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Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming Part II

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Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming Part II: Supporting Adolescent Girls and Working in Humanitarian Settings

Click here to view a recording of the event.

More money, less violence? This event was the second part in the IGWG’s Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Task Force series on the use of cash transfer approaches to address GBV and other reproductive health outcomes.

Part II of this series delved more deeply into the specifics of cash transfers for addressing GBV. What are the strengths and shortcomings for this type of intervention to reduce GBV? How have cash transfers been incorporated into GBV programs in humanitarian settings? What are the considerations for applying cash transfer interventions to reduce GBV when working with adolescent girls?

Panelists and Presentations

This event built on Part I, held on September 17. That event introduced cash transfer approaches, highlighted some of the evidence around the effectiveness of cash transfers for addressing GBV, and sparked a discussion of the pathways through which cash transfer programming can affect violence-related outcomes. More information from that event is here.

Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming

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The Gender-Based Violence Task Force of the Interagency Gender Working Group Presents

Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming

 Monday, September 17, 2018

This event series brings attention to the intersection between economic empowerment interventions―specifically cash transfers―and gender-based violence (GBV) and reproductive health outcomes. This webinar was the first of a two-part series.

This part focused on sharing the latest evidence on cash transfers as an effective intervention for preventing GBV, specifically intimate partner violence, in developing countries. Other topics covered include how cash transfers can affect violence-related outcomes through casual pathways.
Panelists and their presentations included:

  • Kathy Lindert of The World Bank Group
    • “Designing & Delivering Cash Transfers: Overview” PowerPoint (2.6 MB)
  • Lori Heise of Johns Hopkins University
    • “Reducing Violence at Scale: A Mixed Methods Review of Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries” PowerPoint (2.3 MB)
    • “Reducing Violence at Scale: A Mixed Methods Review of Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries” PDF Paper (550 KB)
  • Audrey Pettifor of the Gillings School of Global Public Health
    • “Cash Transfers Can Reduce Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescent Girls” PowerPoint (1.8 MB)

A recording of the event can be found here.

Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming Part I

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Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming Part I

View presentations and the event recording here.

This series, hosted by the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Task Force of the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG), explored the use of cash transfer approaches (an economic empowerment strategy) to address GBV and other reproductive health outcomes. Moving from theory to practice, the event included presentations on results from recent evidence reviews, as well as promising programmatic examples of cash transfer interventions and their impacts.

Part I of the series, on September 17, provided an introduction to cash transfer approaches and feature the latest evidence on cash transfers as an effective economic empowerment strategy for preventing GBV, specifically intimate partner violence. Presenters also explored the causal pathways through which cash transfer programming can affect violence-related outcomes in low- and middle-income countries, including among adolescent girls.

Panelists and their presentations included:

  • Kathy Lindert, World Bank, “Designing & Delivering Cash Transfers: An Overview”
  • Lori Heise, Johns Hopkins University, “Reducing Violence at Scale: A Mixed Methods
    Review of Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income
    Countries”
  • Audrey Pettifor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, “Cash Transfers Can Reduce
    Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescent Girls”

Keep an eye out for Part II of this series, which will take place in late October. This event will focus on design and implementation features of cash transfer approaches that are effective at improving GBV outcomes, including specific work in humanitarian settings.

Engaging Boys and Men in Contraception Use and Family Planning: A Slide Deck

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International agreements have long recognized the positive role that men can play in family planning and reproductive health. Declarations, such as the Programme of Action adopted at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, called for increased engagement of men to share the responsibility for family planning and reproductive health with women.

In many countries, men have dominated household decisionmaking around family size, contraception, and access to or use of health services. This has furthered harmful gender inequities and left women unable to make family planning decisions or access services without their male partners’ permission or financial support. Engaging men as supportive partners can lead to improvements in couple decisionmaking and better health outcomes for men, women, and their families. We are missing a significant opportunity for potential work and impact by ignoring men as contraceptive users and supportive partners.

This slide deck, funded by USAID through the Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health (PACE) Project, consists of 57 data-driven slides that can be used by advocates, program planners, and funders, to make the case for engaging boys and men in family planning. The presentation includes a discussion of men and women’s ideal family size, men’s current use of and beliefs about contraception, advantages to men of being involved in family planning, and multiple barriers and challenges that keep men and boys from accessing and receiving the reproductive health information and care they need. Additional sections include a focus on adolescents, case studies that highlight interventions in developing countries, and an in-depth look at vasectomy, one of the few male-focused contraceptive options.

Note to Users: The slide deck was intentionally designed so that presenters can select among the various sections and 57 slides. You may want to use specific sections or fewer slides for emphasizing relevant points, depending on the audience and the message to be conveyed. Due to the file size of the presentation, the PowerPoint will be directly downloaded onto your computer. Please check your recent downloads folder on your file explorer or internet browser.

Find the Slide Deck Here.

                 

Male Engagement Task Force – Programmatic Meeting

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When: Monday, January 22, 2018, 8:30AM – 11:30AM EST
Where: 1776 Massachusetts Ave NW, Conference Room 301, Washington, DC 20036

The Interagency Gender Working Group’s Male Engagement Task Force’s next meeting will focus on programmatic strategies to meaningfully engage men and boys in health. Please join us for a half-day meeting hosted at Jhpiego and the USAID Maternal Child Survival Program’s offices in Washington, DC.

Please RSVP to joya.banerjee@jhpiego.org, indicating whether you will join in-person, or remotely online.

 

Updates Made to Gender Integration Continuum User’s Guide

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The Gender Integration Continuum Training Session User’s Guide is a tool to help new and experienced gender trainers plan, prepare for, and facilitate the Gender Integration Continuum training session. It includes a heavily scripted facilitator guide and helpful processing questions, suggestions, and trainer notes to ensure attainment of training objectives. It builds upon the training session that was developed by the USAID Bureau for Global Health’s Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) in 2002. It should be used in tandem with the accompanying PowerPoint of 13 slides and the Project Scenarios Bank.

To find the materials for the Gender Continuum Training as well as IGWG’s other trainings, please visit our Programmatic Guidance page.