Kuwa Mfano wa Kuigwa (Be A Role Model): A gender-transformative campaign to reduce social acceptance of intimate partner violence

Case Study

Year

2014

Author/s

The Champion Project

CONTRIBUTING ORGANISATION/PUBLICATION

EngenderHealth/CHAMPION Project

SUMMARY

The case study examines CHAMPION's communication campaign strategy and its impact on social norms. launched in 2011, the CHAMPION Project’s Kuwa Mfano wa Kuigwa (Be a Role Model) mass media campaign sought to reduce societal acceptance of intimate partner violence (IPV) by using a variety of media strategies coupled with community engagement and interpersonal interventions. Exposure to campaign messages led to more men believing that forced sex is violence and that a man is never justified in beating his wife. The campaign also increased men’s willingness to help a woman being beaten by her partner.

You may also like

Recruitment and Retention of Male Participants in Gender-Transformative Programs
Case Study
Promundo-US and Plan International Canada
Women, power, and cancer: A Lancet Commission
Report
The Lancet Commission
Addressing Provider Attitudes and Biases in Family Planning Service Delivery: Lessons Learned from the Expanding Access to Intrauterine Device Services in India (EAISI) Project
Case Study
Washington, EngenderHealth
Promotion of Sexual Health Self-Efficacy through Gender-Transformative Intervention with Adolescent Boys
Article
American Journal of Sexuality Education, Volume 19
Breaking the Barrier: Facilitator’s guide Module 2 (French)
Training Facilitator Guide
Concern worldwide
Kuwa Mfano wa Kuigwa (Be A Role Model): A gender-transformative campaign to reduce social acceptance of intimate partner violence
Case Study
EngenderHealth/CHAMPION Project