Violence against Women and Girls: Lessons from South Asia

Solotaroff, Jennifer L.; Pande, Rohini

doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-0171-6

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“…Child marriage itself can be considered a form of violence against girls (Amin 2014;Solotaroff & Pande 2014). Gender norms that devalue girls and women and drive the practice of child marriage may also promote the acceptability of violence.…”

Section: Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: A Review of the Literature

Parsons¹,

Edmeades²,

Kes³

et al. 2015

The Review of Faith & International Affairs

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Section: Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: A Review of the Literature

Parsons¹,

Edmeades²,

Kes³

et al. 2015

The Review of Faith & International Affairs

266

197

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“…Evidence from various settings worldwide links men’s violence against their intimate partners with systems of gender inequality and hegemonic masculinity (Solotaroff and Pande 2014; Jewkes 2002). There is widespread recognition that intimate partner violence (IPV) cannot be understood in any meaningful or useful way without understanding how masculinities are constructed, and how they function (e.g., DeKeseredy and Schwartz [2005]).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Men’s perspectives on women’s empowerment and intimate partner violence in rural Bangladesh

Schuler

Lenzi

Badal

et al. 2017

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) may increase as women in patriarchal societies become empowered, implicitly or explicitly challenging prevailing gender norms. Prior evidence suggests an inverse U-shaped relationship between women’s empowerment and IPV, in which violence against women first increases and then decreases as more egalitarian gender norms gradually gain acceptance. By means of focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with men in 10 Bangladeshi villages, this study explores men’s evolving views of women, gender norms and the legitimacy of men’s perpetration of IPV in the context of a gender transition. It examines men’s often-contradictory narratives about women’s empowerment and concomitant changes in norms of masculinity, and identifies aspects of women’s empowerment that are most likely to provoke a male backlash. The findings suggest that men’s growing acceptance of egalitarian gender norms and their self-reported decreased engagement in IPV are driven largely by pragmatic self-interest: their desire to improve their economic status and fear of negative consequences of IPV.

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“…Across the world, researchers have begun to develop and test interventions that promote women's empowerment to reduce violence and related health risks (Barker, Ricardo, Nascimento, Olukoya, & Santos, 2009;Dworkin, Dunbar, Krishnan, Hatcher, & Sawires, 2011;Keleher & Franklin, 2008;Solotaroff & Pande, 2014). Women's empowerment programmes have focused on enhancing women's access to and control over economic, social, and health resources, including income and credit, education, and health services.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Examples of such programmes in India include the Men's Action to Stop Violence Against Women (MASVAW) campaigns and the intervention, Yari Dosti (Solotaroff & Pande, 2014;Verma et al, 2008). The Yari Dosti programme, tested using a quasi-experimental approach in Mumbai (Verma et al, 2008), found that at baseline, the majority of young men supported inequitable gender norms (measured using the Gender Equitable Men [GEM] Scale), with fewer than 10% scoring in the 'highly equitable' category.…”

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“…Workplaces have been used as sites for HIV prevention interventions and for addressing sexual harassment (Solotaroff & Pande, 2014;Yassi, O'Hara, Lockhart, & Spiegel, 2013). The intervention we describe in this paper is novel because it uses the workplace context to address the intersections between gender norms, IPV, alcohol use, and reproductive and sexual health.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Impact of a workplace intervention on attitudes and practices related to gender equity in Bengaluru, India

Krishnan

Gambhir

Luecke

et al. 2016

Global Public Health

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We describe the evaluation of a participatory, garment factory-based intervention to promote gender equity. The intervention comprised four campaigns focused on gender and violence against women, alcoholism, sexual and reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS, which were implemented using information displays (standees and posters) and interactive methods (street play, one-to-one interactions, experience-sharing, and health camps). Each campaign lasted six days and the entire intervention was implemented over 10 months. We evaluated the intervention using a quasi-experimental design in which one factory served as the intervention site and a second as a delayed control. Two mobile-phone-based cross-sectional surveys were conducted at baseline and 12 months with separate systematic random samples of employees from each site. Data on socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge and attitudes related to gender equity, intimate partner violence (IPV) and alcohol use were assessed, and differences in these variables associated with the intervention were examined using difference-in-difference estimation. Analyses of data from 835 respondents revealed substantial, statistically significant improvements in attitudes related to gender equity, unacceptability of IPV, and awareness of IPV and alcohol-related support services. In conclusion, our study offers compelling evidence on the effectiveness of workplace-based interventions in advancing gender equity.

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Violence against Women and Girls: Lessons from South Asia

Cited by 108 publications

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Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: A Review of the Literature

Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: A Review of the Literature

Men’s perspectives on women’s empowerment and intimate partner violence in rural Bangladesh

Impact of a workplace intervention on attitudes and practices related to gender equity in Bengaluru, India

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