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Men can cook: Effectiveness of a men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia

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  • Alderman, Harold
  • Gilligan, Daniel O.
  • Hidrobo, Melissa
  • Leight, Jessica
  • Mulford, Michael
  • Tambet, Heleene
Abstract
Graduation model interventions seek to address multiple barriers constraining households’ exit from poverty, however, few explicitly target restrictive gender norms. Using a randomized controlled trial design, combined with three rounds of data, we investigate the impacts on gender equitable attitudes and behaviors of a graduation program that seeks to address multiple constraints for those in poverty and improve restrictive gender norms in Ethiopia. We find that at 1-year follow-up all treatment arms lead to improvements in men’s gender equitable attitudes and their engagement in household domestic tasks as reported by both men and women; but at 3-year follow-up, impacts are only sustained in the treatment arms that introduced men’s engagement groups after the 1-year follow-up survey to further promote improvements in equitable gender norms.

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  • Alderman, Harold & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Hidrobo, Melissa & Leight, Jessica & Mulford, Michael & Tambet, Heleene, 2025. "Men can cook: Effectiveness of a men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 185(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:185:y:2025:i:c:s0305750x24002511
    DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106781
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