Ruti Levtov
Biographic Data
| ID | 6530755 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruti Levtov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruti |
| FAMILY NAME | Levtov |
| SIGNATURE | LEVTOV R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Promundo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7030-8786 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Unravelling progress
An overlooked consequence of the Trump Administration's dismantling of US foreign and humanitarian assistance has been its devastating impacts on efforts to prevent and respond to violence against women (VAW). This targeted defunding threatens the progress made to provide lifesaving services, implement vital prevention programs, track prevalence, and keep gender equality and VAW on the global agenda. Cuts to research threaten to undermine the fie…
Cost Analysis of Community-Based Violence Prevention Programs
The global politics of the age–gender divide in violence against women and children
Decades of collective and cumulative work by practitioners, activists and researchers have made violence prevention an important part of international development agendas. However, violence prevention and response work addressing women and children has historically been siloed. Those working at the intersection of violence against women (VaW) and violence against children (VaC) have wrestled with the age-gender divide. Addressing the historical a…
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to family planning and gender equity among husbands of adolescent girls in Niger
Despite having the highest fertility rate in the world, research on Niger men and family planning (FP) is limited. We collected survey data collected in the Dosso region of Niger in 2016 from 1136 men who are the husbands of adolescent girls. We report descriptive statistics, bivariate and multivariable logistic regression on three dichotomous outcomes: (a) knowledge of modern contraceptives, (b) beliefs that only husbands should make FP decision…
Gender-transformative Bandebereho couples’ intervention to promote male engagement in reproductive and maternal health and violence prevention in Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Rigorous evidence of the effectiveness of male engagement interventions, particularly on how these interventions impact relationship power dynamics and women's decision-making, remains limited. This study assessed the impact of the Bandebereho gender-transformative couples' intervention on impact on multiple behavioral and health-related outcomes influenced by gender norms and power relations. METHODS: We conducted a multi-site random…
Risk Factors for Men’s Lifetime Perpetration of Physical Violence against Intimate Partners
This paper examines men's lifetime physical intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration across eight low- and middle-income countries to better understand key risk factors that interventions can target in order to promote gender equality and reduce IPV. We use data from men (n = 7806) that were collected as part of the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Democratic Republic of …
Global pathways to men's caregiving
Promoting men's participation in unpaid care work is part of the Programme of Action for the International Conference on Population and Development. However, men's involvement in care work does not mirror the advances women have made in paid work outside the home. This mixed method study explores which men are more involved in caregiving, and what childhood and adulthood factors influence their level of involvement. Quantitative research presents…
Pathways to Gender-equitable Men
Efforts to promote gender equality have recognized the importance of involving men and boys. Yet, in general, we have done little in terms of large-scale research in the Global South to understand how men are responding to the global gender equality agenda. This article presents findings from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), one of the most comprehensive efforts of its kind to gather data on men's attitudes and practices…
Pathways to Gender-equitable Men
Efforts to promote gender equality have recognized the importance of involving men and boys. Yet, in general, we have done little in terms of large-scale research in the Global South to understand how men are responding to the global gender equality agenda. This article presents findings from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), one of the most comprehensive efforts of its kind to gather data on men's attitudes and practices…
Global pathways to men's caregiving
Promoting men's participation in unpaid care work is part of the Programme of Action for the International Conference on Population and Development. However, men's involvement in care work does not mirror the advances women have made in paid work outside the home. This mixed method study explores which men are more involved in caregiving, and what childhood and adulthood factors influence their level of involvement. Quantitative research presents…
Pathways to Gender-equitable Men
Efforts to promote gender equality have recognized the importance of involving men and boys. Yet, in general, we have done little in terms of large-scale research in the Global South to understand how men are responding to the global gender equality agenda. This article presents findings from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), one of the most comprehensive efforts of its kind to gather data on men's attitudes and practices…
Risk Factors for Men’s Lifetime Perpetration of Physical Violence against Intimate Partners
This paper examines men's lifetime physical intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration across eight low- and middle-income countries to better understand key risk factors that interventions can target in order to promote gender equality and reduce IPV. We use data from men (n = 7806) that were collected as part of the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Democratic Republic of …
Gender-transformative Bandebereho couples’ intervention to promote male engagement in reproductive and maternal health and violence prevention in Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Rigorous evidence of the effectiveness of male engagement interventions, particularly on how these interventions impact relationship power dynamics and women's decision-making, remains limited. This study assessed the impact of the Bandebereho gender-transformative couples' intervention on impact on multiple behavioral and health-related outcomes influenced by gender norms and power relations. METHODS: We conducted a multi-site random…
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to family planning and gender equity among husbands of adolescent girls in Niger
Despite having the highest fertility rate in the world, research on Niger men and family planning (FP) is limited. We collected survey data collected in the Dosso region of Niger in 2016 from 1136 men who are the husbands of adolescent girls. We report descriptive statistics, bivariate and multivariable logistic regression on three dichotomous outcomes: (a) knowledge of modern contraceptives, (b) beliefs that only husbands should make FP decision…
The global politics of the age–gender divide in violence against women and children
Decades of collective and cumulative work by practitioners, activists and researchers have made violence prevention an important part of international development agendas. However, violence prevention and response work addressing women and children has historically been siloed. Those working at the intersection of violence against women (VaW) and violence against children (VaC) have wrestled with the age-gender divide. Addressing the historical a…
Cost Analysis of Community-Based Violence Prevention Programs
Unravelling progress
An overlooked consequence of the Trump Administration's dismantling of US foreign and humanitarian assistance has been its devastating impacts on efforts to prevent and respond to violence against women (VAW). This targeted defunding threatens the progress made to provide lifesaving services, implement vital prevention programs, track prevalence, and keep gender equality and VAW on the global agenda. Cuts to research threaten to undermine the fie…
Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (5 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Poison control (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Injury prevention (3 works)