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A case study comparison of engaging community activists to prevent gender-based violence in Peru and Rwanda.
- Source :
- Global Public Health; Oct2022, Vol. 17 Issue 10, p2300-2315, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Community mobilisation is recognised as an important strategy to shift inequitable gender norms and ensure an enabling environment to prevent gender-based violence (GBV). Yet there is a need to better understand the factors that facilitate effective community activism in particular contexts. Although fundamental to the success of mobilisation programmes, there is also limited appreciation of the experiences and agency of engaged community activists. This paper draws on qualitative evaluations from two community mobilisation GBV prevention programmes: the Gender Violence in the Amazon of Peru (GAP) Project and the Indashyikirwa programme in Rwanda. In Peru, participatory data was collected, in addition to baseline and endline interviews with 8 activists. In Rwanda, baseline and endline interviews and observations were conducted with 12 activists, and interviews were conducted with 8 staff members. The data was thematically analysed, and a comparative case study approach was applied to both data sets. The comparative study identified similar programmatic aspects that could hinder or enable activist's engagement and development, and how these are embedded within contextual social and structural factors. We discuss these insights in reference to the current emphasis in public health on individualistic programming, with insufficient attention to how wider environments influence violence prevention programming. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- VIOLENCE prevention
CULTURE
SOCIAL change
RESEARCH methodology
SOCIAL norms
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
INTERVIEWING
SOCIAL capital
GENDER
DATABASE management
COMPARATIVE studies
QUALITATIVE research
COMMUNITY-based social services
CASE studies
INTERPERSONAL relations
RESEARCH funding
THEMATIC analysis
DATA analysis software
HEALTH promotion
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17441692
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Global Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159296481
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.2018010