Girls Invest: A Mobile-Enabled Economic Empowerment Intervention for Girls

SPH Faculty: Principal Investigator

Elizabeth Reed

Co-Director, Joint Doctoral Program in Global Health[email protected]HH 136B

Research Project Title

• Girls Invest: A Mobile-Enabled Economic Empowerment Intervention for Girls

Project Description

• Girls Invest is a mobile app-based program promoting financial literacy, health, and social empowerment among adolescent girls. Girls in this program are provided with a special savings account and an initial deposit of $100 dollars after completing Girls Invest app trainings and activities. As part of this project, we are also evaluation the economic, social, and health impact of Girls Invest among over 200 adolescent girls in San Diego, Riverside, and Ventura counties.

Location/Study Area

• United States, California

External Links

• Girls Invest Website