Effective Approaches to Adapt and Scale Prevention of VAWG Innovations – Assessing the Womanity Award Model
Background Adaptation and scaling of violence prevention interventions are complex and challenging processes which require support, yet there is little empirical evidence on what makes an effective technical assistance partnership model. At the same time, many scale-up partnerships are top down, with programs developed, tested, and funded by the Global North. The Womanity Award aims to […]
Catalyzing REAL Fathers across Uganda for Early Learning and Play
BackgroundWitnessing and experiencing violence impedes children’s healthy development and learning. Responsible, Engaged and Loving Fathers (REAL Fathers) is an evidence-based mentoring program for young fathers and their partners to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), violence against children and enhance early childhood development. Developed by community members in northern Uganda, the project was piloted and proven […]
Adapting, Expanding, and Evaluating ARCHES in Kenya
Situation or Background The 2022 Kenya DHS reports that 43% of Kenyan women of reproductive age have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV), and about 1 in 10 have faced pregnancy coercion, a form of reproductive coercion (RC) where male partners or family members pressure women into pregnancy against their wishes. RC, a type of gender-based violence, […]
Tipping Point: Using Social Network Theory to Accelerate Scale and Impact
Situation or BackgroundAs of 2012, Niger had the highest prevalence of child marriage and adolescent fertility in the world, with 79% of women aged 20-24 married by the time they are 18, and 186 births per 1,000 adolescents. Although there are many social and behavioral interventions to address family planning (FP) uptake and reduce adolescent […]
The Gender Equity and Demographic Research Project (GENDER Project)
Situation or BackgroundWomen and girls in India experience substantial gender-based inequities, with compromised health, well-being, and opportunities compared to men. These problems are longstanding, and slow to shift. Uncovering the complex dynamics that inform these power imbalances, as well as the mechanisms most able to catalyze change, requires a deeper understanding of the ways agency […]
FP Impact Measurement & Strategy Support Project
Situation or BackgroundThe Center has been asked to provide technical input and analysis to help clarify the impact pathway for a set of family planning goals in the Foundation’s focal geographies. Our Goal or What We’re DoingThe FP Impact Measurement & Strategy Support Project synthesizes evidence on family planning interventions and the barriers to contraceptive […]
The Social Norms and Agency Learning Collaboratives Network
Visit Our Website Situation or BackgroundGiven the expansion of research and program and policy initiatives focused on social norms, it is critical to make the latest knowledge and evidence on social norms widely accessible and to provide opportunities for practitioners and researchers across disciplines and sectors to share and produce knowledge. Representatives from the government, […]
Gender Leadership, Equity, and Advancement for Development (Gender LEAD)
Situation or BackgroundThe Gender LEAD program, under USAID’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Hub (GenDev), provided thought leadership on how to consider, evaluate, and address the ways in which USAID country-level investments shaped and were shaped by gender influences. Gender LEAD was led by ECODIT and four technical partners: GEH, Iris Group, MCI, and PRB. […]
Evidence-based Measures of Empowerment for Research on Gender Equality (EMERGE)
Situation or BackgroundEMERGE is led by researchers at the Newcomb Institute at Tulane University and housed by the Center on Gender Equity and Health (GEH) at the University of California San Diego. In 2017, the UN Women reported that there are few to no measures of 80% of indicators aimed at Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) […]
Effects of Social and Gender Norms on Adolescent Health and Livelihood Outcomes in LMICs (SNA)
SituationThe behaviors and trajectories of adolescents and youth aged 10-24 are strongly influenced by social and gender norms. Within global health programming, norms-shifting interventions aim to shift harmful norms or foster new norms to promote health and wellbeing. However, empirical knowledge of the effectiveness of norms-shifting programmatic approaches is nascent. What We’re DoingWe aim to […]
