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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

📣NEW research published in BMJ Global Health shows that parenting programmes can reduce violence against teenage girls by over 60% when delivered at scale ⬇️ The study examined the effectiveness of parenting programmes endorsed by @who.int and @unicef.org 🔗 doi.org/10.1136/bmjg... @bmj.com

Dark blue slide with photo of two girls featuring research stats. Large-scale parenting programmes can lead to: 65% reduction in physical abuse, 59% reduction in emotional abuse, 46% reduction in parenting stress experienced by adolescent girls

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The study was led by DSPI's Prof Lucie Cluver and Prof @jamielachman.bsky.social, and Emeritus Prof Francesca Little and Prof Catherine Ward at the University of Cape Town. Discover key findings: www.spi.ox.ac.uk/article/parenting-programmes-reduce-violence-against-teenage-girls-by-over-60-0

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Parenting programmes reduce violence against teenage girls by over 60%

Researchers call for large-scale programmes to be expanded to meet the needs of Africa’s rapidly growing adolescent population

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