1. Intimate Partner Violence
Srinivas Raghavendra, Mrinal Chadha and Nata Duvvury
National University of Ireland, Galway
Andhra Pradesh Priorities conference, Vijayawada June 18-21
2. Rationale for the study
• Intimate partner violence, or violence by the spouse/partner of the
woman, is a significant problem
•Approximately 1 out of every two married women experience IPV in Andhra
Pradesh (44.% )
• Critical problem as IPV affects
•Women’s productivity –
• women lose approx. 5 days of work per incidence of violence
•Loss of output to the economy
•Affects human capital formation of next generation
3. Status of Current Response
• National law passed in 2005 – Protection of Women from Domestic
Violence Act (PWDVA)
• No evidence of robust or effective implementation in states
• Multiple interventions for empowerment of women and adolescents
but no evidence of impact on reducing violence
5. Self Help Group-Based Intervention for Combating Violence
Against Women (SHGIVAW)
• This is a microfinance intervention with special module on gender
transformation and women’s leadership – combining livelihoods with
empowerment
• Based on a intervention tested in South Africa
• Includes standard microfinance training and participatory module
focused on gender relations and women’s leadership
6. costs
• Costs estimated for pilot and scale-up
•In scale up costs were USD 13/ woman reached
•Equivalent to INR 847.86 in 2018 exchange rate
Total cost equivalent Rs. 142 crores
7. Benefits
• Reduction in IPV by 55%
• Health benefits of reduced DALYS
• Reduces deaths due to IPV
• Increase in income for households
• Overall gain in economic output
• Total benefit equivalent Rs. 3073 crores
8. Cost-Benefit Ratio
Intervention
Discount
Rate Benefit (INR Crores) Cost (INR Crores) BCR
Self Help Group-Based
Intervention for
Combating Violence
Against Women
(SHGIVAW)
3% 3478 141.7 24.5
5% 3073 141.7 21.7
8% 2565 141.7 18.1
10. SASA! Community Moblization Programme
Community mobilization program that seeks to change
•change individuals’ attitudes, community norms and structures, by supporting
entire communities through a phased process of change
•involves four phases Start, Awareness, Support, Action
•developed in Uganda and now adapted in more than 20 countries
11. Cost
• Costs estimated for pilot and scale-up
•Estimated cost $15 for implementing in intervention group 15+
•Equivalent to Rs. 978.3 in 2018 exchange rate
Total cost equivalent Rs. 164 crores
12. Benefits
• Reduction in IPV by 55%
• Health benefits of reduced DALYS
• Reduces deaths due to IPV
• Increase in income for households
• Overall gain in economic output
• Total benefit equivalent Rs. 3073 crores
