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Addressing harmful and unequal gender norms in early adolescence

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  • Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli

    (World Health Organization)

  • Marina Plesons

    (World Health Organization)

  • Avni Amin

    (World Health Organization)

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Early adolescence (age 10–14) is an important window of opportunity to address gender socialization as the basis for health and social justice. This Comment explains why this is the case and provides illustrative examples of existing evidence on strategies to promote gender equitable attitudes in young adolescents.

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  • Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli & Marina Plesons & Avni Amin, 2018. "Addressing harmful and unequal gender norms in early adolescence," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 2(4), pages 239-240, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nathum:v:2:y:2018:i:4:d:10.1038_s41562-018-0318-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-018-0318-3
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    1. Sara De Meyer & Olivier Degomme & Kristien Michielsen, 2024. "Gender Diversity Among Young Adolescents: Are Gender Attitudes, Sexual Orientation, Gender Roles, Gender Identity and Sex Assigned at Birth Associated With Liking to Become a Wo/Man and the Body Image," SAGE Open, , vol. 14(3), pages 21582440241, August.

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