Engaging Men to Prevent Gender-Based Violence: A Multi-Country Intervention and Impact Evaluation Study

Over the span of three years, Instituto Promundo, with support from the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women, implemented a multi-country project to engage men and boys in preventing violence against women and promote gender equality. Project activities in each country varied but all included educational workshops with men and young men on gender equity and training programs with partner staff on evidence-based methodologies for the prevention of violence against women. The project deliberately sought to test and evaluate an array of interventions to engage young and adult men in GBV prevention, namely: 1) A community-based intervention (India); 2) A sports-based intervention (Brazil); 3) A health-sector-based intervention (Chile), and; 4 A work-place-based intervention (Rwanda).
The interventions in three of the four settings – Chile, Brazil and India – were subject to a quasi-experimental impact evaluation. In all three settings, there was a statistically significant change in attitudes correlated with tha use of violence against women, and a statistically significant self-reported decrease in use of violence against female partners (in the previous three months). Qualitative results further affirmed that the group education and campaign activities used in each site led to increased discussion by young and adult men about gender equality and decreased support for attitudes that encourage men’s use of intimate partner violence. Limitations of the data include the lack of randomization (although there were control groups in similar communities in India and Brazil), and the lack of women’s reports (with the exception of India). 

Publisher: 
Instituto Promundo
تاريخ النشر: 
الأحد, 1 يناير 2012
نوع المورد: 
Studies and Reports
حلة: 
Domestic & Personal Violence, Education, Gender
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