RCT of the Effectiveness of the WfWI Intervention in Afghanistan

Medical Research Council, South Africa

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 3

Conditions: Depressive Symptoms; Domestic Violence; Livelihoods

Treatments: Behavioral: Women for Women International Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03236948

EC034-11-2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an individually randomised control trial to assess the effectiveness of a livelihoods and social empowerment intervention, delivered by Women for Women International, on married women's experiences of intimate partner violence in Afghanistan. It has a 22 month follow up.

Enrollment: 1,461 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women should be in the lowest economic level (earning less than US$1.25/day)
• Unemployed
• No in education/school
• Not involved in a similar programme
• Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Not mentally incapacitated, so as unable to provide informed consent
• Already been part of the WfWI intervention previously

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,461 participants in 2 patient groups

WfWI Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Women receive the WfWI intervention. This comprises of three main components. First, a social empowerment and health intervention. Second a livelihood strengthening intervention, including numeracy training, and vocational training. Third, a cash transfer conditional on attendance at the intervention to cover costs of attendance and provide start-up capital. The intervention is delivered over 12 months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Women for Women International Intervention

Control

No Intervention group