Power of partnership conference: Poster: What works to end violence against women and girls in South Asia

1. FACULTY OF
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL
SCIENCES
‘What Works to End Violence against Women and Girls in South Asia'
BuildingaCriticalMassofKnowledgeandRobust
Evidence.
Project one: Women, Work and Violence in
Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan November 2015 –
May2017
Does income build a woman's resilience to
violence?
Project two: Women Violence and Displacement
inMyanmarandNepalDecember2017–May2019
Does displacement impact on instances of
violenceagainstwomen?
The research uptake pathway has grown and
merged from one project into a second building
on contextual insight, key data on violence
against women and a deep understanding of who
the key stakeholders are and the kind of change
theywanttosee.
Tools for Change: New PhoneApp to support
community mobilisers offering them a means of
reaching out to national actors who can better
support them in responding to violence against
womenandgirls.
Communicating Recommendations: Constant
and ongoing stakeholder engagement, listening
to what they need from the data and how they
would like to revieve the findings. An open access
short course on Women, Work and Violence has
been developed accessible via the blog site. The
courseisdesignedasatraining/awarenesstoolfor
university students, civil society and INGO
workersaswellasgovernmentofficials.
DynamicBlog:
www.gendersouthasia.org/theoryofchange/
The theory of change underpinning
the impact of both projects is
depicted in this diagram:
Research Quality: Using a mixed approach
including new innovative qualitative techniques
richnewdatasetshaveemerged.
Key Findings: Income generates self-esteem and
independence, an important starting point in
building resilience to violence but it is not a magic
bulletinendingVAW.Peersupport,specialistlocal
interventions are critical. A new theory of change
linking women's economic empowerment and
violence emerged: The new theory a change is
depicted through an animation to maximise visual
and audio engagement of key stakeholders (e.g.
donorsandpolicymakers).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGM71yQW
y-s&feature=youtu.be
Key Finding: Displacement needs to be
contextually defined, often a woman will have
experienced multiple instances of displacement.
Violence is triggered by displacement specifically
IPV. Trauma levels are also very high which
contributes to increased levels of IPV. Young girls
are particularly vulnerable post displacement.
Local stakeholders do not prioritise responding to
trauma and violence in their responses. Local
mobilisers/trusted community figures are seen as
themosteffectivechangeagents.