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  On the Margins: Violence Against Women with Disabilities. Research Report Written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation

  Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2005

  Why are South African women with disabilities more vulnerable to violence than non-disabled women and experience it differently? To what extent do service providers recognise and respond to their needs?
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  Relationships and Sex: A Guide for Women with HIV

  Terrence Higgins Trust, 2005

  Being HIV positive can often make you feel that it's just too difficult to have an intimate relationship with anyone. But you are the same person you were before you became HIV positive; your ability to form relationships need not alter because of HIV.
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  Women's Treatment Literacy Toolkit

  Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information and Dissemination Service, 2005

  In Southern Africa, there are 13 women living with HIV for every 10 infected men, and this gap continues to widen.
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  HIV, AIDS and Women who Have Sex with Women

  SIDAnet - Lusophone Association, 2002

  Although sex between women is considered lower risk than heterosexual sex, it can still transmit HIV. Women who have sex with women (WSW) can reduce the risk of contracting HIV by being aware of their own HIV status and revealing it to their partner.
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  South Africa Country Profile: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Intersex Issues

  Behind the Mask, 2007

  On 8th May 1996 South Africa became the first country in the world to enshrine lesbian and gay rights in its Constitution, which includes the clause: "The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience,
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  Access to Land in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Implications for the South African Black Woman

  Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2006

  Indigenous land tenure arrangements in South Africa have generally consisted of communal ownership. In this system, who benefited from the land depended on their status as family or clan head.
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  Daai Ding: Sex, Sexual Violence and Coercion in Men's Prisons

  Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2002

  Sex in men's prison most often happens in the context of 'prison marriages' with one man being a 'husband' and the other the 'wife'. Prisoners report that like (in their view of) heterosexual husband and wife relationships, the husband owns and controls the wife. Prison gangs identify who is a 'man' and a 'woman' and regulate prisoners' attempts to be promoted from 'woman' to 'man'.
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  Sex, Life and the Female Condom: Some Views of HIV Positive Women

  Reproductive Health Matters, 2006

  This paper offers insights into the experiences of HIV positive women with the female condom, drawing on the responses of 18 ICW members to an email survey conducted in 2005. Major reported barriers to female condom use included cost and sporadic or limited access. All respondents talked about needing to negotiate the use of female condoms with their male sex partners.
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  Fact Sheet - Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights

  2006

  This short fact-sheet frames key issues and advocacy messages based on the findings of project work by ICW on the sexual and reproductive rights of HIV positive women.
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  Your Brother, My Wife: Sex and Gender Behind Bars

  2003

  While media reports on prison corruption have played a role in bringing sex, sexual violence and varying levels of sexual coercion more into the public arena, generally not much is understood about the dynamics of sex in men's prisons.

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