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Study Summaries
The Impact of SAFE on Intimate Partner Violence in Slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh
This study evaluated the Growing up Safe and Healthy (SAFE) programme, a multi-component intervention implemented in 2012-2013, which aimed to improve sexual and reproductive health...
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Study Summaries
Integrating IPV and HIV prevention: Impacts of the SHARE Intervention in Uganda
This study evaluated the Safe Homes and Respect for Everyone (SHARE) intervention, a multi-component IPV and HIV prevention program integrated into the Rakai Health Sciences...
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Journal Articles
Converging Drivers of Interpersonal Violence: Findings from a Qualitative Study in Post-hurricane Haiti
This paper documents lessons from a qualitative assessment of the Transforming Households: Reducing Incidence of Violence in Emergencies (THRIVE) project in Côteaux, Haiti. It highlights multiple...
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Webinars
Working with Couples on Violence Prevention
This webinar is based on the publication of a new Prevention Collaborative practice brief exploring the emerging area of working with couples on violence prevention....
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Webinars
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and Most Significant Change (MSC)
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and Most Significant Change (MSC) are both asset-based approaches that seek to support positive change. AI is a strategy and approach to...
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Study Summaries
Does removing gender bias in inheritance law decrease violence against women? A case study from India
This study assessed the impact of equalizing inheritance rights for men and women on levels of violence against women in 16 states in India. The...
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Evidence Syntheses
Literature Review: Ending Violence against Women and Girls
This review of literature documents the state of violence against women and girls (VAWG) globally and in Australia by referring to a wide range of...
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Journal Articles
Global Prevalence of Past-year Violence Against Children: A Systematic Review and Minimum Estimates.
This paper provides important prevalence data on the scale of violence (emotional, physical, sexual and multiple exposures) against children around the world. The researchers carried...
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Journal Articles
Practice-based Insights in Developing and Implementing a Sport-based Programme for Girls
This article examines practice-based learning from developing and implementing the Parivartan Plus programme—a structured sports mentoring programme for girls in a Mumbai slum. This article...
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Evidence Syntheses
Piecing Together the Evidence on Social Norms and Violence Against Women
Developed by the Equality Institute, this booklet maps the current state of evidence on violence against women and girls (VAWG), with a specific focus on...
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Opinion
Does Economic Empowerment for Women in India Prevent Domestic Violence?
Late last year, a Bollywood movie sparked a debate across India on domestic violence. Secret Superstar, an Aamir Khan production released in October 2017, tells...
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Research Basics
Measuring Intimate Partner Violence
This brief provides guidance for the non-expert on how to collect valid quantitative data on partner violence in an ethically and methodologically sound manner. Specifically,...
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Evidence Syntheses
Respectful Relationships: Education in Schools
This paper was written following a decision by the Australian Government to include Respectful Relationships Education on the school curriculum. It aims to support policy...
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Tools and Guidance
Top 20 Resources on Social Norms
This is a list of top 20 resources identified by members of the Learning Collaborative for Advancing Research and Practice on Normative Change for Adolescent...
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Working Papers and Reports
Social Norms and Girls’ Wellbeing: Linking Theory and Practice
This report seeks to better explore the connections between social norms theory and practice as they relate to girls’ lives, and the implications for efforts...
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Evidence Syntheses
Gender Socialisation During Adolescence in Low-and-middle-income Countries: Conceptualisation, Influences, and Outcomes
Adolescence is a critical period in the development of gender attitudes and behaviours, which have potentially life-long effects. The rapid changes that take place during...
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Practice Briefs
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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Working Papers and Reports
On Norms and Agency: Conversations about Gender Equality with Men and Women in 20 Countries
This paper summarises the findings of a qualitative field study with 4000 men and women in focus groups across 20 countries from all regions. The...
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Study Summaries
Enabling Social Change: How Value Deliberations Led to Individual and Collective Empowerment in Rural Senegal
This summary paper is based on four years of field research to look at how Tostan’s Community Empowerment Programme (CEP) – which entailed a process...
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Evidence Syntheses
State of the Field of Research on Violence Against Women and Girls
This paper reviews the knowledge base on the scale, scope and nature of VAWG and the factors that drive it at individual, relationship, community and...
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Evidence Syntheses
What Works to Prevent Partner Violence?
This document reviews the empirical evidence of what works in low-and middle-income countries to prevent violence against women by their husbands and other male partners....
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Evidence Syntheses
Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in South Asia: Evidence for Interventions in the Health Sector, Women’s Collectives, and Local Governance Mechanisms
This evidence review looks at a range of programmes implemented in South Asia to prevent Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). It looks at interventions to prevent...
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Evidence Syntheses
Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls: What Does the Evidence Say?
This paper reviews the evidence on interventions to reduce the prevalence and incidence of violence against women and girls (VAWG). It covers a wide range...
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