世界银行-赞比亚学校性别暴力预防干预的经验教训（英）

Sophia Friedson-Ridenour, Menaal Ebrahim, Wei Chang, Kahilu Samuyachi, Musama Obbie, and Willie C. Kaputo1KEY MESSAGES• Zambia has high rates of violence against childreni and low rates of secondary school completion, especially among girls.ii In 2023, the Keeping Girls in School (KGS) program under the Girls’ Education and Women’s Empowerment and Livelihoods (GEWEL) project, launched the Empowerment Pilot (EP), an ambitious intervention to reduce school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). KGS embedded a mixed-methods impact evaluation into the pilot to produce rigorous evidence on its effectiveness. • The study showed that more than half of secondary school students in the three pilot districts experience violence at school. The EP did not reduce overall levels of violence in intervention schools.• Discussion of violence and bystander reporting increased as a result of the EP, but overall levels of reporting remain low. There was a slight improvement in boys’ attitudes towards gender roles, but not girls’ and the intervention had no impact on attitudes and norms related to SRGBV.• The EP was ineffective at reducing school violence due to design and implementation gaps. Though intended as a multi-component intervention, it operated mainly as a club-based model with limited school-wide reach. Key elements—such as teacher engagement and parent involvement—were inconsistently delivered, while social norms continued to stigmatize victims and excuse perpetrators. Scalable solutions require consistent implementation, broader participation, and strong accountability.1 Nelsy Affoum contributed to the preparation of this brief.LESSONS FROM A SCHOOL-RELATED GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION INTERVENTION IN ZAMBIAJune 2025Photo credit: Photo archives, World Bank Country Office, Zambiahttps://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/africa-gender-innovation-labABOUT THE AFRICA GENDER INNOVATION LAB The Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) conducts impact evaluations of development interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa, seeking to generate evidence on how to close gender gaps in earnings, productivity, assets, and agency. The GIL team is currently working on over 80 impact evaluations in more than 30 countries in Africa with the aim of building an evidence base with lessons for the region. The impact objective of GIL is increasing take-up of effective policies by governments, development organizations, and the private sector to address the underlying causes of gender inequality in Africa, particularly in terms of women’s economic and social empowerment. The Lab aims to do this by producing and delivering a new body of evidence and developing a compelling narrative, geared towards policymakers, on what works and what does not work in promoting gender equality.Public Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedCONTEXT Recognizing the challenges to girls’ education, the Government of the Republic of Zambia launche