@article{ref1,
title=""As young men we have a role to play in preventing sexual violence": development and relevance of the men with conscience intervention to prevent sexual violence",
journal="PLoS one",
year="2021",
author="Abrahams, Naeemah and Duma, Sinegugu and de Villiers, Tania",
volume="16",
number="1",
pages="e0244550-e0244550",
abstract="Sexual violence against women and girls is a major public health problem globally and in South Africa. Although young men have been identified as an important risk  group for prevention interventions, scant attention have been given to this age  cohort in low and middle-income countries. There is strong evidence that  perpetration starts early and increasing attention is being drawn to Higher  Education Institutions (HEIs) as settings for prevention interventions. The main  objective of this study was to adapt the One Man Can Intervention for use with male  university students in residences and develop materials for implementation. This  paper presents the qualitative findings of the adaptation process of the One Man Can  Intervention with 15 young male student leaders at a HEI in South Africa. The same  participants who started in the study, participated throughout. Only five of the 15  participants were located and participated in the interviews six months post  intervention. The results show the emergence of a six-hour session adapted  intervention that addresses key drivers of violence against women and girls (VAWG). Critical engagement and dialogue on sexual violence is shown to shift key norms on  gender equality, on being a man and reflection on their role in preventing sexual  violence. This paper contributes to the field where much learning, refining and  improvement of prevention interventions for VAWG are ongoing.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-6203",
doi="10.1371/journal.pone.0244550",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244550"
}