Violence against women and cash transfers in humanitarian contexts
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1. Overview Most cash transfer programmes, whether implemented in developing or humanitarian contexts, do not have a specific focus on reducing violence against women (VAW) or improving women’s status within the family. The evidence base is still at an early stage, with only a handful of evaluations of cash transfer programmes having examined the impact of conditional cash transfers on women’s risk of partner violence in any context. Most programmes in emergencies do not report on gender at all despite the fact that cash transfers impact on intra-household dynamics. Some researchers raise concerns that of those evaluations that attempt to assess whether VAW takes place as a result of cash transfer, results may not reflect the level of VAW given the shame attached the issue and the fear that families could be deregistered from the programme as a result. These concerns, together with the lack of studies, make it hard to draw conclusions regarding the impact of cash transfer programmes on violence against women in humanitarian contexts.
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