Stern, Dunkle); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ( Stern, Heise) "[C]ommunity mobilisation strategies as a means to reduce levels of IPV deserve further investigation in rural Rwanda and in other rural settings..." Despite promising examples of the strategic use of community activism to shift the patriarchal norms, attitudes, and beliefs that undergird IPV, there is limited understanding of how activism actually translates into reduced violence, including how cultural context and programme implementation may affect impact. Conducted by external researchers as part of What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls, this evaluation focuses exclusively on the community activism/mobilisation portion of