In this Series paper, we review evidence for interventions to reduce the prevalence and
incidence of violence against women and girls. Our reviewed studies cover a broad range of …

Should developing countries give all of their citizens enough money to live on? Interest in
this idea has grown enormously in recent years, reflecting both positive results from a …

We use a randomized controlled trial to study the response of poor households in rural
Kenya to unconditional cash transfers from the NGO GiveDirectly. The transfers differ from …

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 …

Abstract Purpose of Review We review recent community interventions to promote mental
health and social equity. We define community interventions as those that involve multi …

Decriminalizing Domestic Violence asks the crucial, yet often overlooked, question of why
and how the criminal legal system became the primary response to intimate partner violence …

Women's economic empowerment is an essential component of the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals. Not only is it an end in itself but it has further been …

Research suggests that poverty is a key driver of intimate partner violence (IPV), however
detailed analysis suggests that this relationship is not clear, either for women's experience …

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 …

This study examines the association of unemployment variation with intimate partner
violence using representative data from thirty-one developing countries, from 2005 to 2016 …