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Food and cash transfers coupled with nutrition behavior change communication lead to sustained reductions in intimate partner violence in Bangladesh

This case study from Bangladesh summarizes findings from a transfer program that—when paired with nutrition behavior change communication (BCC)—led to a 26 percent reduction in physical IPV that was sustained after the program ended. Pathways of impact include increases in women’s bargaining power,...

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Main Author: Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence Research Collaborative
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2019
Subjects:
intrahousehold relations
gender
behavioural sciences
social protection
empowerment
cash transfers
domestic violence
communication
women
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147001
Summary:This case study from Bangladesh summarizes findings from a transfer program that—when paired with nutrition behavior change communication (BCC)—led to a 26 percent reduction in physical IPV that was sustained after the program ended. Pathways of impact include increases in women’s bargaining power, social interactions, and visibility, and decreases in poverty and poverty-related stress.

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