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Sexual Assault Among Young Adolescents in Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from the IMPower and SOS Cluster‑Randomized Controlled Trial
Sexual assault is a global threat to adolescent health, but empowerment self-defense (ESD) interventions have shown promise for prevention. This study evaluated the joint implementation of a girls’ ESD program and a concurrent boys’ program, implemented via a cluster-randomized controlled trial in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya, from January 2016 to October 2018. Schools were randomized to the 12-h intervention or 2-h standard of care. Students were randomly sampled to complete surveys at baseline and again at 24 months post-intervention.
Cite as: Jewkes R, Chirwa E, Ogum Alangea D, Addo-Lartey A, Christofides N, Dunkle K, Ramsoomar L, Gibbs A. Pooled analysis of the association between food insecurity and violence against women: Evidence from low- and middle-income settings. J Glob Health 2023;13:04021.
Citation: Ndungu, J.; Jewkes, R.; Ngcobo-Sithole, M.; Chirwa, E.; Gibbs, A. AfghanWomen’s Use of Violence against Their Children and
Associations with IPV, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Poverty: A Cross-Sectional and Structural Equation Modelling Analysis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 7923. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157923
To cite: Ramsoomar L, Gibbs A, Chirwa ED, et al. Pooled analysis of the association between mental health and violence against women: evidence from five settings in
the Global South. BMJ Open 2023;13:e063730. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-063730
Quantitative evaluation of Zindagii Shoista (Living with Dignity) intervention to prevent violence against women in Tajikistan
To cite this article: Subhiya Mastonshoeva, Shahribonu Shonasimova, Parvina Gulyamova, Rachel Jewkes, Nwabisa Shai, Esnat Chirwa & Henri Myrttinen (2022) Quantitative evaluation of Zindagii Shoista (Living with Dignity) intervention to prevent violence against women in Tajikistan, Global Health Action, 15:1, 2122994, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2022.2122994
The cost-effectiveness of intimate partner violence prevention: Evidence from six low- and middle-income countries
Globally, one in three women has experienced physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime.1
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 aims to eradicate violence against women and girls (VAWG). Many interventions designed to prevent VAWG in low- to middleincome countries (LMICs) are showing substantial impact.
However, despite the emerging evidence and high-level
policy and public commitment to reduce VAWG, funding for VAWG prevention remains insufficient. Cost-effectiveness analysis helps governments and funders decide which VAWG prevention interventions are most effective when budgets are limited.
This brief presents findings from the first multi-country costeffectiveness study of six VAWG prevention interventions delivered across a range of platforms and approaches from schools to community mobilisation and workshop-based small-group formats. It highlights how costs and health effects vary across platforms, approaches, countries, and
populations, with methods commonly used to analyse and justify investment in the health sector.
This brief is intended for donors, policy makers, and practitioners of VAWG prevention. It is one of a series of
evidence briefs published as part of the UKAID-funded What Works to Prevent Violence programme, which has rigorously evaluated 15 interventions across 12 countries in Africa and Asia.
Citation: Jewkes, R.;Willan, S.;Heise, L.;Washington, L.; Shai, N.; Kerr-Wilson, A.; Gibbs, A.; Stern, E.; Christofides, N. Elements of the Design and Implementation of Interventions to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls Associated with Success: Reflections from the WhatWorks to Prevent Violence againstWomen and Girls? Global Programme. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 12129. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph182212129
To cite: Ramsoomar L, Gibbs A, Chirwa ED, et al.
Pooled analysis of the association between alcohol use and violence against women: evidence from four violence prevention studies in Africa.
BMJ Open 2021;11:e049282. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049282
“We saw that jealousy can also bring violence”: A qualitative exploration of
the intersections between jealousy, infidelity and intimate partner violence
in Rwanda and Uganda
Nambusi Kyegombe *, Erin Stern, Ana Maria Buller
Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
A case study comparison of engaging community activists to prevent gender-based violence in Peru and Rwanda
To cite this article: Erin Stern, Murylo Batista, Geordan Shannon, Lori Heise & Jenevieve Mannell (2021): A case study comparison of engaging community activists to prevent gender-based violence in Peru and Rwanda, Global Public Health, DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2021.2018010
Citation: Ndungu, J.; Jewkes, R.; Ngcobo-Sithole, M.; Chirwa, E.; Gibbs, A. AfghanWomen’s Use of Violence against Their Children and Associations with IPV, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Poverty: A Cross-Sectional and Structural Equation Modelling Analysis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 7923. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157923
Smanga Mkhwanazi a, Andrew Gibbs a,b,*
a Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa
b Centre for Rural Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Cellphones and romantic relationships of young women in urban informal settlements in South Africa
To cite this article: Andrew Gibbs, Samantha Willan & Rachel Jewkes (2021): Cellphones and romantic relationships of young women in urban informal settlements in South Africa, Culture, Health & Sexuality, DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2021.1953609
Cite this article: Kane JC, Glass N, Bolton PA, Mayeya J, Paul R, Mwenge M, Murray LK (2021).
