Einstein once said not everything important can be measured. However, an accurate assessment of the magnitude of a problem certainly helps elevate its importance. This Learning Lab reviews what is known about getting accurate measures of violence throughout a woman's lifespan with an emphasis on intimate partner violence. Heise reviews traditional approaches and introduces some new ones, while debating different approaches to identifying a case of abuse.
Intimate partner violence and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
Selected presentations from STRIVE annual meeting 2013
Sharing preliminary findings and research methods.
Intimate partner violence is associated with incident HIV infection in women in Uganda
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Based on a longitudinal study designed to quantify the link between IPV and HIV.
SASA! An introduction
This short version of STRIVE's video about SASA! introduces the programme and its work in Uganda. SASA! is an innovative approach to mobilising communities to prevent violence against women and HIV. It is designed by Raising Voices and implemented in Kampala, Uganda, by the Center for Domestic Violence Prevention, CEDOVIP.
SASA! video: Prevent violence against women now
Violence against women touches everyone's lives. We tend to believe that this violence - rooted in the inequality between men and women - must be very difficult to prevent. But an approach called SASA! makes us think again.
SASA! video: Prevent violence against women now
Violence against women touches everyone's lives. We tend to believe that this violence - rooted in the inequality between men and women - must be very difficult to prevent. But an approach called SASA! makes us think again.
SASA! Activist Kit: Preventing violence against women
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Download the Activist Kit from the Raising Voices website
Violence and the threat of violence limit women's capacity to avoid HIV infection. Many women also experience violence because they are HIV-positive. The root cause of this violence is the imbalance of power in relationships between women and men, girls and boys.
SASA! is a community mobilisation programme developed by Raising Voices in Kampala, Uganda. The Activist Kit is a comprehensive toolkit based on extensive field testing. It is designed for individuals and communities to start working toward a balance of power between women and men.
Vulnerability and risk of violence: A study among urban adolescent boys in Mumbai, India
The perpetration of violence during adolescence is a complex phenomenon, with interrelated factors including inequitable gender norms and values in society, along with witnessing of violence against women.
Social norms theory and practice: resources from STRIVE workshop
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