Francis Zavier
Francis Zavier is a researcher for the Population Council’s Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program.
Content by Francis Zavier
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Publication - Policy Brief
Can gender-transformative education make young men less violent?
Violence against women and girls is pervasive in India. Working with young men from an early age to transform traditional gender norms has been proposed as a potential solution to reduce violence against women and girls. However, little is known about whether young men who are exposed to gender-transformative life skills education turn out to be less violent. This...
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Project
Assessing the long-term effects of participation in a gender transformative programme in adolescence: A follow-up study of young men in Bihar
Working with young men from an early age has been proposed as a potential solution to transform traditional gender norms. However, programmes to change gender norms among young men remain sparse in India and elsewhere. A review of interventions to engage young men revealed that most evaluations tend to have shorter follow-up periods. Also, they lack differential...