#11877. A large-scale community intervention to change gender perceptions in rural Ethiopia

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Abstract:
This paper reports on our participatory multi-faceted community-wide intervention to change gender perceptions and encourage support for girls education to improve their school attendance and performance. The intervention involved community and education stakeholders in implementing a context-specific multi-faceted intervention to improve opportunities for girls in 123 primary schools. We implemented a repeated-measures quasi-experimental design in a sample of 30 schools (15 project and 15 control schools) to evaluate the interventions effectiveness. In project schools, we recorded significant changes (e.g., provision of sanitary pads, counselling, tutorial classes and community involvement). Teachers and parents reported improved gender attitudes and support for girls education; while girls self-esteem scores and educational aspirations increased. The findings showed a change in community perceptions of the value of girls education and some evidence of increased equality in gender perceptions. This intervention showed the value of a participatory approach in a systemic community intervention.
Keywords:
Community gender perceptions; developing countries; gender-sensitive teaching; girls education; mixed methods; participative research; socio-ecological systems theory

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