Swanson, David Ramaglia;
(2024)
Understanding the longitudinal implications of a gender transformative intervention for the attitudes and reported behaviours of men in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
Gender transformative interventions have been implemented since the early 21st Century to advance women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, reduce rates of gender-based violence, and promote gender equality across all levels of society, with particular focus placed on redefining masculinity and inequitable gender roles and norms among boys and men. A significant gap exists in determining the longitudinal impacts these programmes have on participant lives, attitudes, and behaviours considering the short time in which they have been implemented. This thesis seeks to fill a part of this gap through understanding the attitudes and reported behaviours of men who participated in Instituto Promundo’s Jovem Pra Jovem programme, one of the first gender transformative interventions, over 20 years ago. I interviewed seven of the 15 original participants of this programme in two favelas of Rio de Janeiro, one current partner of a participant, and former leadership, facilitators, and staff of the organisation to gain an understanding of the men today and how the programme may have had a longitudinal influence on their attitudes and behaviours regarding relationships, sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, fatherhood, roles and responsibilities in the household, and the use of violence. Theories of gender as a social structure, structure and agency, gender transformative change, and violence were used to analyse participant attitudes and behaviours to determine intervention impact and external factors that have maintained influence since programmatic exposure. This thesis discusses my findings and associated analysis, presenting implications of the conclusions made for the development, implementation, and evaluation of future gender transformative interventions. While programmatic impact can be seen to have influenced gender-equitable attitudes and reported behaviours, existing social structures, structural violence, and the lack of continuity in programmatic and role model exposure appeared to have limited its longitudinal effectiveness.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | Understanding the longitudinal implications of a gender transformative intervention for the attitudes and reported behaviours of men in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2024. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10192882 |
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