Indashyikirwa: Agents of Change for GBV Prevention in Rwanda Fielding Mixed Methods Kristin Dunkle, Erin Stern Dubai, 9 September 2016

Rwanda: Land of a Thousand Hills It’s SMALL It’s DENSELY POPULATED It’s INCREDIBLY WELL ORGANISED Just over 26K sq km: 50% bigger than Kuwait or Swaziland, just a little bit smaller that Haiti ¾ of land used for agriculture, 20% forest, Population about 12.5 million, about 1.1 to 1.5 million in Kigali. High population growth rank 22nd in the world,

Organisation of Rwanda and Indashyikirwa Province (5) District (3-8 per province) Sector (~12 per district) Cell (5-7 per sector) Village (~6 per cell) Sectors (1-3 per District) “Enabling Environment” 14 I / 14 C 7 Districts Included In Northern, Eastern, and Western Provinces Two cells per intervention sector “Couples training  activist training” 120 couples per sector = 840 per arm

Creation of “ENABLING ENVIRONMENT”: Indashyikirwa Intervention Model RWN Creation of “ENABLING ENVIRONMENT”: Opinion Leader Training Women’s Spaces Sector & District Level Advocacy CARE Rwanda SECTOR & DISTRICT Structured Linkages Across Levels RWAMREC VSLAs Couples Curriculum GBV ACTIVISM [Drawing from SASA!] Activist Training Cells 5 m 2 m 18 m +

Creation of “ENABLING ENVIRONMENT”: Indashyikirwa: Formative Elements Pretest: OL Training Pretest: WSF Training Creation of “ENABLING ENVIRONMENT”: Opinion Leader Training Women’s Spaces Sector & District Level Advocacy Social Norms FG 24 focus groups 74 participants SASA! Eval Team& Raising Voices Pretest: Couples Curriculum Observe training sessions Structured debriefs Participants Facilitators Couples Curriculum GBV ACTIVISM [Drawing from SASA!] Activist Training

Indashyikirwa Impact Eval: Couples Cluster RCT Couples Recruitment Targets Intervention: 14 Sectors x 4 Groups x 30 Couples = 1,680 couples VSLA Control: 14 Sectors x 4 Groups x 30 Couples = 1,680 couples Completed at baseline Intervention Arm: Control Arm: 827 women (98.5%) 835 women (99.4%) 807 men (96.1%) 835 control (99.4%) 801 complete pairs(95.4%) 828 complete pairs (98.7%) Couples Curriculum GBV ACTIVISM [Drawing from SASA!] Activist Training cRCT Couples Cohort Baseline Nov-Dec ‘15 12 months Nov-Dec ‘16 24 months Nov-Dec ‘17

Indashyikirwa Impact Eval: Couples Qualitative Evaluation Elements RWAMREC 9 facilitator interviews RWAMREC TBD Facilitator interviews Couples Curriculum GBV ACTIVISM [Drawing- from SASA!] Activist Training cRCT Cohort Baseline N= 1,662 ♀ + 1,642 ♂ 12 months N = TBD 24 months N=TBD Couples IDI Cohort Baseline 15 Couples Midline 14 Couples Endline TBD Activist IDI Cohort Baseline 12 Activists Endline TBD

Creation of “ENABLING ENVIRONMENT”: Indashyikirwa Impact Eval: Communities Creation of “ENABLING ENVIRONMENT”: Opinion Leader Training Women’s Spaces Sector & District Level Advocacy Community Surveys Baseline 24 months Cluster RCT Pre and Post Household-based Community Surveys Recruitment Targets Women: (14 I + 14 C = 28) Sectors x 50 women = 700 I + 700 C = 1,400 Men: (14 I + 14 C = 28) Sectors x 50 women = 700 I + 700 C = 1,400 Data Collected 1,399 women: 699 intervention and 700 control 1,400 men: 700 intervention and 700 control

Creation of “ENABLING ENVIRONMENT”: Indashyikirwa Impact Eval: Communities Qualitative Evaluation Elements RWN 6 facilitator interviews RWN TBD Facilitator interviews OL + WSF TBD OL TBD WSF WS Clients OL + WSF TBD OL TBD WSF WS Clients OL + WSF 9 OL 3 WSF Creation of “ENABLING ENVIRONMENT”: Opinion Leader Training Women’s Spaces Sector & District Level Advocacy Community Surveys Baseline 24 months

Lessons Learned Intervention strengthening & piloting takes time & resources Stronger intervention and stronger evaluation, well matched to each other Resources invested are totally worth it! Need strong and flexible coordination mechanisms between teams Get everyone in the same room as often as possible Enables formal triangulation and feedback loops Qualitative  Quantitative Intervention  Research Lots of spontaneous and creative feedback Requires resources, but again, worth the investment! to explore social norms, and processes of change among couples involved in curriculum

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