Stern, E;
Batista, M;
Shannon, G;
Heise, L;
Mannell, J;
(2022)
A case study comparison of engaging community activists to prevent gender-based violence in Peru and Rwanda.
Global Public Health
, 17
(10)
pp. 2300-2315.
10.1080/17441692.2021.2018010.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A case study comparison of engaging community activists to prevent gender-based violence in Peru and Rwanda |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17441692.2021.2018010 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.2018010 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Community activism, intimate partner violence, agency |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10141173 |
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