Gender
- Evaluation of Stepping Stones: a gender transformative HIV prevention intervention
- This study evaluates the impact of Stepping Stones on new HIV infections and on new genital herpes infections, sexual behaviour and male violence. Findings show that Stepping Stones is effective in reducing sexually transmitted infections and in reducing the sexual risk taking and violence perpetration among young, rural Africa men.
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- Female sex workers use of sexual health services in Nepal
- ( L. Ghimire;W.C.S. Smith;E.R.V. Teijlingen / BioMed Central , 2011)
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Statistics indicate that more than half of the women with sexually transmitted infections in Nepal sought sexual health services. This study explores female sex workers (FSWs) use of sexual health ...
- Factors that increase the risk of intimate partner violence
- ( T. Abramsky;C.H. Watts;C. Garcia-Moreno / BioMed Central , 2011)
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global public health and human rights concern. This multi-country study is sought to identify factors that are consistently associated with abuse ...
- South African women who experience intimate partner violence have increased incidence of HIV infection
- ( R.K. Jewkes;K. Dunkle;M. Nduna / The Lancet , 2010)
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Research linking gender inequity and gender-based violence to HIV is limited. This paper assess whether intimate partner violence (IPV) and relationship power inequity increase risk of incident HIV...
- States must design measures that encompass all forms of violence against women
- ( C. Vives-Cases;G. Ortiz-Barreda;D. Gil-Gonza´lez / Universidad de Alicante , 2010)
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Violence against women (VAW) is a social problem that States must address legally to deal with this source of injustice, inequality, and physical and non-physical health problems. This editorial ai...
- Traditional leaders wield the power, and they are almost all men: the importance of involving traditional leaders in gender transformation
- ( Kristin Palitza / Sonke Gender Justice Network , 2010)
- How can non-governmental organisations (NGOs) tackle social issues such as HIV, gender equality and violence in rural African communities? A number of them, including South African Sonke Gender Justic...
