Together To End Violence Against Women Technical Brief

We, along with the South Africa Medical Research Council and Boston University’s Center for Global Health and Development, implemented a research project to gain insight on effective approaches for intimate partner violence prevention within existing orphan and vulnerable children programming in Tanzania. At the end of the study, male peer groups and community dialogues appear promising in reducing men’s physical, sexual, and emotional violence against women by targeting attitudes, behaviors, and social norms and increasing awareness among men and the communities about the negative consequences of intimate partner violence. While this pilot study demonstrated trends in a positive direction, we recommend that a fully powered study (80%) with adequate sample size be implemented in order to detect statistically significant changes in attitudes and behavior

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