This article explores the social determinants of adolescents’ access to education during the COVID-19 pandemic in three diverse urban contexts in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Jordan. It provides novel empirical data from the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence longitudinal study, drawing on phone surveys (4441), qualitative interviews with adolescents aged 12–19 years (500), and key informant interviews conducted between April and October 2020. Findings highlight that the pandemic is compounding pre-existing vulnerabilities to educational disadvantage, and that gender, poverty and disability are intersecting to deepen social inequalities. The paper concludes by reflecting on policy implications for inclusive distance education in emergencies.

本文探讨了在孟加拉国、埃塞俄比亚和约旦的三个不同城市背景下，COVID-19 大流行期间青少年接受教育的社会决定因素。它提供了来自性别与青春期的新实证数据：全球证据纵向研究，利用电话调查 (4441)、对 12-19 岁青少年 (500) 的定性访谈，以及 2020 年 4 月至 2020 年 10 月期间进行的关键线人访谈。调查结果重点大流行病加剧了先前存在的脆弱性，导致教育处于不利地位，性别、贫困和残疾相互交织，加深了社会不平等。本文最后反思了紧急情况下包容性远程教育的政策含义。