The empowerment of women within households remains a major issue around the world including in Africa. We have conducted a study in Burundi coupling discussion sessions with microfinancing to determine if they enhance the role of women in decisions regarding household purchases and the reduction of domestic violence. We compare our findings to that from a published study in South Africa that combined discussion sessions on life skills and health on reduction in domestic violence and decisions on economic issues. Both studies used randomized controlled experiments. Both studies show a trend towards increases in household authority, with the Burundi study showing statistical significance. In South Africa there was a large, albeit short lived ...
Background: Gender-based violence against women, including intimate partner violence (IPV), is a per...
Objectives: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health challenge but there is evidence that ...
Prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) is high the world over, and in sub-Saharan Africa, bet...
The empowerment of women within households remains a major issue around the world including in Afric...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects over one-in-four women globally. Combined economic and socia...
Abstract Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been recognized as a defining human rights, ...
This document presents the International Rescue Committee seeking to determine what is the most effe...
Africa Project Conferences and Harvard Development Seminars for helpful comments. The authors also t...
ObjectiveThis is the first experimental study testing the effects of an economic intervention alone ...
This study aims to investigate the impact of economic empowerment of women in addressing domestic vi...
In South Asia, 42% of women experience intimate partner violence. In Sub-Saharan Africa, that number...
There is evidence that cash transfers reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but less is known abou...
There is increasing evidence that cash transfer (CT) programs decrease intimate partner violence (IP...
The impact of microfinance on women’s perception of domestic violence has not been rigorously invest...
This document presents Understanding the impact of a mocrofinance-based intervention on women;s empo...
Background: Gender-based violence against women, including intimate partner violence (IPV), is a per...
Objectives: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health challenge but there is evidence that ...
Prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) is high the world over, and in sub-Saharan Africa, bet...
The empowerment of women within households remains a major issue around the world including in Afric...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects over one-in-four women globally. Combined economic and socia...
Abstract Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been recognized as a defining human rights, ...
This document presents the International Rescue Committee seeking to determine what is the most effe...
Africa Project Conferences and Harvard Development Seminars for helpful comments. The authors also t...
ObjectiveThis is the first experimental study testing the effects of an economic intervention alone ...
This study aims to investigate the impact of economic empowerment of women in addressing domestic vi...
In South Asia, 42% of women experience intimate partner violence. In Sub-Saharan Africa, that number...
There is evidence that cash transfers reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but less is known abou...
There is increasing evidence that cash transfer (CT) programs decrease intimate partner violence (IP...
The impact of microfinance on women’s perception of domestic violence has not been rigorously invest...
This document presents Understanding the impact of a mocrofinance-based intervention on women;s empo...
Background: Gender-based violence against women, including intimate partner violence (IPV), is a per...
Objectives: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health challenge but there is evidence that ...
Prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) is high the world over, and in sub-Saharan Africa, bet...