The intervention significantly increased women’s candidacy for commune council, both in terms of the total number of women running and the share of women candidates. At the same time, there is no evidence of synergies with existing workshop-based interventions. The treatment effects are largely driven by the community-based SMS nominations intervention, and the treatment arm that combines this intervention with community workshops has smaller treatment effects. Women in treatment groups were not significantly more likely to engage in other political activities (such as attending and participating in village meetings, contacting politicians, or voting) than women in the control group. There were modest effects on social engagement: women in treatment groups were more likely to report associational memberships and tended to have more contacts on their phones than women in the control group. Notably, there were also changes in the perception of social issues: women in the treatment group were more likely to report that women's rights are one of the most important issues facing the country.
