This study aims to work with women's economic empowerment groups within the community to address reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence and promote economic self-sufficiency among women (aged 15+ years). Based on the investigators' previous research in the United States, Bangladesh, and Kenya, the ARCHES (Addressing Reproductive Coercion in Health Settings) intervention is a highly effective clinic-based model to improve women's ability to use family planning and cope with abuse. Due to common requests for community-based support, content from the ARCHES intervention along with Girls Invest, an economic empowerment intervention implemented in the US and Nigeria, is being adapted to develop Jenga Dada, which means "Build a Woman Up" in Kiswahili, to be delivered to women's economic empowerment groups. The study will conduct formative research among women's economic empowerment group members, develop the Jenga Dada intervention, and conduct a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial to assess preliminary efficacy of the intervention on proximal outcomes (i.e., self-efficacy) and feasibility and acceptability.
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Self-efficacy to cope with economic abuse
Timeframe: Baseline and 4-month follow-up
Self-efficacy to use family planning in the face of reproductive coercion among women of reproductive age (15-49 years)
Timeframe: Baseline and 4-month follow-up
Self-efficacy to seek formal intimate partner violence support services
Timeframe: Baseline and 4-month follow-up
Self-efficacy to seek support from the group/group members if experiencing violence (economic abuse, reproductive coercion among women of reproductive age [15-49 years], intimate partner violence)
Timeframe: Baseline and 4-month follow-up