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Prevention or patch-up? National plan to end gender violence must stand on robust theory
Effective policy requires a robust theoretical foundation. Without that, it might be effective for a period, but its effectiveness diminishes over time. Or it might be effective in one locality but fail elsewhere. Or it might have intolerable unintended …