Brief

Cash transfers conditional on schooling reduce IPV among young women in South Africa

author(s) Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence Research Collaborative
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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themes
regions
  • Southern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence Research Collaborative, 'Cash transfers conditional on schooling reduce IPV among young women in South Africa', International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, 2019

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Abstract

This case study summarizes the impact from a conditional cash transfer program targeted to girls of secondary school age in South Africa. The program led to a 34 percent reduction in intimate partner physical violence by allowing girls to avoid potential violent partnerships, as transfers delayed sexual debut and lowered their number of sexual partners.

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