This report presents the findings of the end-line evaluation of the Umodzi Project. Umodzi was a two-year action research project to test the effectiveness and scalability of a gender-synchronized, transformational approach that is integrated into existing school-based life skills (LS) and sexuality education programs for 10- to 19-year-old adolescent boys and girls. The purpose of Umodzi was to enhance the sustained empowerment of adolescent girls in rural communities in Central Malawi to exercise their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) rights and ultimately achieve better life outcomes. The project used a comparative study to demonstrate evidence-based impact and also used a proof-of-concept component to inform process in real time. The Umodzi project approach relied on the coordinated action of two existing initiatives to achieve the following outcomes: 

1- Adoption of gender-equitable attitudes and behaviors among adolescent boys and girls in primary school. 2- Improved health and development knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and selfcare practices among adolescent boys and girls in primary school. 3- Enhanced inter-generational relationships between men and boys and women and girls that are supportive of adolescent gender and SRHR.

Overall, the evaluation was able to test the effectiveness of the intervention on gender-equitable attitudes and behaviors of adolescent boys and girls. Basing on the positive effects of the intervention on boys (aged 10-14 and 15-19) and older girls (aged 15-19), this implies that the intervention has the potential to being more impactful if delivered over a longer period and with a focus on older adolescents.