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  Evaluation summary: changing gender norms among young men and reducing violence in Chongqing, China

  Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, 2012

  This document is an evaluation summary of the project ‘changing gender norms among young men and reducing violence’ which was run in Chongqing, China by PATH, in partnership with the China Family Planning Association and the Nike Foundation.
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  New Horizons and New Visions: Mobilizing Communities for Girls’ Education in Egypt

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2005

  This brief describes the work of the New Visions education programme in Egypt, which is designed to build the life skills of boys and young men, increasing gender sensitivity and reproductive health knowledge. The programme ran between 2002 and 2004, following on from the New Horizons education programme for girls.
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  The “We Can” Campaign in South Asia, 2004-2011. External evaluation report

  Oxfam, 2011

  This evaluation was commissioned by Oxfam GB to measure the impact of the We Can campaign, which ran from 2004-2010 in six countries across south Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). The overall goal of the We Can programme was to reduce the social acceptance of violence against women across the six countries. There were four objectives:
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  Addressing gender-based violence through USAID’s health programs: a guide for health sector programme officers

  USA Agency for International Development, 2006

  This guide provides specific programming advice for USAID staff. It is split into two main parts; setting the context and rationale and actions. It notes that evidence suggests rates of GBV are highest in contexts where social norms support gender inequality.
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  The Face of Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh: Revealing Patterns from the Existing Literature

  Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2010

  The magnitude of intimate partner violence in Bangladesh has driven many Bangladeshi researchers to examine this social problem since the early 80’s. Although IPV is an issue both in marital and non-marital relationships, Bangladeshi researchers have focused mainly on marital relationships in exploring IPV.
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  Mobilising men in practice: challenging sexual and gender based violence in institutional settings

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012

  This document brings together stories, tools and lessons from the work of the Mobilising Men programme, a partnership looking at ways of engaging men as gender activists.
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  What makes domestic violence legislation more effective?

  Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC, 2011

  This policy paper, developed as part of the Pathways of Women’s Empowerment programme, considers four key questions: • What is domestic violence and how is it manifested • What role has women’s organising played in confronting domestic violence? • What should domestic violence legislation encompass?
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  Engaging boys and young men in the prevention of sexual violence: A systematic and global review of evaluated interventions

  Promundo, 2011

  The purpose of this review is “to investigate the effectiveness of interventions for preventing boys’ and young men’s use of sexual violence, including: increasing gender-equitable attitudes, bystander intentions, and other attitudes and behaviours”. It considers a total of 65 studies to assess the effectiveness of such interventions.
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  Social norms marketing aimed at gender based violence: a literature review

  International Rescue Committee, 2010

  This review focuses on programmes that use social norms marketing as a way of reducing gender based violence, particularly in conflict affected areas. It looks at the ways such programmes have been designed, implemented and evaluated, and makes recommendations for future programmes with similar goals and methods.
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  What works to prevent partner violence? An evidence overview

  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2011

  This evidence overview, which was funded by DFID, reviews existing empirical evidence on what works in low and middle income countries to prevent violence against women by their husbands or other male partners. It focuses on efforts to prevent violence, rather than those focusing on mitigation or response, and it prioritises programmes that have been evaluated using rigorous methods.

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