GBV Prevention, Mitigation, and Response in Colombia

Registration Number
NCT06312592
Lead Sponsor
Washington University School of Medicine
Brief Summary

As of August 2021, Colombia hosts the vast majority of Venezuelan refugees and migrants (UNHCR, 2022). For vulnerable refugees and migrants in Colombia, and especially for women, gender-based violence (GBV) is present during transit and continues in their new homes where xenophobia, lack of accessible and adequate services, lack of safe economic opportunitie...

Detailed Description

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Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
253
Inclusion Criteria
  • Woman
  • At least 18 years of age
  • At risk of gender based violence (GBV) or ever experienced GBV
  • Have a migratory permit (for migrants/refugees)
  • Colombian or Venezuelan, living in Colombia for at least six months
  • Hold an entrepreneur profile registered with HIAS (the implementing partner).
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Man or does not self identify as a woman
  • Less than 18 years old
  • Not at risk of GBV and never experienced GBV
  • Does not have a migratory permit
  • Not Colombian or Venezuelan
  • Living in Colombia for less than six months
  • No entrepreneur profile registered with HIAS (the implementing partner).
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Intervention groupEntrepreneurship School with Gender LensReceives the Entrepreneurship School with Gender Lens intervention. Participants receive a general training with six modules focused on business modeling and female empowerment for the participants. It is targeted for women who are forcibly displaced people, including refugees, and who are survivors or at risk of Sexual or Gender Based Violence. Each women entrepreneur, participates in individual mentoring sessions to build their business plan after the training and receives $800 start-up capital for their business plan. For at least a year, entrepreneurs will have a follow-up to promote their business scale up, including how to formalize their business in the market, how to define new strategies, and how to answer to the market's evolving requirements. Additionally, the participants receive an extensive training in gender aspects that have been identified as relevant to promote women's empowerment. The intervention also includes mental health content.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Self-Reliance IndexPast three months

The SRI is a measure of refugee self-reliance, created by the Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative. The final score is calculated using 12 domains of self-reliance, including the health-related domains of healthcare access and health status. SRI scores may assume a value from 1 to 5, with 5 indicating greater self-reliance.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Brief Scale of Resilient StrategiesLast three months

4-item measure of resilience. The score may assume a value from 4 to 20, with higher scores signaling greater resilience.

GBV perceived riskLast 3 months

Three questions measuring self-reported perceptions of feeling supported by the community, feeling useful, and feeling controlled by one or more people. Items will be assessed separately.

Multidimensional Women's Empowerment IndexLast 3 months

Assesses women's resources, domestic decision making, decision making on personal matters, and achievements. Items will be assessed separately.

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)Past two weks

9-item measure of depression. The score may assume a value from 0 to 27, with higher scores signaling greater depressive symptomology.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Los Andes University

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Bogotá, Colombia

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