Adolescent girls in early years (aged 0-9) face
- Socialization to be differential to boys/men
- Sexual exploitation and abuse
- Differential access to food and medical care
- Low access to shooling
While adolescent boys in early years (aged 0-9) experience
- Harsher and abusive punishment at home and school
- Poor access to medical care (based on relief that boys are hardier or tougher than girls, in some settings
- Sexual exploitaiton and abuse (at lesser rates than girls)
