@article{ref1,
title="Fostering gender equality and alternatives to violence: perspectives on a gender-transformative community mobilisation programme in rural South Africa",
journal="Culture health and sexuality",
year="2019",
author="Treves-Kagan, Sarah and Maman, Suzanne and Khoza, Nomhle and Macphail, Catherine and Peacock, Dean and Twine, Rhian and Kahn, Kathleen and Lippman, Sheri A. and Pettifor, Audrey",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Gender-based violence and violence against children are significant problems in South Africa. Community mobilisation and gender-transformative programming are promising approaches to address and reduce violence. A quantitative evaluation of <i>One Man Can</i>, a gender-transformative community mobilisation programme in South Africa, found mixed results in increasing gender-equitable behaviours and reducing violence. To better understand these findings, we analyse longitudinal qualitative data from community mobilisers, community members and community action teams, exploring individual and community-level factors that facilitate and hinder change. Interviews and focus groups were transcribed and analysed. Participants self-reported changes in their gender-equitable attitudes and use of violence as a result of participation in the programme, although some participants also reported opposition to shifting to a more gender-equitable culture. Facilitators to change included the internalisation of gender-transformative messaging and supportive social networks, which was buoyed by a shared vocabulary in their community generated by <i>One Man Can</i>. Because the programme targeted a critical mass of community members with gender-transformative programming, mobilisers and community action teams were held accountable by community members to model non-violent behaviour. <br><br>RESULTS reinforce the importance of addressing facilitators and barriers to change at both individual and community levels.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1369-1058",
doi="10.1080/13691058.2019.1650397",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1650397"
}