Two-year treatment effects of the common elements treatment approach (CETA) for reducing intimate partner violence and unhealthy alcohol use in Zambia. Global Mental Health 8, e4, 1–4. https://doi.org/
10.1017/gmh.2021.2
Leane Ramsoomar, Rebecca Ladbury & Rachel Jewkes (2021):
Research uptake, lessons from a multi-country global programme: What Works to Prevent Violence against
women and girls, Development in Practice, DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2021.1911952
Andrew Gibbs, Nada Abdelatif, Laura Washington, Esnat Chirwa, Samantha Willan, Nwabisa Shai, Yandisa Sikweyiya, Rachel Jewkes
Associations between exposures to occupationrelated events, depression and intimate partner violence among women in the occupied Palestinian Territories
Andrew Gibbs , Nada Abdelatif , Nader Said & Rachel Jewkes (2020): Associations between exposures to occupation-related events, depression and intimate partner violence among women in the occupied Palestinian Territories, Global Public Health, DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1849349
How the Indashyikirwa Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Programme in Rwanda Influenced Parenting and Violence against Children
Erin Stern1,2 & Lori Heise1 & Kristin Dunkle3 & Sangeeta Chatterji. How the Indashyikirwa Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Programme in Rwanda Influenced Parenting and Violence against Children
Barriers and facilitators to care-seeking among survivors of gender-based violence in the Dadaab refugee complex
Sheru Muuo, Stella Kagwiria Muthuri, Martin Kavao Mutua, Alys McAlpine, Loraine J. Bacchus, Hope Ogego, Martin Bangha, Mazeda Hossain & Chimaraoke Izugbara (2020) Barriers and facilitators to care-seeking among survivors of gender-based violence in the Dadaab refugee complex, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 28:1, DOI: 10.1080/26410397.2020.1722404
Research challenges in evaluating gender-based violence response services in a refugee camp
(2020) Research challenges in evaluating gender-based violence response services in a refugee camp, Global Health Action, 13:1, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2020.1820713
Gender-based violence and its association with mental health among Somali women in a Kenyan refugee camp: a latent class analysis
Hossain, M., Pearson, R. J., McAlpine, A., Bacchus, L. J., Spangaro, J., Muthuri, J., Muuo, S., Franchi, G., Hess, T., Bangha, M., Izugbara, C. (2020). Gender-based violence and its association with mental health among Somali women in a Kenyan refugee camp: a latent class analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health. ePub: This study sought to understand the interaction between current violence and past conflict-related violence with ongoing mental health to help improve mental health service provision in refugee camps. [Source: London School of Economics].
Disability, violence, and mental health among Somali refugee women in a humanitarian setting
Hossain, M., Pearson, R., McAlpine, A., Bacchus, L., Muuo, S. W., Muthuri, S. K., Spangaro, J., Kuper, H., Franchi, G., Pla Cordero, R., Cornish-Spencer, S., Hess, T., Bangha, M. and Izugbara, C. (2020) “Disability, violence, and mental health among Somali refugee women in a humanitarian setting,” Global Mental Health. Cambridge University Press, 7, p. e30. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2020.23.
Right To Play’s intervention to reduce peer violence among children in public schools in Pakistan: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Rozina Karmaliani , Judith McFarlane , Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja , Yasmeen Somani , Shireen Shehzad , Tazeen Saeed Ali , Nargis Asad , Esnat D. Chirwa & Rachel Jewkes
To cite this article: Rozina Karmaliani , Judith McFarlane , Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja , Yasmeen Somani , Shireen Shehzad , Tazeen Saeed Ali , Nargis Asad , Esnat D. Chirwa & Rachel Jewkes (2020) Right To Play’s intervention to reduce peer violence among children in public schools in Pakistan: a cluster-randomized controlled trial, Global Health Action, 13:1, 1836604
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2020.1836604
Lessons learnt from engaging opinion leaders to address intimate partner violence in Rwanda
Erin Stern , Lori Heise & Beniamino Cislaghi
To cite this article: Erin Stern , Lori Heise & Beniamino Cislaghi (2020): Lessons learnt from engaging opinion leaders to address intimate partner violence in Rwanda, Development in Practice
Samantha Willan a, Andrew Gibbs a,b, Nwabisa Shai a, Nolwazi Ntini a, Inge Petersen b, Rachel Jewkes a
a. Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, 1 Soutpansberg Road, Pretoria, South Africa
b. Centre for Rural Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, Mazisi Kunene Road, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4041, South Africa
Exploring young women’s reproductive decision-making, agency and social norms in South African informal settlements
Samantha Willan1, Andrew Gibbs,1,2, Inge Petersen2, Rachel Jewkes1
1. Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa,
2. Centre for Rural Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Engaging with faith groups to prevent VAWG in conflict-affected communities: results from two community surveys in the DRC
Elisabet Le Roux , Julienne Corboz, Nigel Scott , Maggie Sandilands , Uwezo Baghuma Lele, Elena Bezzolato and Rachel Jewkes
Sangeeta Chatterji, Lori Heise, Andrew Gibbs, Kristin Dunkle
Yandisa Sikweyiya, Adolphina Addoley Addo-Lartey, Deda Ogum Alangea, Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, Esnat D. Chirwa, Dorcas Coker-Appiah, Richard M. K. Adanu and Rachel Jewkes
Nwabisa Shai, Geeta Devi Pradhan, Ratna Shrestha, Abhina Adhikari, Esnat Chirwa1, Alice Kerr-Wilson, Rachel Jewkes