TY - JOUR
T1 - Lessons learnt from engaging opinion leaders to address intimate partner violence in Rwanda
AU - Stern, Erin
AU - Heise, Lori
AU - Cislaghi, Beniamino
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by DFID-UK as part of the Global What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls Programme. We would like to acknowledge the Indashyikirwa partners of CARE International Rwanda, RWAMREC, and Rwanda Women’s Network who have provided generous and valuable input into validating and interpreting the findings. We also wish to thank all the participants for sharing their experiences with us.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - A critical component of community-level efforts to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) is the meaningful engagement of opinion leaders. This paper assesses the successes, challenges, and processes of change that Indashyikirwa–an IPV prevention programme in Rwanda–encountered while engaging opinion leaders to combat IPV. The paper draws on three rounds of qualitative interviews with 13 opinion leaders, two rounds of interviews with 12 community activists, and two rounds of interviews with six staff members. Thematic analysis was conducted and the data triangulated. The paper offers lessons learnt regarding how to effectively engage opinion leaders for IPV prevention programming.
AB - A critical component of community-level efforts to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) is the meaningful engagement of opinion leaders. This paper assesses the successes, challenges, and processes of change that Indashyikirwa–an IPV prevention programme in Rwanda–encountered while engaging opinion leaders to combat IPV. The paper draws on three rounds of qualitative interviews with 13 opinion leaders, two rounds of interviews with 12 community activists, and two rounds of interviews with six staff members. Thematic analysis was conducted and the data triangulated. The paper offers lessons learnt regarding how to effectively engage opinion leaders for IPV prevention programming.
KW - Aid–Accountability, Monitoring and Evaluation
KW - Gender and diversity
KW - sub-Saharan Africa
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U2 - 10.1080/09614524.2020.1832046
DO - 10.1080/09614524.2020.1832046
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85093695057
SN - 0961-4524
VL - 31
SP - 185
EP - 197
JO - Development in Practice
JF - Development in Practice
IS - 2
ER -