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Working with partners in Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru, Tanzania, and Thailand, ICRW undertook a series of studies to explore how to increase intake of iron, vitamin A and iodine by combining women's productive and reproductive roles. This report summarizes the findings from the intervention research project implemented from 1995-98 in Tanzania. The focus of the study was to promote the adoption of improved home-based solar dryers as a means to enhance nutritional quality of vitamin A-rich foods and consumption of those foods by young children.

To address HIV-related stigma and discrimination, and improve the quality of care in the healthcare setting in Vietnam, the Institute for Social and Development Studies (ISDS), ICRW and the Horizons Program conducted intervention research in four hospitals. The study team conceptualized two fundamental causes of HIV-related stigma: 1) fear of casual transmission; and, 2) negative values/social judgments and associations between HIV and certain behaviors and groups, such as sex workers and injecting drug users. This report is a synthesis of the research.

The GTZ BACKUP Initiative commissioned ICRW to undertake a study in Cambodia to map existing strategies to combat HIV/AIDS and gender based violence and identify potential opportunities to address the links between HIV/AIDS and gender based violence. Researchers traveled to Cambodia to collect available literature and interview key government officials, researchers, policy makers, implementing organizations (both national and international NGOs), and donors.

This report synthesizes the results of five community-based interventions that aimed to improve the micronutrient status of women and children by analyzing the intra-household dynamics that contribute to nutrition distribution in the household.

Drug-related stigma remains high in Vietnam, where there is a growing problem of illegal drug use and addiction, with serious impacts on the health and well-being of individuals, families and communities. This problem is closely linked to HIV transmission, and exacerbated by the fear and stigma towards drug users, which helps fuel the HIV epidemic. This factsheet provides information on the linked problems of stigma toward drug users and HIV-related stigma.

Since 2002, the Institute for Social Development Studies, in collaboration with ICRW, has conducted research, practical interventions and policy advocacy to reduce HIV-related stigma and discrimination in Vietnam.

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In 1997, ICRW began a three-year research program on domestic violence in India in partnership with researchers from a range of Indian academic and nongovernmental organizations. This report summarizes four studies exploring the links between masculinity and domestic violence as well as an aggregate analysis undertaken by ICRW on these linkages.

The full series provides an understanding of the degree of domestic violence being experienced by Indian women in a rural setting, the possible protective factors and the existing options available to women outside of family and friends. These reports also point to new directions for strategies to reduce domestic violence in India.

Other publications in the series:
Part 1: A Summary Report of Three Studies
Part 2: A Summary Report of Four Records Studies
Part 3: A Summary Report of a Multi-Site Household Survey
Part 5: Women-Initiated Community-Level Responses to Domestic Violence

In 1997, ICRW began a three-year research program on domestic violence in India in partnership with researchers from a range of Indian academic and nongovernmental organizations. This report summarizes three studies documenting and assessing the impact of three innovative women-initiated community-level responses to domestic violence.

The full series provides an understanding of the degree of domestic violence being experienced by Indian women in a rural setting, the possible protective factors and the existing options available to women outside of family and friends. These reports also point to new directions for strategies to reduce domestic violence in India.

Other publications in the series:
Part 1: A Summary Report of Three Studies
Part 2: A Summary Report of Four Records Studies
Part 3: A Summary Report of a Multi-Site Household Survey
Part 4: Men, Masculinity and Domestic Violence in India

In 1997, ICRW began a three-year research program on domestic violence in India in partnership with researchers from a range of Indian academic and nongovernmental organizations. This report summarizes the large multi-site household survey conducted by the International Clinical Epidemiologists Network to estimate domestic violence prevalence in India and to increase understanding of domestic violence correlates and outcomes.

The full series provides an understanding of the degree of domestic violence being experienced by Indian women in a rural setting, the possible protective factors and the existing options available to women outside of family and friends. These reports also point to new directions for strategies to reduce domestic violence in India.

Other publications in the series:
Part 1: A Summary Report of Three Studies
Part 2: A Summary Report of Four Records Studies
Part 4: Men, Masculinity and Domestic Violence in India
Part 5: Women-Initiated Community-Level Responses to Domestic Violence

In 1997, ICRW began a three-year research program on domestic violence in India in partnership with researchers from a range of Indian academic and nongovernmental organizations.This report summarizes three studies: a household study by Leela Visaria that enumerates and elucidates trends of domestic violence in rural Gujarat and provides a backdrop to the intervention studies; and two studies, one by Nishi Mitra and the other by Veena Poonacha and Divya Pandey, that document and analyze the range of organized responses to domestic violence against women being implemented by the state and non-governmental sectors in India.

The full series provides an understanding of the degree of domestic violence being experienced by Indian women in a rural setting, the possible protective factors and the existing options available to women outside of family and friends. These reports also point to new directions for strategies to reduce domestic violence in India.

Other publications in the series:
Part 2: A Summary Report of Four Records Studies
Part 3: A Summary Report of a Multi-Site Household Survey
Part 4: Men, Masculinity and Domestic Violence in India
Part 5: Women-Initiated Community-Level Responses to Domestic Violence

In 1997, ICRW began a three-year research program on domestic violence in India in partnership with researchers from a range of Indian academic and nongovernmental organizations. This report summarizes four studies that examined hospitals, nongovernmental organizations, law enforcement and judicial systems, which are all key entry points for women experiencing domestic violence. The studies examine institutional discourse and also provide data about patterns and trends of domestic violence in India.

The full series provides an understanding of the degree of domestic violence being experienced by Indian women in a rural setting, the possible protective factors and the existing options available to women outside of family and friends. These reports also point to new directions for strategies to reduce domestic violence in India.

Other publications in the series:
Part 1: A Summary Report of Three Studies
Part 3: A Summary Report of a Multi-Site Household Survey
Part 4: Men, Masculinity and Domestic Violence in India
Part 5: Women-Initiated Community-Level Responses to Domestic Violence