Perceptions of Legitimacy: The Sex of the Legal Messenger and Reactions to Sexual Harassment Training
Sexual harassment training has varying effects on men’s perceptions of women’s competence, status, and likability—depending on whether the training is led by a woman or a man.
Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Côte d’Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study
Adding an interpersonal dialogue group to economic empowerment programming in Côte d’Ivoire reduced the occurrence of intimate partner violence, economic abuse, and acceptance of wife beating.
Jhumka Gupta,
Kathryn L. Falb,
Heidi Lehmann,
Denise Kpebo,
Ziming Xuan,
Mazeda Hossain,
Cathy Zimmerman,
Charlotte Watts,
Jeannie Annan
Findings from the SASA! Study: a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a community mobilization intervention to prevent violence against women and reduce HIV risk in Kampala, Uganda
A community mobilization intervention piloted in Uganda significantly reduced social acceptance of gender inequality and intimate partner violence (IPV), as well as actual experience of IPV and risky sexual behavior.
Tanya Abramsky,
Karen Devries,
Ligia Kiss,
Janet Nakuti,
Nambusi Kyegombe,
Elizabeth Starmann,
Bonnie Cundill,
Leilani Francisco,
Dan Kaye,
Tina Musuya,
Lori Michau,
Charlotte Watts
The Short-Term Impacts of a Schooling Conditional Cash Transfer Program on the Sexual Behavior of Young Women
Educational conditional cash transfer programs lead to “win-win” scenarios for girls: increases in their schooling and reductions in risky sexual behavior.
Sarah Baird,
Ephraim Chirwa,
Craig McIntosh,
Berk Özler
Effect Of A Participatory Intervention With Women’s Groups On Birth Outcomes And Maternal Depression In Jharkhand And Orissa, India: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial
Women’s groups led by peer facilitators reduced neonatal mortality rates and maternal depression in tribal, rural populations of eastern India.
Prasanta Tripathy,
Nirmala Nair,
Sarah Barnett,
Rajendra Mahapatra,
Josephine Borghi,
Shibanand Rath,
Suchitra Rath,
Rajkumar Gope,
Dipnath Mahto,
Rajesh Sinha,
Rashmi Lakshminarayana,
Vikram Patel,
Christina Pagel,
Audrey Prost,
Anthony Costello
Effect Of A Structural Intervention For The Prevention Of Intimate-Partner Violence And HIV In Rural South Africa: A Cluster Randomised Trial
Combining a microfinance program for women with a participatory curriculum to discuss gender roles, relationships, intimate-partner violence, and HIV reduced levels of intimate-partner violence in South Africa.
Paul M. Pronyk,
James R. Hargreaves,
Julia C. Kim,
Linda A. Morison,
Godfrey Phetla,
Charlotte Watts,
Joanna Busza,
John D. H. Porter
Education, HIV, and Early Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Lowering the barriers to education by providing free school uniforms lowered girls’ and boys’ dropout rates, reduced teen pregnancy within marriage, and decreased teen marriage rates.
Gender-Responsive Drug Court Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Women who participate in women-only substance abuse treatment programs benefit from reduced PTSD and better treatment outcomes than women in mixed-sex treatment programs.
Women’s Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa
A combination of vocational and life skill training improves adolescent girls’ income-generating opportunities and social empowerment while reducing early childbearing and desired fertility rates.
Oriana Bandiera,
Niklas Buehren,
Robin Burgess,
Markus Goldstein,
Selim Gulesci,
Imran Rasul,
Munshi Sulaiman
Perceptions of Legitimacy: The Sex of the Legal Messenger and Reactions to Sexual Harassment Training
Sexual harassment training has varying effects on men’s perceptions of women’s competence, status, and likability—depending on whether the training is led by a woman or a man.
Findings from the SASA! Study: a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a community mobilization intervention to prevent violence against women and reduce HIV risk in Kampala, Uganda
A community mobilization intervention piloted in Uganda significantly reduced social acceptance of gender inequality and intimate partner violence (IPV), as well as actual experience of IPV and risky sexual behavior.
Tanya Abramsky,
Karen Devries,
Ligia Kiss,
Janet Nakuti,
Nambusi Kyegombe,
Elizabeth Starmann,
Bonnie Cundill,
Leilani Francisco,
Dan Kaye,
Tina Musuya,
Lori Michau,
Charlotte Watts
Effect Of A Participatory Intervention With Women’s Groups On Birth Outcomes And Maternal Depression In Jharkhand And Orissa, India: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial
Women’s groups led by peer facilitators reduced neonatal mortality rates and maternal depression in tribal, rural populations of eastern India.
Prasanta Tripathy,
Nirmala Nair,
Sarah Barnett,
Rajendra Mahapatra,
Josephine Borghi,
Shibanand Rath,
Suchitra Rath,
Rajkumar Gope,
Dipnath Mahto,
Rajesh Sinha,
Rashmi Lakshminarayana,
Vikram Patel,
Christina Pagel,
Audrey Prost,
Anthony Costello
Education, HIV, and Early Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Lowering the barriers to education by providing free school uniforms lowered girls’ and boys’ dropout rates, reduced teen pregnancy within marriage, and decreased teen marriage rates.
Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Côte d’Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study
Adding an interpersonal dialogue group to economic empowerment programming in Côte d’Ivoire reduced the occurrence of intimate partner violence, economic abuse, and acceptance of wife beating.
Jhumka Gupta,
Kathryn L. Falb,
Heidi Lehmann,
Denise Kpebo,
Ziming Xuan,
Mazeda Hossain,
Cathy Zimmerman,
Charlotte Watts,
Jeannie Annan
The Short-Term Impacts of a Schooling Conditional Cash Transfer Program on the Sexual Behavior of Young Women
Educational conditional cash transfer programs lead to “win-win” scenarios for girls: increases in their schooling and reductions in risky sexual behavior.
Sarah Baird,
Ephraim Chirwa,
Craig McIntosh,
Berk Özler
Effect Of A Structural Intervention For The Prevention Of Intimate-Partner Violence And HIV In Rural South Africa: A Cluster Randomised Trial
Combining a microfinance program for women with a participatory curriculum to discuss gender roles, relationships, intimate-partner violence, and HIV reduced levels of intimate-partner violence in South Africa.
Paul M. Pronyk,
James R. Hargreaves,
Julia C. Kim,
Linda A. Morison,
Godfrey Phetla,
Charlotte Watts,
Joanna Busza,
John D. H. Porter
Gender-Responsive Drug Court Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Women who participate in women-only substance abuse treatment programs benefit from reduced PTSD and better treatment outcomes than women in mixed-sex treatment programs.
Women’s Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa
A combination of vocational and life skill training improves adolescent girls’ income-generating opportunities and social empowerment while reducing early childbearing and desired fertility rates.
Oriana Bandiera,
Niklas Buehren,
Robin Burgess,
Markus Goldstein,
Selim Gulesci,
Imran Rasul,
Munshi Sulaiman
