Abstract
Intimate partner and sexual violence affect a large proportion of the population. The majority of those directly experiencing such violence are women, and the majority perpetrating it are men. The...
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3.2 Assessing the evidence for different prevention approaches
Of the factors associated with the perpetration and experiencing of sexual violence, most were identified at the individual level (Table 4)
Most of the research on the perpetration and experiencing of intimate partner violence and sexual violence has focused on factors associated with an increased likelihood of intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence rather than factors that decrease or buffer against risk
Summary
Intimate partner and sexual violence affect a large proportion of the population – with the majority of those directly experiencing such violence being women and the majority perpetrating it being men The harm they cause can last a lifetime and span generations, with serious adverse affects on health, education and employment. L Chapter 3 summarizes the scientific evidence base for primary prevention strategies, and describes programmes of known effectiveness, those supported by emerging evidence and those that could potentially be effective but have yet to be sufficiently evaluated for their impact. Evidence is emerging of the effectiveness of a number of other strategies for preventing intimate partner and sexual violence, including microfinance programmes for women combined with gender-equality education; efforts to reduce access to and harmful use of alcohol; and changing social and cultural gender norms. Many more strategies appear to have potential, either on theoretical grounds or because they target known risk factors, but most of these have never been systematically implemented – let alone evaluated
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