Public Disclosure Authorized SOCIAL PROTECTION & JOBS | POLICY & TECHNICAL NOTE MARCH 2024 | No. 30 Evidence at Your Fingertips Series Can Safety Nets Reduce Gender-Based Violence? How? Summary 1. A growing body of evidence finds that cash transfers reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) in various contexts, even when the cash transfer was not designed to do so. The effects are comparable with standalone violence-prevention interventions and consistent with various forms of IPV (physical, emotional, control ...