Community mobilisation to prevent violence against women and girls in eastern India through participatory learning and action with women's groups facilitated by accredited social health activists: a before-and-after pilot study

• Main Authors: Nirmala Nair (Author), Nayreen Daruwalla (Author), David Osrin (Author), Suchitra Rath (Author), Sumitra Gagrai (Author), Rebati Sahu (Author), Hemanta Pradhan (Author), Megha De (Author), Gauri Ambavkar (Author), Nibha Das (Author), G. Pramila Dungdung (Author), Damini Mohan (Author), Bahadur Munda (Author), Vijay Singh (Author), Prasanta Tripathy (Author), Audrey Prost (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Almost one in three married Indian women have ever experienced physical, sexual, or emotional violence from husbands in their lifetime. We aimed to investigate the preliminary effects of community mobilisation through participatory learning and action groups facilitated by Accred...