Effect of a Gender-Synchronized Family Planning Intervention on Inequitable Gender Norms in a Cluster Randomized Control Trial Among Husbands of Married Adolescent Girls in Dosso, Niger.
Sabrina C Boyce, Alexandra M Minnis, Julianna Deardorff, Sandra I McCoy, Sneha Challa, Nicole E Johns, Sani Aliou, Mohamad I Brooks, Abdoul-Moumouni Nouhou, Holly Baker, Jay G Silverman
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Abstract
Gender inequitable norms have severe consequences for safety and health globally. Using data from a four-arm cluster randomized control trial of the Reaching Married Adolescents in Niger (RMA) intervention (2016-2019), this study assesses effects on gender norms among husbands of married adolescent girls (n = 1,055). Using an adjusted hierarchical difference-in-differences model, we found assignment to the RMA small groups intervention to be associated with a 0.62 decrease in inequitable gender norms (95% CI: -1.05, -0.18). As a cost-effective, scalable, and transferable intervention, this small group intervention could be valuable for reducing the negative impact of inequitable gender norms in similar settings.
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Violence against Women is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of research and information on all aspects of the problem of violence against women. The journal assumes a broad definition of violence; topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, domestic violence, sexual assault, incest, sexual harassment, female infantcide, female circumcision, and female sexual slavery.