An Integrated Approach to Increasing Women's Empowerment and Reducing Domestic Violence: Results of a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in a West African Country.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This is the first experimental study testing the effects of an economic intervention alone and in combination with a family-focused component, on women's empowerment status and family violence in Burkina Faso.

Method

The three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial with baseline and one-year follow-up included 360 ultra-poor married women from 12 villages. Villages were randomized to the three study arms: economic intervention for women (Trickle Up/TU), a combination of economic intervention and family coaching (Trickle Up Plus), and waitlist (Control arm). Analysis utilized repeated-measures mixed effects regressions.

Results

Compared to the control group, there was a significant improvement in both the TU arm and the TU Plus arm in women's f

SUBMITTER: Ismayilova L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8594903 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature