What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and GirlsEMMA FULU, SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

£ 25 million DFID

flagship programm

e

Supporting primary

prevention in Africa, Asia, and Middle

East

Global programme to prevent VAWG

Partners: South African Medical Research CouncilLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

UNDP Asia & Pacific RegionSocial Development Direct

VAWG in conflict and humanitarian crises

Partners: International Research CommitteeCare International

George Washington University

Economic and social costs of VAWG

Partners: National University of Ireland, GalwayIPSOS Mori

ICRW

WHAT WORKS RESEARCH QUESTIONS

What Works to Prevent Violence

What are links between structural economic,

political and social factors and VAWG prevalence, and how does addressing these factors help in prevention of

VAWG?

What strategies and interventions

are most successful for prevention of

VAWG?What are the options for

scaling up effective prevention programmes?

Which interventions are best value for money?

WHAT WE DO

WHERE WE WORK

Region

DFID priority countries

Africa DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia,

MENA Occupied Palestinian Territories, Yemen

South Asia

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan

REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE

Most rigorous evaluations are from HICs - little testing of how these programmes may impact differently in LMICs

Limited measurement of impact on VAWG occurrence

Limited evaluation of population and community level impact

Limited evidence on effectiveness of interventions among vulnerable groups

Little evaluation of pathways through which interventions may be achieving their impacts

Evaluations often conducted after short follow-up periods

WHAT DOES THE EVIDENCE SAY?

Several studies show large effects in programmatic timeframes Effective programme elements: participatory, multi-

component, support critical discussion, skills building Build interventions from a well-articulated theory of change Address multiple risk factors and/or work across multiple

settings Design and implement interventions for different age groups,

across the life-cycle, linked together Target the general population and high-risk groups Contemplate the scalability of proposed interventions

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Microfinance/gender transformation

Relationship-level interventions Group education with

community outreach (men/boys) Community mobilization

Alcohol reduction programmes (limited evidence from LMICs)

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) Parenting programmes Whole-school interventions Counselling, therapy and

psychological support

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Single component communications campaigns

WASH interventions in schools

FAIR EVIDENCE INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE

INNOVATION GRANTEES

Help the Afghan Children

A peace and civic education programme, working with girls, women, boys, male leaders and families to promote women’s rights, healthy relationship skills based on peaceful conflict resolution.

Business for Social Responsibility BangladeshAddressing VAW and harassment in the garment factories in Bangladesh through workplace training on gender, sexual  and reproductive health and rights.

Ma’an TV, OPT

Working with local women’s organisations to implement the first ever national multi-component media campaign on the prevention of violence against women and girls in OPT.

IMPACT EVALUATIONS

Stepping Stones & Creating FuturesPeer-to-peer training programme in informal settlements in South Africa to improve livelihoods and change social norms around gender and the use of violence.

Samdevena plus, KHPT India

A multi-level intervention that aims to reduce vulnerability to HIV among female sex workers in Karnataka State, India, by reducing partner violence and increasing consistent condom use within their intimate relationships.

COMBAT GhanaThe Community Based Anti-Violence Team (COMBAT) was developed in Ghana and is an intervention which seeks to change in social norms around violence through work with communities.

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