Action Kivu's Amani Matabaro: Co-Author on Paper About Intimate Partner Violence in Conflict-Affected Settings

Founding Director Amani Matabaro is a co-author on this critical paper researching the “drivers of men’s use of intimate partner violence in conflict-affected settings: learnings from the Democratic Republic of Congo.”

Currently a fellow at Harvard University, Amani’s peace work in Congo has always implemented what this research shows to be key: engaging men in dialogue about equality, women’s rights, family planning, nonviolence and trauma. Our highlights in the screenshot of the paper: “three have shown a statistically significant reduction in any type of IPVAW when compared to a control group: community-based dialogue groups, gender dialogue groups added to group savings, and trauma-informed psychotherapy.”

Read the full paper here. We’ve screenshot some of it below - highlights ours.