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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🚨 How do shocks affect young people’s mental health? #WorldMentalHealthDay
Research from our Hub on #ClimateChange & Environmental Shocks, along with #mentalhealth data & the largest hair #cortisol study ever done in the Global South, could provide the answer.

Find out how: buff.ly/qI0sbjg 🧵1/2
The challenges of measuring stress in a longitudinal study: lessons from Round 7 of Young Lives | Young Lives
Young Lives research has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on young people’s mental health, with a significant decline in subjective well-being and high levels of anxiety and depression…
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October 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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🫂 #WorldMentalHealthDay: access to services in crises
Round 7 survey in #Ethiopia shows participants' #mentalhealth has worsened. Especially in #Amhara & #Tigray, likely linked to ongoing #conflict, where reported #anxiety, #stress, #depression & #PTSD are highest.
Read more: buff.ly/gK9ZkbQ
Young People’s Mental Health in Unprecedented Times: Research Report from Round 7 in Ethiopia, India and Peru | Young Lives
This report presents preliminary findings on young people's mental health from the seventh round of the Young Lives survey conducted in Ethiopia, India and Peru in 2023–24, when the Younger Cohort…
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October 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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🌍 #WorldMentalHealthDay: access to services in crises
In #Peru, #anxiety & #depression increased significantly among young women during #COVID. Despite measures to improve mental health care, support remained limited.
Read Aurora's & Daniel's stories: buff.ly/0BJg4zn
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The pandemic and mental health: the lived experiences of vulnerable young Peruvian women | Young Lives
The Covid-19 pandemic worsened mental health conditions around the world with women, young people and economically disadvantaged groups being particularly vulnerable.
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October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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"Women prefer balanced workplaces; they’d need 21% more pay to accept male-dominated jobs. Changing culture matters as much as training." Tanima Tanima from Young Lives, University of Oxford, at #ICES22

#WorkplaceInclusion #Ethiopia
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October 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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"Marriage has become too costly." Young Lives #Ethiopia Qual6 research finds inflation & unemployment in post-conflict Tigray make weddings & household formation unaffordable for youth. Traditions are being reshaped by economic reality.

#EconomicCrisis #ICES22
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October 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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"Endabashelama Primary in Tigray: 3 years of learning in 1, powered by joyful, activity-based methods and school feeding. Success demands govt leadership for scale-up." A case from YL #Ethiopia Qual6 Research.

#AcceleratedLearning #EducationForAll #ICES2025
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October 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Youth in Tigray face trauma, broken education, & economic hardship after war. Hope is rare but crucial for recovery. Psychosocial support + fair governance = key to rebuilding lives.

#Tigray #YouthHope #PostConflict #ResearchMatters #ICES2025 #Ethiopia
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October 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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"Sustainable youth recovery needs holistic solutions: MHPSS, education, economic empowerment, health, & gender-sensitive programs. Integrated care is key!" Gezach Woldu from YL #Ethiopia Qual 6 study at #ICES22

#MentalHealth #YouthEmpowerment
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October 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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FGM & #earlymarriage remain deeply rooted in Eastern Shewa, forcing girls out of school & into hardship. Bizuayehu Ayele (Young Lives) shares at the 22nd International Conference of Ethiopian Studies; ending these practices is key to smoother youth transitions.
#ICES22 #endFGM
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October 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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At #ICES22, @alulapankhurst.bsky.social shared @yloxford.bsky.social’s latest research: #Ethiopia’s youth face overlapping crises - conflict, inflation, unemployment & COVID - with deep impacts on #MentalHealth

Resilience is strong, but urgent policy action is needed.

#YouthTransitions #Resilience
September 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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🕊️ #InternationalDayofPeace
📖 New research from YL Peru (Ninos del Milenio) reveals how mothers’ exposure to the 1980–2000 Peruvian civil conflict still echoes today – affecting the socio-emotional development of the next generation.
Read more: www.younglives.org.uk/publications...
#PeaceDay
September 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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This #InternationalLiteracyDay2025 discover 20+ yrs of insights into young people’s #education & #learning in low- & middle-income countries in the Global South.
Read the latest Round 7 country reports from our #longitudinal surveys in Ethiopia, India & Peru: www.younglives.org.uk/publications...
September 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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🚨 CYW-RPF marks 15 years with a new publication!
The 15th Anniversary Workshop Proceedings bring together 14 studies on children, youth & women in #Ethiopia. 📖
#ChildProtection #Empowerment #GenderEquality

👉: https://loom.ly/LW2XgmY

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August 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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📊 New YL interactive reports on #SDGs!

To mark 10 yrs of the #SustainableDevelopmentGoals, we launch a series of reports starting with #SDG2 & #SDG3.

🔍 Read key findings on zero hunger & health & well-being goals: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d9c0...

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August 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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What drives real progressive policy change? Kath Ford shows how @yloxford.bsky.social combined long-term data, smart policy engagement, and trusted relationships to make an impact.

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August 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM