Primary Outcomes

Description: Assessed by a summative score from 8 items of the Gender Equitable Men Scale Score . Scale items include "I think that a woman should obey her husband. I think that a man should have the final say in all family matters I think that men should share the work around the house with women such as doing dishes, cleaning and cooking. I think that if someone insults a man he should be prepared to physically fight to defend his honour.I think that if a wife does something wrong her husband has the right to punish her. I think that there are times when a woman deserves to be beaten.I think that it is possible for a woman to be raped by her husband. I think that people should be treated the same whether they are male or female" Possible responses are in likert scale : 1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=disagree, 4=strongly disagree

Description: Assessed by a summative score from 12 items of the Sexual Efficacy Scale. Scale items include "Would you be able to use a condom every time you have sex?Would you be able to buy your own condoms or contraception? Would you be able to refuse to have sex without condom? Would you be able to talk to your partner about his previous sexual activities? Would you be able to talk about using contraception with your partner? Would you be able to talk about using condoms with your partner? Would you be able to tell your partner how he should treat you sexually and the kind of sex you like? Would be able to refuse sex with your partner? Would be able to refuse sex with someone whom you want to date again ? Would be able to refuse sex with someone whom you want to fall in love with you? Would you be able to refuse to do something sexual if you didn't want it? Would you be able to meet your own sexual needs through masturbation" Possible responses are 1=No ; 2=Probably not; 3= Probably; 4=Yes

Description: Assessed using a modified version of the World Health Organisation's Domestic Violence Questionnaire. Items include "How many times were you forced by someone who was not your boyfriend/husband to have oral sex? How many times were you forced by someone who was not your boyfriend/husband to have penetrative sex? How many times were you forced to have sex with a man when you didn't want to but you were too drunk or drugged to stop it? How many times were you forced to have sex with more than one man at the same time?" Possible responses 1=Never, 2=Once, 3=More than one time Has this happened in the past 12 months? Possible response Yes/No

Description: Assessed using a modified version of the World Health Organisation's Domestic Violence Questionnaire . Items include "Has a current or previous husband or boyfriend ever forced you to do something sexual that you found degrading or humiliating? Did this happen many times, a few times, once or did it not happen? Have you ever had sex with a boyfriend/husband when you didn't want to because he physically forced or threatened or pressured you? Possible responses 1=Never, 2=Once, 3=More than one time Has this happened in the past 12 months? Possible responses Yes/No

Description: Assessed by a summative score of 8 adapted items of Self defence Self efficacy scales. Example of items include "If I sense anything about a man that makes me uncomfortable, I'm able to avoid being alone with him.If my date refused to stop after I told him to, I wouldn't know what I could do to make him stop. I know a number of basic hand strike self defense moves e.g straight punch, knife hand, hammer fist that I would be able to use if anyone tried to rape me. I know a number of basic kicking self defense moves e.g front or back kicks that I would be able to use if anyone tried to rape me. I know a number of basic elbow self defense moves that I would be able to use if anyone tried to rape me. I know a number of basic wrist release self defense moves that I would be able to use if anyone tried to rape me. Possible responses 1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=disagree, 4=strongly disagree

Secondary Outcomes

Description: Change in depression scores summed from responses to 20 items from the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale. 21+ cut off score used to indicate depressive symptoms

Description: Assessed by a summative score of 10 items of the Rosenberg's Self esteem scale. Scale items include "I feel good about myself. I feel satisfied with the way my body looks right now. I am pleased with my appearance right now. I am satisfied with my weight right now. I feel sexually unattractive. I am worried about what other students and people think of me. I am able to do things as well as most other people. I feel that others respect and admire me. I can do just about anything I set my mind to do. I have great faith in the future" Possible responses in Likert Scale i.e strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree

Description: Assessed by a summative score of 14 adapted items of the Illinois Rape Myths Scale. Example of scale items include " I think that when a woman is raped, she is usually to blame for putting herself in that situation.I think that women are raped because they lead men on. I think that if a woman behaves like a slut, she will be raped. I think that if a woman dresses in short and skimpy clothes, she is inviting men to rape her. I think that if a woman goes to a room alone with a man at a party, she is to blame if she gets raped. I think that women get raped because they do not say NO clearly. I think that if a woman doesn't verbally resist it's not rape. I think that if a woman doesn't physically resist or fight back, it's not rape.I think when men rape, it is because they are unable to control their strong desire for sex. I think that it cant be rape if both the man and woman are drunk. Possible responses are in Likert scale i.e 1=Strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=disagree, 4=strongly disagree

Description: Assessed by a summative score of a scale of six items i.e When feeling sad, disappointed or frustrated have you sought help from older relatives? When feeling sad, disappointed or frustrated have you sought professional counselling e.g from a social worker or psychologist? When feeling sad, disappointed or frustrated have you sought help through family meetings? When feeling sad, disappointed or frustrated have you sought help from the student support servcies ? When feeling sad, disappointed or frustrated have you sought help from a doctor? When feeling sad, disappointed or frustrated have you turned to prayer or sought help from religious person? When feeling sad, disappointed or frustrated have you sought help from a local non governmental organisation " Possible responses 0=No; 1=Yes