Lori Heise reviews the empirical evidence of what works in low-and middle-income
countries to prevent violence against women by their husbands and other male partners …

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV are co-occurring global epidemics, with
similar root causes of gender and economic inequalities. Economic interventions have …

There is increasing evidence that cash transfer (CT) programs decrease intimate partner
violence (IPV). However, little is known about how CTs achieve this impact. We conducted a …

Using a randomized experiment in Ecuador, this study provides evidence on whether cash,
vouchers, and food transfers targeted to women and intended to reduce poverty and food …

Violence against women is a major health and human rights problem yet there is little
rigorous evidence as to how to reduce it. We take advantage of the randomized roll-out of …

Childhood malnutrition remains a significant global problem, with an estimated 162 million
children under the age of five suffering from stunted growth. This article examines the extent …

The number of studies examining the effects of cash transfer (CT) programs on Intimate
Partner Violence (IPV) has rapidly grown over the last decade. Depending on how violence …

We apply mixed methods to explore how a conditional cash transfer (CCT) may influence
intimate partner violence (IPV). Qualitative interviews with female beneficiaries of Bolsa …

Women account for half of all adults living with the human immunode-ficiency virus (HIV)(1).
In sub-Saharan Africa, the region most severely affected by the pandemic, women constitute …

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide public health problem. Many proposals aiming
to eliminate its occurrence include the empowerment of women through their socio …