Evaluation of the NISITU Program: A quasi-experimental study to determine the effect of a gender attitudes and gender-based violence program for adolescents in Nairobi, Kenya

This was a quasi-experimental study that reached out to 5500 participants (girls ages 10–19 and boys and young men ages 10–24) in Nairobi County-Kenya. The overall goal of the project was to test an intervention model to: 1) improve gender equitable norms among adolescent girls, boys, and young men; 2) reduce the experience of GBV among adolescent girls; and 3) reduce the perpetration of sexual violence and harassment by adolescent boys and young men.

本研究为一项准实验研究（quasi-experimental study），共招募肯尼亚内罗毕县的5500名参与者，其中包括10至19岁的少女，以及10至24岁的男性青少年与青年男性。本项目的整体目标为验证一款干预模型的有效性，具体涵盖三方面：1）改善少女、男性青少年及青年男性群体中的性别平等规范；2）降低少女遭受性别暴力（Gender-Based Violence，GBV）的比例；3）减少男性青少年与青年男性实施性暴力及性骚扰的行为。