Community activism as a strategy to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) in rural Rwanda: Results of a community randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is considerable interest in community organising and activism as a strategy to shift patriarchal gender norms, attitudes and beliefs and thus reduce intimate partner violence (IPV). Yet there is limited insight into how activism actually translates into reduced violence, including how aspects of programme implementation or cultural context may affect impact. This study evaluates the community activism/mobilisation portion of Indashyikirwa, a multi-component, IPV prevention programme implemented in rural Rwanda. The activism part of Indashyikirwa was based on SASA!, a promising program model from Uganda with demonstrated effectiveness.

Methods

We implemented two separate cross-sectional surveys as part of a larger community randomised con

SUBMITTER: Chatterji S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7125418 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature