Evaluation Of The Effect Of Marketing Interventions For Women On Economic Empowerment And Risk Of Intimate Partner Violence In Colombia
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Gender Based Violence
- Sponsor
- Emory University
- Enrollment
- 1882
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Incidence Physical and/or Sexual IPV
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The proposed project seeks to implement a cluster-randomized controlled trial (RCT) to measure the impact of increasing women´s incomes and providing gender equality trainings on women´s empowerment and risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Colombia. This project will be the first in Latin America to evaluate rigorously the impact of a marketing intervention, alone and combined with IPV prevention training. The knowledge generated from this evaluation has the potential to identify the most effective solutions to empower women, as well as to drive transformative change in current approaches to reduce IPV and promote gender equality in highly vulnerable populations in Colombia, and worldwide.
Detailed Description
The proposed project seeks to implement a cluster-randomized controlled trial (RCT) to measure the impact of increasing women´s incomes and providing gender equality trainings on women´s empowerment and risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Colombia. This project will be the first in Latin America to evaluate rigorously the impact of a marketing intervention, alone and combined with IPV prevention training. The knowledge generated from this evaluation has the potential to identify the most effective solutions to empower women, as well as to drive transformative change in current approaches to reduce IPV and promote gender equality in highly vulnerable populations in Colombia, and worldwide. The goal of the project is to estimate the impact of generating livelihood opportunities and providing gender-based violence (GBV) training to reduce IPV among women in Colombia. This will generate much needed evidence on the most effective approach to empower women smallholder farmers and reduce their exposure to IPV. Investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial targeting approximately 100 smallholder farmers' associations and approximately 2700 women. Results will inform and strengthen future programming of humanitarian assistance and can be replicated in humanitarian interventions in other parts of the world. The experimental operational research will compare two programmatic modalities and their impact on women's risk of exposure to IPV, against a comparison group where no intervention takes place. The modalities will include: (1) providing a stable income for women, and (2) providing a stable income and IPV trainings to women. The evaluation will take place in five departments: Cauca, Valle de Cauca, Meta, Caquetá, and Nariño.
Investigators
Kathryn Yount
Professor
Emory University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Women currently married or living together with a man as if married
- •Males or females who are active within the farmer's association are eligible to participate
Exclusion Criteria
- •Women who have a husband/partner who is living elsewhere permanently
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Incidence Physical and/or Sexual IPV
Time Frame: Post-Baseline (12 Months)
The number of new physical and/or sexual IPV encounters as reported in the study survey.
Change in Prevalence of Physical and/or Sexual IPV
Time Frame: Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention)
The difference in the number of physical or sexual IPV encounters between baseline and post intervention as reported in the study survey.
Secondary Outcomes
- Incidence Sexual IPV(Post-Baseline (12 Months))
- Change in Prevalence of Sexual IPV(Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention))
- Change in Prevalence of Economic Coercion(Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention))
- Incidence Physical IPV(Post-Baseline (12 Months))
- Incidence Economic Coercion(Post-Baseline (12 Months))
- Change in Prevalence of Psychological IPV(Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention))
- Incidence Psychological IPV(Post-Baseline (12 Months))
- Change in Prevalence of Physical IPV(Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention))