Assessing gender differences in emotional, physical, and sexual violence against adolescents living in the districts of Pikine and Kolda, Senegal

Anwar, Yasmine; Sall, Mohamadou; Cislaghi, Beniamino; Miramonti, Angelo; Clark, Courtney; Faye, Moussé Bar; Canavera, Mark

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104387

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“…A South African study reported a 6.8% (101/1475 participants) “contact sexual abuse” rate among 14-year-old boys (Meinck et al, 2017 ). In the Pikine district in Senegal, reported rape rates for girls and boys 10–19 were not significantly different, at 3.8% and 2.8%, respectively (OR = 0.84, 0.38–1.84) (Anwar et al, 2020 ). A study in the USA found that in a large cohort of men, 6.7% reported having been raped in childhood (Dube et al, 2005 ).…”

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Sexual Assault Among Young Adolescents in Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from the IMPower and SOS Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

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Friedberg,

Rosenman

et al. 2023

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Sexual assault is a global threat to adolescent health, but empowerment self-defense (ESD) interventions have shown promise for prevention. This study evaluated the joint implementation of a girls’ ESD program and a concurrent boys’ program, implemented via a cluster-randomized controlled trial in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya, from January 2016 to October 2018. Schools were randomized to the 12-h intervention or 2-h standard of care. Students were randomly sampled to complete surveys at baseline and again at 24 months post-intervention. A total of 3263 girls, ages 10–14, who completed both baseline and follow-up surveys were analyzed; weights were adjusted for dropout. At follow-up, 5.9% (n = 194/3263) of girls reported having been raped in the prior 12 months. Odds of reporting rape were not significantly different in the intervention versus SOC group (OR: 1.21; 95% CI (0.40, 5.21), p = 0.63). Secondary outcomes, social self-efficacy (OR: 1.08; 95% CI (0.95, 1.22), p = 0.22), emotional self-efficacy (OR 1.07; 95% CI (0.89, 1.29), p = 0.49), and academic self-efficacy (OR: 0.90; 95% CI (0.82, 1.00), p = 0.06) were not significantly different. Exploratory analyses of boys’ victimization and perpetration are reported. This study improved on previous ESD studies in this setting with longitudinal follow-up of individuals and independent data collection. This study did not show an effect of the intervention on self-reported rape; findings should be interpreted cautiously due to limitations. Sexual assault rates are high in this young population, underscoring a dire need to implement and rigorously test sexual assault prevention interventions in this setting. The trial was registered with Clinical Trials.gov # NCT02771132. Version 3.1 registered on May 2017, first participant enrolled January 2017.

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