Table 1 Stepping Stones and Creating Futures theory of change
Interventions | Creating futures | Stepping stones | ||||||
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Overall result | REDUCED VAWG AND OTHER OUTCOMES | Â | ||||||
Hypothesised effect | Greater engagement in income generating activity gives women more social power and enhances men’s selfworth | Critical reflection methodology challenges acceptance of patriarchy, opens doors to more respectful masculinities and more assertive femininities, all leading to less VAWG | Empowerment overall and better relationships enhance mood and reduces substance abuse | Empowering methodology and group work combined with communication skills improves relationships and handling of disagreements | ||||
Required intervention elements | Life skills intervention to assist income generation or return to education | Focus on building and understanding of gender equity and tackling VAWG | Building communication skills combined with gender equity | |||||
Amenable risk and aggrevating factors | Low economic power | Low education | Masculinities predicated on dominance over & control of women | Women’s acceptance of patriarchal dominance | Ingrained acceptability of use of VAWG | Depression | Men’s substance abuse | Poor relationship skills (esp.over conflict) |
MEN AND WOMEN | Â | |||||||
Problem statement | One third of South African women experience VAWG in their lifetime and this is higher in some local areas. The problem is driven substantially by the low status and power of girls and women, and social norms related to masculinity which emphasise dominance and control over women. In informal settlements the situation is exacerbated by very high youth unemployment and generally low levels of education (nationally 60% of learners fail to reach matric). | |||||||