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

2. 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,

3. 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 = per arm

4. 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 +

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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 C = 1,400
Men: (14 I + 14 C = 28) Sectors x 50 women = 700 I C = 1,400
Data Collected
1,399 women: 699 intervention and 700 control
1,400 men: 700 intervention and 700 control

9. 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

10. 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

11. Thank You!