Learning from a gender transformative intervention among faith-leaders in Woliso, Ethiopia: A qualitative study
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) continues to be a pervasive issue globally, and in Ethiopia, that harms women and challenges progress towards a more gender-equal society. Many interrelated social, economic, and cultural factors impact VAWG. Religion is a complex factor that can contribute to...
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| author | Elisa Gobbo Addise Amado Dube Mengistu Demeke Wosene Berhanu Nesanet Megersa Yoska Amenu Adamu Addisse Sibylle Herzig Van Wees |
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| description | Violence against women and girls (VAWG) continues to be a pervasive issue globally, and in Ethiopia, that harms women and challenges progress towards a more gender-equal society. Many interrelated social, economic, and cultural factors impact VAWG. Religion is a complex factor that can contribute to and act as a preventative measure against VAWG. Thus, faith-leaders have been identified as key actors in VAWG prevention. This study examines Ethiopian Evangelical faith-leaders transformative knowledge change following a Channels of Hope for Gender training intervention. Focus group discussions were conducted with faith-leaders from five different Evangelical Church groups. The results show that the faith-leaders’ experience of the Channels of Hope training challenged their gender norms and allowed them to enact relationship and community-level changes. Additionally, they demonstrated efforts and interest in generating change at the level of the Church. However, barriers remained to fully addressing VAWG and implement gender transformative learning more widely. Thus, we conclude that the Channels for Hope training is useful in generating mindset changes and improving relationship-level interactions, but that it requires a longer implementation timeframe and further support from other structures and interventions to achieve sustainable change to prevent VAWG. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-115e04e8767545fe96dd31d966ca022d2025-08-20T02:19:52ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGlobal Public Health1744-16921744-17062024-12-0119110.1080/17441692.2024.2386988Learning from a gender transformative intervention among faith-leaders in Woliso, Ethiopia: A qualitative studyElisa Gobbo0Addise Amado Dube1Mengistu Demeke2Wosene Berhanu3Nesanet Megersa4Yoska Amenu5Adamu Addisse6Sibylle Herzig Van Wees7Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, SwedenEthiopian Graduate School of Theology, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaEthiopian Graduate School of Theology, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaEthiopian Graduate School of Theology, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaEthiopian Graduate School of Theology, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaEvangelical Theological College, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaSchool of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaGlobal Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, SwedenViolence against women and girls (VAWG) continues to be a pervasive issue globally, and in Ethiopia, that harms women and challenges progress towards a more gender-equal society. Many interrelated social, economic, and cultural factors impact VAWG. Religion is a complex factor that can contribute to and act as a preventative measure against VAWG. Thus, faith-leaders have been identified as key actors in VAWG prevention. This study examines Ethiopian Evangelical faith-leaders transformative knowledge change following a Channels of Hope for Gender training intervention. Focus group discussions were conducted with faith-leaders from five different Evangelical Church groups. The results show that the faith-leaders’ experience of the Channels of Hope training challenged their gender norms and allowed them to enact relationship and community-level changes. Additionally, they demonstrated efforts and interest in generating change at the level of the Church. However, barriers remained to fully addressing VAWG and implement gender transformative learning more widely. Thus, we conclude that the Channels for Hope training is useful in generating mindset changes and improving relationship-level interactions, but that it requires a longer implementation timeframe and further support from other structures and interventions to achieve sustainable change to prevent VAWG.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17441692.2024.2386988Faith-leadersviolence against women and girlsqualitativetransformative knowledgeEthiopiaSDG 5: Gender equality |
| spellingShingle | Elisa Gobbo Addise Amado Dube Mengistu Demeke Wosene Berhanu Nesanet Megersa Yoska Amenu Adamu Addisse Sibylle Herzig Van Wees Learning from a gender transformative intervention among faith-leaders in Woliso, Ethiopia: A qualitative study Global Public Health Faith-leaders violence against women and girls qualitative transformative knowledge Ethiopia SDG 5: Gender equality |
| title | Learning from a gender transformative intervention among faith-leaders in Woliso, Ethiopia: A qualitative study |
| title_full | Learning from a gender transformative intervention among faith-leaders in Woliso, Ethiopia: A qualitative study |
| title_fullStr | Learning from a gender transformative intervention among faith-leaders in Woliso, Ethiopia: A qualitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Learning from a gender transformative intervention among faith-leaders in Woliso, Ethiopia: A qualitative study |
| title_short | Learning from a gender transformative intervention among faith-leaders in Woliso, Ethiopia: A qualitative study |
| title_sort | learning from a gender transformative intervention among faith leaders in woliso ethiopia a qualitative study |
| topic | Faith-leaders violence against women and girls qualitative transformative knowledge Ethiopia SDG 5: Gender equality |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17441692.2024.2386988 |
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