SVRI, Stony Brook University & UNICEF. (2017). Brief: Does education affect women’s likelihood of experiencing sexual and intimate partner violence? Pretoria: SVRI.

Abstract 

Global levels of gender-based violence, occurring at all socioeconomic levels, are unacceptably high. However, existing evidence that education can protect against gender-based violence, largely observational in nature, is mixed. A better understanding of the causal link between education and reduced risk of gender-based violence is important to inform the design of promising interventions in this area.