Men can cook: Effectiveness of a men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia

Graduation model interventions seek to address multiple barriers constraining households’ exit from poverty, however, few explicitly target restrictive gender norms. Using a randomized controlled trial design, combined with three rounds of data, we investigate the impacts on gender equitable attitud...

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Autores principales: Alderman, Harold, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hidrobo, Melissa, Leight, Jessica, Mulford, Michael, Tambet, Heleene
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155233
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author Alderman, Harold
Gilligan, Daniel O.
Hidrobo, Melissa
Leight, Jessica
Mulford, Michael
Tambet, Heleene
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description Graduation model interventions seek to address multiple barriers constraining households’ exit from poverty, however, few explicitly target restrictive gender norms. Using a randomized controlled trial design, combined with three rounds of data, we investigate the impacts on gender equitable attitudes and behaviors of a graduation program that seeks to address multiple constraints for those in poverty and improve restrictive gender norms in Ethiopia. We find that at 1-year follow-up all treatment arms lead to improvements in men’s gender equitable attitudes and their engagement in household domestic tasks as reported by both men and women; but at 3-year follow-up, impacts are only sustained in the treatment arms that introduced men’s engagement groups after the 1-year follow-up survey to further promote improvements in equitable gender norms.
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spelling CGSpace1552332025-12-19T20:28:29Z Men can cook: Effectiveness of a men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia Alderman, Harold Gilligan, Daniel O. Hidrobo, Melissa Leight, Jessica Mulford, Michael Tambet, Heleene behaviour cooking men rural areas Graduation model interventions seek to address multiple barriers constraining households’ exit from poverty, however, few explicitly target restrictive gender norms. Using a randomized controlled trial design, combined with three rounds of data, we investigate the impacts on gender equitable attitudes and behaviors of a graduation program that seeks to address multiple constraints for those in poverty and improve restrictive gender norms in Ethiopia. We find that at 1-year follow-up all treatment arms lead to improvements in men’s gender equitable attitudes and their engagement in household domestic tasks as reported by both men and women; but at 3-year follow-up, impacts are only sustained in the treatment arms that introduced men’s engagement groups after the 1-year follow-up survey to further promote improvements in equitable gender norms. 2025-01 2024-10-07T13:55:53Z 2024-10-07T13:55:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155233 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137021 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/134388 Open Access Elsevier Alderman, Harold; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hidrobo, Melissa; Leight, Jessica; Mulford, Michael; and Tambet, Heleene. 2025. Men can cook: Effectiveness of a men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia. World Development 185(January 2025): 106781. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106781
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Hidrobo, Melissa
Leight, Jessica
Mulford, Michael
Tambet, Heleene
Men can cook: Effectiveness of a men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia
title Men can cook: Effectiveness of a men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia
title_full Men can cook: Effectiveness of a men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia
title_fullStr Men can cook: Effectiveness of a men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Men can cook: Effectiveness of a men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia
title_short Men can cook: Effectiveness of a men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia
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cooking
men
rural areas
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155233
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