Cash transfers conditional on schooling reduce IPV among young women in South Africa
This case study summarizes the impact from a conditional cash transfer program targeted to girls of secondary school age in South Africa. The program led to a 34 percent reduction in intimate partner physical violence by allowing girls to avoid potential violent partnerships, as transfers delayed se...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | Inglés |
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2019
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146553 |
| Summary: | This case study summarizes the impact from a conditional cash transfer program targeted to girls of secondary school age in South Africa. The program led to a 34 percent reduction in intimate partner physical violence by allowing girls to avoid potential violent partnerships, as transfers delayed sexual debut and lowered their number of sexual partners. |
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