Preventing Intimate-partner Violence: Impact Evaluation of Engaging Men Through Accountable Practice in Eastern DRC

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1387 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-02-29

Study Completion Date

2017-12-31

Brief Summary

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The objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of Engaging Men in Accountable Practice (EMAP) on the prevention of violence against women and girls in North and South Kivu (DRC). The study is conducted jointly by the World Bank's Africa Gender Innovation Lab and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). EMAP is a program developed and implemented by the IRC to engage men to reflect on how to reduce and prevent intimate partner violence through 16 weekly group discussion sessions. The study is a cluster randomized control trial in which two groups of 25 self-selected men in 15 communities receive the EMAP intervention while in 15 other communities, 50 self-selected men receive an alternative intervention. Key outcomes examined include: (i) Experience of past year physical, sexual and psychological violence reported by women whose partners are EMAP participants; (ii) Participant's gender attitudes and behaviors, conflict and hostility management skills; (iii) Power sharing and communication within the couple.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Intimate Partner Violence Domestic Violence Family Relations

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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EMAP Treatment

Engaging Men through Accountable Practice: 30 communities are matched into 15 pairs on a set of socio-demographic characteristic and within each pair, 15 treatment sites are randomly selected. Within each treatment community, all adult men (20+ years old) are eligible to participate in the EMAP intervention. A random draw of 50 participants determines who will participate in EMAP in case more than 50 eligible men express interest.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Engaging Men through Accountable Practice

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Engaging Men through Accountable Practice aims to engage men as agents of change through structured, weekly discussions with committed groups of men. It aims to address entrenched views of gender roles and identify positive models of masculinity. The approach follows a structured series of discussions designed to explore existing understandings of masculinity and create more positive models of what it means to be a 'good' man, promoting self-reflection and pushing men to analyze and change their own power and privilege. This methodology begins with a series of discussions with women to inform men's dialogue groups, and includes continuous feedback loops with women throughout the process so that the work with men is grounded in, and accountable to, women's views and objectives.

Control

In the 15 control sites, the male participants will receive an alternative intervention focused on a non-gender topic of 16 weekly sessions for men only.

Group Type OTHER

Alternative intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Control communities will receive an alternative intervention focused on a non-gender topic of 16 weekly sessions for men only.

Interventions

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Engaging Men through Accountable Practice

Engaging Men through Accountable Practice aims to engage men as agents of change through structured, weekly discussions with committed groups of men. It aims to address entrenched views of gender roles and identify positive models of masculinity. The approach follows a structured series of discussions designed to explore existing understandings of masculinity and create more positive models of what it means to be a 'good' man, promoting self-reflection and pushing men to analyze and change their own power and privilege. This methodology begins with a series of discussions with women to inform men's dialogue groups, and includes continuous feedback loops with women throughout the process so that the work with men is grounded in, and accountable to, women's views and objectives.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Alternative intervention

Control communities will receive an alternative intervention focused on a non-gender topic of 16 weekly sessions for men only.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 20 or older but preferably at least 25;
* Resident of their village, having lived in the community for a minimum of six months with plans to continue living there for at least the coming six months;
* Ability to participate actively in group work and reflection activities;
* Commitment to attend meetings, sessions and other activities regularly without incentives;
* Commitment to non-violence toward women and girls for the duration of the EMAP intervention;