Interventions to Prevent or Reduce Violence Against Women and Girls : A Systematic Review of Reviews

Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a pervasive global problem. It is a violation of basic human rights and a drag on development. Much of the research to-date on the topic-including a major recent World Health Organization study to produce...

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Main Authors:	Arango, Diana J., Morton, Matthew, Gennari, Floriza, Kiplesund, Sveinung, Ellsberg, Mary
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABDUCTION ABORTIONS ABUSED WOMEN ACCESS TO SERVICES ACT OF GENDER ACT OF VIOLENCE ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENTS ADULTHOOD ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS AGE OF MARRIAGE AGED AGGRESSIVE ALCOHOL ALCOHOL USE ARBITRARY DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS BIRTH CONTROL BIRTH WEIGHT CARE PROVIDERS CAREGIVERS CASE MANAGEMENT CHILD ABUSE CHILD HEALTH CHILD MALTREATMENT CHILD MARRIAGE CHILD MARRIAGES CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHILDBEARING CHILDHOOD CLINICS COERCION COMMUNITY ACTION COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION CONDOM CONFLICT SETTINGS CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE USE CRISIS CENTERS CULTURAL BELIEFS DATE RAPE DECISION MAKING DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DEGRADING TREATMENT DEPRESSION DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DISABILITY DISSEMINATION DOCTORS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DROPOUT EARLY ADOLESCENCE EARLY ADULTHOOD EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION EMERGENCY ROOMS EMPOWERING WOMEN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH FAMILIES FEAR OF VIOLENCE FEMALE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FEMALE PARTNERS FEMALE STUDENTS FEMINIST FORCED MARRIAGE FORM OF VIOLENCE FORMS OF GENDER FORMS OF VIOLENCE FORMS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN GENDER EQUALITY GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER NORMS GENDER ROLE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE GENITAL MUTILATION GIRLS GIRLS IN SCHOOL GLOBAL WOMEN GROUP THERAPY HARMFUL TRADITIONAL PRACTICES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HIV HIV INFECTION HOSPITAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HYGIENE ILL HEALTH ILL HEALTH AMONG WOMEN INFANT INJURIES INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION INTERVENTION INTIMATE PARTNER INTIMATE PARTNERS LABOR FORCE LIFE SKILLS LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALE PERPETRATORS MEDICINE MENTAL MENTAL ILLNESS MINORITY MOTHER MOTHERS MURDERS OF WOMEN NURSES NURSING PARENTING PARTNER ABUSE PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS PATIENT PATIENTS PEER EDUCATION PEER EDUCATORS PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST MEN PHYSICAL ASSAULT PHYSICAL NEEDS PHYSICAL VIOLENCE POLICY MAKERS POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS POSTERS PRACTITIONERS PRE-NATAL CARE PREGNANCY OUTCOMES PREGNANT WOMEN PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PRIVACY PRIVATE LIFE PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE PSYCHOLOGISTS PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN QUALITY OF LIFE RADIO RADIO PROGRAMS RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS RAPE RAPES REFUGEE RELIGIOUS VALUES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESPECT RISK ASSESSMENT RISK FACTORS RISK OF VIOLENCE RITES OF PASSAGE RURAL WOMEN SCREENING SCREENING TOOL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN SEX SEX GROUPS SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL CONTACT SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL ORGANS SEXUAL VIOLENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SHELTER SHELTERS SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WORKERS SOCIALIZATION SUBSTANCE ABUSE SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE TELEVISION TOLERANCE TRADITIONAL PRACTICE TRADITIONAL PRACTICES TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER TYPES OF VIOLENCE UNICEF UNINTENDED PREGNANCY UNITED NATIONS UNMARRIED GIRLS UNMARRIED YOUNG MEN UNWANTED PREGNANCY USE OF FORCE VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE AMONG ADOLESCENTS VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WDR WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG MEN YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20426963/interventions-prevent-or-reduce-violence-against-women-girls-systematic-review-reviews http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21035

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Summary:	Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a pervasive global problem. It is a violation of basic human rights and a drag on development. Much of the research to-date on the topic-including a major recent World Health Organization study to produce global prevalence rates has focused on better understanding the scale and nature of the problem. The present study builds on this body or research while shifting focus to synthesizing global evidence on potential solutions. This paper, a systematic review of reviews, breaks new ground by synthesizing evidence on the effects of VAWG prevention interventions. It examines the diversity of geographical context, the types of violence addressed, and the numerous approaches that have been used to combat VAWG. Additionally the review summarizes the quality of evidence on efficacy and effectiveness in order to highlight strengths and gaps of interventions on a global scale and could serve as a point of reference for those intending to undertake future design, implementation, and evaluation of interventions. This paper finds that knowledge of intervention impacts on VAWG prevention is growing, but is still highly limited. Nonetheless, a small but growing body of rigorously tested interventions demonstrates that preventing VAWG is possible and can achieve large effect sizes. The interventions with the most positive findings used multiple, well-integrated approaches and engaged with multiple stakeholders over time. They also addressed underlying risk factors for violence, including social norms regarding gender dynamics and the acceptability of violence. These examples point to the imperative of greatly increasing investment both in innovative programming in primary prevention, as well as in high-quality experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations to guide international efforts to end VAWG.

Interventions to Prevent or Reduce Violence Against Women and Girls : A Systematic Review of Reviews

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