Girls Invest: A Mobile-Enabled Economic Empowerment Intervention for Girls in Ibadan, Nigeria

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 in Ibadan, Nigeria

Project Description

• The proposed research aims to refine and evaluate Girls Invest, a newly developed economic empowerment intervention, to reduce economic and social risks associated with high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) among adolescent girls in Ibadan, Nigeria. Girls Invest provides girls with a savings account and a deposit of 40,000 Naira ($104 US dollars) based on completion of gender equity and financial skills training modules via a mobile “app.”

Location/Study Area

• Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo State

Collaborators

• University of Ibadan

External Links

• Girls Invest Website