Protection From Gender-based Violence in Cote d'Ivoire

NCT ID: NCT01629472

Last Updated: 2020-04-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 981 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2010-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2012-10-31

Brief Summary

There is some evidence that suggests that economic empowerment and challenging gender inequalities and prevailing ideas on masculinities will lead to a decrease in levels of partner violence. However, there is still a gap in our understanding of what elements are required. This project evaluates whether participation within a savings group and a discussion group confronting gender norms will lead to an increase in women's individual agency and decision-making ability that will improve their economic independence and decrease intimate partner violence in their homes.

Conditions

Domestic Violence; Family and Household

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

VSLA + gender dialogue groups: treatment

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

VSLA + Gender dialogue groups

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Dialogue groups discussing household discussion making and gender norms facilitated by IRC.

VSLA only: control

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

VSLA + Gender dialogue groups

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Dialogue groups discussing household discussion making and gender norms facilitated by IRC.

Interventions

VSLA + Gender dialogue groups

Dialogue groups discussing household discussion making and gender norms facilitated by IRC.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• No Prior experiences with microcredit programs
• 18+
• Source of stable income

Exclusion Criteria

• 18+
• prior experience with microcredit

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Innovations for Poverty Action

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

International Rescue Committee

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Yale University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

jhumka gupta, ScD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Yale University

Locations

International Rescue Committee

Abidjan, , Côte d’Ivoire

Countries

Côte d’Ivoire

References

Gupta J, Falb K, Kpebo D, Annan J. Abuse from in-laws and associations with attempts to control reproductive decisions among rural women in Cote d'Ivoire: a cross-sectional study. BJOG. 2012 Aug;119(9):1058-66. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03401.x. Epub 2012 Jun 7.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 22676807 (View on PubMed)

Blay-Tofey M, Lee BX. Preventing gender-based violence engendered by conflict: The case of Cote d'Ivoire. Soc Sci Med. 2015 Dec;146:341-7. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.009. Epub 2015 Oct 14.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 26482357 (View on PubMed)

Gupta J, Falb KL, Lehmann H, Kpebo D, Xuan Z, Hossain M, Zimmerman C, Watts C, Annan J. Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Cote d'Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2013 Nov 1;13:46. doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-13-46.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 24176132 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

1007007040

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id