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.

本研究为类实验研究（quasi-experimental study），在肯尼亚内罗毕县招募了5500名研究对象，涵盖年龄10至19岁的女童，以及年龄10至24岁的男童与青年男性。本项目的核心目标为验证一款干预模型的实施效果，具体包含三方面内容：1） 改善女童、男童及青年男性群体中的性别平等规范；2） 降低女童遭受基于性别的暴力（Gender-Based Violence，GBV）的发生概率；3） 减少男童与青年男性实施性暴力及性骚扰的行为。