Strengthening theories of change in women's group interventions to improve learning.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Supporting women's groups is increasingly seen as an important intervention strategy for advancing women's empowerment, economic outcomes, and family health in low- and middle-income countries. We argue that learning from investments in women's group platforms is often limited by the lack of a well-articulated, evaluable theory of change (ToC) developed by those designing the programmes.

Methods

We first identify a simple set of steps important to specifying a ToC that is evaluable and supports learning (what could be done). We then propose a framework in which we hope social scientists can find a common starting point (reconciling what could be and is being done). The framework emphasises identifying untested assumptions around pathways for introducing and adopti

SUBMITTER: Anderson CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10716675 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature