A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Rwanda evaluated a 22-week couples’ training program aimed at reducing intimate partner violence (IPV) by shifting gender norms and promoting equitable relationships...
Accurate measurement of intimate partner violence is challenging in face-to-face interviews due to concerns about anonymity and privacy, which can deter disclosure. In settings with high illiteracy, self-administered...
Este documento aborda o projeto piloto em Salvador para a prevenção da violência de gênero por meio da assistência social. Ele inclui diagnósticos, metodologias, materiais, capacitações e intervenções...
This Brief presents data collected by the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law (WBL) project on legal and supportive frameworks to curb domestic violence and sexual harassment in 55 countries, including...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global problem and a widespread issue in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where nationally more than one third of women have reported experiencing physical or...
This policy brief presents an update on the state of domestic violence or other violence against women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during the COVID-19 pandemic using findings from...
This two-part policy brief series traces the development and reform of law in India related to three critical areas that affect women’s rights and economic opportunities: women’s property rights, domestic...
Approximately 75% of children aged 2 to 4 worldwide are regularly subjected to violent discipline across the globe. This paper studies the impact of a virtually-delivered intervention on positive parenting...
Violence against women (VAW) prevents their full participation in society, limits their access to education and economic participation, and hinders efforts to achieve gender equality overall. Thus, VAW...
Many studies have assessed the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and social isolation policies on various forms of domestic violence, but very few have sought to study the effects on femicides. In 2017...
This brief examines the introduction of landmark reforms in São Tomé and Príncipe to counter domestic and family violence and to protect women, both at home and at work. The enactment of laws on domestic...
Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa have some of the highest rates of intimate partner violence across the globe. This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized controlled trial that offers females a goal...
Intimate partner violence is among the most common forms of violence against women. In Chile, one in four women who have been in a partner relationship report having experienced some type of partner violence...
Gender-based violence (GBV) cuts across generations, disproportionately affecting women and girls around the world, especially those in situations of vulnerability intensified by class and race. n Brazil...
A violência de gênero (VdG) perpassa gerações afetando desproporcionalmente mulheres e meninas ao redor do mundo, principalmente àquelas em situações de vulnerabilidade e intensificado por condições de...
This paper argues that Economics can learn from Cultural Anthropology and Qualitative Sociology by drawing on a judicious mix of qualitative and quantitative methods to become more “reflexive.” It argues...
This Regional Action Plan on Gender-based Violence (GBV) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region reflects the region’s commitment to step up its efforts to address different forms of GBV, recognizing...
This Regional Action Plan on Gender-based Violence (GBV) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region reflects the region’s commitment to step up its efforts to address different forms of GBV, recognizing...
This Regional Action Plan on Gender-based Violence (GBV) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region reflects the region’s commitment to step up its efforts to address different forms of GBV, recognizing...
Do undocumented forced migrants change their propensity to report or commit a crime when they are granted proper documentation, a job permit, and access to social services? This paper examines the impacts...