Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................ i LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................. ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................iii CHAPTER 1 ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Growing up safe and healthy (SAFE): Addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights and violence against women and girls in urban Bangladesh ......................................................................... 1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................... 1 The SAFE programme ........................................................................................................................ 2 The SAFE evaluation .......................................................................................................................... 6 Ethical considerations ....................................................................................................................... 11 References ........................................................................................................................................ 12 CHAPTER 2 .......................................................................................................................................... 13 Sexual and reproductive health and rights: Knowledge, practices, and utilisation of SRH services in the SAFE programme ........................................................................................................................... 13 Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 13 Methods............................................................................................................................................. 14 Results .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Discussion ......................................................................................................................................... 22 References ........................................................................................................................................ 24 CHAPTER 3 .......................................................................................................................................... 26 Impact of SAFE on spousal violence against women and girls and help seeking behaviour ............... 26 Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 26 Methods............................................................................................................................................. 27 Results .............................................................................................................................................. 28 Discussion ......................................................................................................................................... 36 References ........................................................................................................................................ 39 CHAPTER 4 .......................................................................................................................................... 42 Pathways of change in spousal violence against women and girls in SAFE areas .............................. 42 Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 42 Methods............................................................................................................................................. 42 Results .............................................................................................................................................. 44 Discussion ......................................................................................................................................... 53 References ........................................................................................................................................ 56 APPENDIX ............................................................................................................................................ 58 A.
Sample size calculation ............................................................................................................. 58
B.
Sample selection and recruitment procedures in baseline and endline surveys ...................... 59
C.
Quantitative Analysis ............................................................................................................. 59