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Tipping Point Social Norms Innovations Series: Amra-o-Korchi, Bangladesh
This brief outlines CARE’s experience with implementing ‘Amra-o-Korchi’ in Bangladesh. This was one of a series of ‘Tipping Point’ programme innovations that CARE piloted to ...
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CARE’s Journey Piloting Social Norms Measures for Gender Programming
This “Theory to Practice” brief describes CARE’s journey to understand social norm theory from academia, and apply it in development practice. CARE’s interest stemmed from ...
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VAWG Resource Guide: Social Protection Brief
The briefing note looks at the intersections between social protection (SP) and violence against women and girls (VAWG), and options for integrating intervention to prevent ...
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Community-based Prevention of Violence Against Women and their Children
This accessible toolkit compiled by Our Watch in Australia comprises a suite of materials for practitioners wishing to work with communities to prevent violence against women. ...
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Approaches to Scale-up and Assessing Cost-effectiveness of Programmes to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls
With its focus on low-income and middle-income countries, this review paper summarises evidence on the cost and value for money (VFM) aspects of interventions to ...
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MAISHA Intervention in Tanzania
MAISHA is a social empowerment intervention designed to build healthy, violence-free relationships. Two trained female facilitators deliver 10 sessions to...
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Fidelity Brief for Adapting Indashyikirwa
Using the experience of implementation in rural Rwanda, this brief guides organizations to adapt and refine the Indashyikirwa Couples Curriculum...
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Becoming One: A Religious Couples Counselling Programme
Becoming One is a religious couples’ counselling programme designed to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV). It is delivered by Faith...
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Prevention Foundations Brief 3: Evidence-Based Programmes to Prevent Violence Against Women
This Prevention Collaborative brief aims to inform practitioners about programming approaches which have been shown to be effective in preventing...
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Prevention Foundations Brief 2: Understanding the Causes of Violence Against Women
This Prevention Collaborative brief introduces the multiple causes of violence against women (VAW) and how to analyse these factors in...
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Prevention Foundations Brief 1: What is Prevention of Violence Against Women?
This Prevention Collaborative brief introduces violence against women (VAW) prevention and looks at the differences between prevention and response programmes....
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The Real Fathers Initiative in Northern Uganda
The Responsible, Engaged and Loving (REAL) Fathers programme supported young fathers (aged 16 to 25 years) in Northern Uganda to...
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The ‘COMBAT’ Programme, Ghana
This programme developed a Rural Response System (RRS) to mobilise community members, state agencies and other key actors to prevent...
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Why does a feminist perspective matter in work to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls?
This Tip Sheet is part of the COFEM Feminist Pocketbook (www.cofemsocialchange.org) . The Feminist Pocketbook is a resource to support...
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CARE’s Journey Piloting Social Norms Measures for Gender Programming
This “Theory to Practice” brief describes CARE’s journey to understand social norm theory from academia, and apply it in development...
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The SASA! Approach for Preventing Violence against Women and HIV
This short film describes the SASA! approach for Preventing Violence against Women and HIV, by showing how it is used...

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Learning from Practice: Approaches to Capture and Apply Practice-Based Knowledge
Practice-based knowledge (PBK) is currently under-used and under-valued in violence prevention programming and in building the global evidence base. This...
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Approaches to Scale-up and Assessing Cost-effectiveness of Programmes to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls
With its focus on low-income and middle-income countries, this review paper summarises evidence on the cost and value for money...
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Why does GBV programming focus on women and girls?
This Tip Sheet is part of the COFEM Feminist Pocketbook (www.cofemsocialchange.org) . The Feminist Pocketbook is a resource to support...
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DFID Guidance Note: Shifting Social Norms to Tackle Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)
This guidance note seeks to advise how programmes targeted at VAWG prevention can identify and address harmful social norms and...
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Fidelity Brief for Adapting Indashyikirwa
Using the experience of implementation in rural Rwanda, this brief guides organizations to adapt and refine the Indashyikirwa Couples Curriculum...