Community — Eunhee Victoria Park

I collaborated with Dr. Wagman and Raising Voices to evaluate adaptations of community-based gender-transformative violence prevention and response programs in Tanzania and Haiti. The following case reports describe which program components were retained and which were adapted in each setting. raisingvoices.org/series/sasa-adaptations.

Park E, Bonnevie E, Nabulizi MB, Mushi J, Ntinda M, Nakuti J, Karungi E, Michau L, Namy S, Ghebrebrhan N, Wagman JA. (2018) Tanzania Case Study: Learning from SASA! Adaptations in a rural setting. Published by Center on Gender Equity at Health at University of California San Diego, and Women's Promotion Center, Raising Voices, Kampala, Uganda.

Wagman JA, Park E, Siebert S, Paul E, Elie JP. (2018) Jacmel, Haiti Case Study: Learning from SASA! Adaptations in a Caribbean setting. Published by Center on Gender Equity and Health at University of California San Diego, Beyond Borders, and Raising Voices, Kampala, Uganda.

Namy S, Wagman JA, Park E, Siebert S, Nabulizi MB, Ghebrebrhan N, Michau L. (2018) Summary Brief: Learning From SASA! Adaptations in Diverse Contexts. Published by Raising Voices, Center on Gender Equity and Health at University of California San Diego, Beyond Borders, International Rescue Committee, and Women's Promotion Center, Kampala, Uganda.

Gender-transformative work is essential for preventing violence at its root, shifting the rigid gender norms and power inequities that sustain it rather than only treating its harms. This study investigates how locally held ideas of masculinity in Rakai, Uganda are linked to men’s use of intimate partner violence, surfacing the beliefs and practices that programs must engage with if behaviour change is to be durable and community-led.

Park E*, Wolfe SJ*, Nalugoda F, Stark L, Nakyanjo N, Ddaaki W, Ssekyewa C, Wagman JA. Examining Masculinities to Inform Gender-Transformative Violence Prevention Programs: Qualitative Findings From Rakai, Uganda. Global Health: Science and Practice. 2022. doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00137 *Co-first authors