Cash, food, and vouchers reduce intimate partner violence in urban areas in Ecuador

Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence Research Collaborative; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti

Cash, food, and vouchers reduce intimate partner violence in urban areas in Ecuador

Autores

Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence Research Collaborative

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti

Editor

International Food Policy Research Institute

Descripción

This case study summarizes the impact of a short-term food, cash, and voucher program targeted to the urban poor in Northern Ecuador. The program led to a 30 percent reduction in physical and sexual IPV as well as a 19 percent reduction in controlling behaviors via decreases in marital conflict, increased family wellbeing, and women’s empowerment.