Rethinking Power: Baseline Report of the Impact Evaluation of the Combined SASA! and Power to Girls Methodologies in Southeast Haiti
- 49 percent of ever-partnered women experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetime, 37 percent in the past 12 months.
- About 30 percent have experienced physical or sexual partner violence in their lifetime (30 percent in La Vallée, 31 percent in Marigot).
- Only economic violence differed between the communities, at 27 percent lifetime in La Vallée and 15 percent in Marigot.
- Lifetime non-partner sexual assault: 25 percent in La Vallée and 22 percent in Marigot.
- About half of women who suffered non-partner sexual assault did not disclose it, and three quarters sought no formal help.
This February 2021 baseline report by Contreras-Urbina, Ovince, Bourassa and Rojas evaluates Rethinking Power, which combines the SASA! and Power to Girls methodologies in two communal sections of Southeast Haiti: La Vallée de Jacmel as the intervention community and Marigot as the control. It draws on 1,977 household surveys of women aged 15 to 64 (819 in La Vallée, 1,158 in Marigot), 832 surveys of men, and focus groups and interviews held in July and August 2016. Among ever-partnered women, 49 percent reported intimate partner violence in their lifetime and 37 percent in the past 12 months. Non-partner sexual assault was reported by 25 percent of women in La Vallée and 22 percent in Marigot. About half of those who suffered it did not disclose it.
How to cite
Rethinking Power Program, 2021, Rethinking Power: Baseline Report of the Impact Evaluation of the Combined SASA! and Power to Girls Methodologies in Southeast Haiti, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/rethinking-power-2021-baseline-sasa-power-to-girls-southeast