RCT of the Effectiveness of the WfWI Intervention in Afghanistan

Individually Randomised Control Trial Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Women for Women International (WfWI) Intervention in Afghanistan for Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Among Married Women

This is an individually randomised control trial to assess the effectiveness of a livelihoods and social empowerment intervention, delivered by Women for Women International, on married women's experiences of intimate partner violence in Afghanistan. It has a 22 month follow up.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women should be in the lowest economic level (earning less than US$1.25/day)
• Unemployed
• No in education/school
• Not involved in a similar programme
• Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not mentally incapacitated, so as unable to provide informed consent
• Already been part of the WfWI intervention previously