This book explores the harmful impact of discriminatory gender norms on all aspects of adolescent girls' lives across a range of contexts. With cases from Ethiopia, Nepal, Uganda and Viet Nam, the book shows how more egalitarian gender norms can help girls realise their full potential. It will interest policy makers, NGOs, academics and students. Excerpt of review in Gender and Development, Routledge "Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries provides excellent analysis of new research into norm change relating to adolescent girls. This volume explores how discriminatory gender norms can limit adolescent girls' development of their capabilities, while also highlighting pathways for realising more egalitarian gender norms. This book is an important addition to current discussions on both adolescence and social norm change in gender and development spheres. Policymakers, academics, practitioners, and students in the feld of gender and development alike will beneft from its presentation of empirical research, and its analysis of diferent aspects of policies and programmes across multiple countries and contexts." -- Imogen Davies, Global Adviser - Youth, Gender and Active Citizenship, Oxfam, UK