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Reducing violence and increasing condom use in the intimate partnerships of female sex workers: study protocol for Samvedana Plu
Female sex workers (FSWs) are at increased risk of HIV and STIs compared to women in the general population, and frequently experience violence in their working and domestic lives from a variety of perpetrators, which can enhance this risk. While progress has been made in addressing violence by police and clients, little work has been done to understand and prevent violence by intimate partners (IPs) among FSW populations.
Pursuing authenticity from process to outcome in a community-based participatory research study of intimate partner violence and HIV vulnerability in north Karnataka, India
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This article describes how STRIVE researchers and partners used a community-based participatory research to better understand violence and lack of condom use among female sex workers and their male intimate partners.
Also mothers, daughters and lovers: Social relations and sex work in India – Mirna Guha
In this webinar, Mirna Guha shares her PhD research on sex work, social relations and violence in Eastern India.
Transactional sex among young women in rural South Africa: prevalence, mediators and association with HIV infection
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This paper presents data on the prevalence of self-reported engagement in transactional sex (TS) and explores whether TS is associated with increased risk of HIV infection.
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ASSHH UK Conference: 'Critical conversations about HIV'
On 20 June 2016 STRIVE co-hosted a one-day meeting with ASSHH UK, a network that aims to bring together UK-based researchers working on HIV in the humanities and social sciences. The meeting was organised by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of Glasgow, University of Northampton, Goldsmiths and the School of Oriental and African Studies, with a small grant from the Wellcome Trust as well.
Violence, HIV and female sex workers in Karnataka State, India – Mohan H.L. & Dr Tara Beattie
This webinar describes the violence reduction interventions within the Avahan intervention, discusses the findings and outlines costing analyses.
Forms of intimate partner violence and associated HIV risk and vulnerability among women in sex work in Karnataka, India
STRIVE specialists delivered a presentation on Samvedana Plus at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2015.
Samvedana Plus Implementation Design
This comprehensive report outlines the entire monitoring and evaluation plan for the Samvedana Plus programme.
What do we mean when we say transactional sex? Rebecca Fielding-Miller
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