This 4-year programme puts the spotlight on adolescence as a pivotal life phase with considerable enduring socialization effects and important preparation for key transitions to adult roles, including transitions to work, citizenship, marriage and parenthood. The goal of this work was to improve development outcomes for girls and young women, breaking the cycle of inter generational poverty, and providing a catalyst for change, the returns of which will ripple through wider society. The research examined the capabilities and entitlement framework linked to formal and informal laws, norms, practices and non-actions (discriminatory social institutions), which compromise girls development.