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Civil society organizations are calling for fathers in Rwanda to have more paternity leave. But some say men's attitudes to childcare and housework need to change first.
Background Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is a major global priority. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Building the Resilience of Vulnerable Communities in Burkina Faso (BRB) project, an agricultural development program, improved women’s empowerment, as measured by the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). Methods This study used a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study design. Participants included both treatment and comparison groups (total N = 751) comprising female members of savings groups and their husbands ...
Stern); Emory University ( Ferguson) "There is...emerging interest in couples-based violence prevention programming, and an urgent need for rigorous evidence to inform such approaches...in the Global South..." Many couples who experience violence in their relationships may want to stay together and need support and skills to manage their interactions more positively. However, there have been valid concerns raised around the appropriateness of working with couples as part of violence prevention programming. More commonly implemented in the Global South, such approaches tend to use group or co...
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...