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Caregivers' capacity to support adolescents socially and economically, regardless of orphan status.
Social norms theory and practice: resources from STRIVE workshop
Presentations on how a social norms perspective might be applied to partner violence and other issues.
In January 2013, STRIVE brought together a group of researchers and practitioners in a three-day meeting that aimed to:
Infographic: Tackling the structural drivers of HIV
Women and girls between the ages of 15 to 24 are the population most vulnerable to HIV.
STRIVE and ICRW have collaborated on an infographic to explain structural factors that contribute to this vulnerability:
Gender inequality and violence as critical enablers in the HIV response
How can interventions more effectively tackle women’s and girls’ vulnerability to HIV? In this presentation, given to mark World AIDS Day at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, STRIVE Research Director Professor Charlotte Watts introduces key structural drivers affecting women and girls, such as:
Interview with Prof Charlotte Watts for World AIDS Day 2012
Young people face particular vulnerabilities with respect to HIV, many not yet addressed in HIV responses. In this video interview for World AIDS Day 2012 at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, STRIVE Research Director Professor Charlotte Watts cites one example: the exchange of sex for material goods based not only on economic need but also on aspiration and ideas about social mobility.
Interview with Prof Charlotte Watts for World AIDS Day 2012
Young people face particular vulnerabilities with respect to HIV, many not yet addressed in HIV responses. In this video interview for World AIDS Day 2012 at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, STRIVE Research Director Professor Charlotte Watts cites one example: the exchange of sex for material goods based not only on economic need but also on aspiration and ideas about social mobility.
Disaggregating 'transactional sex' from 'sex work' - Holly Prudden
The Modes of Transmission (MOT) model was developed by UNAIDS to calculate the anticipated distribution of new adult HIV infections. It is increasingly utilised as a tool to help countries understand their current epidemic, to identify key behaviours driving HIV transmission and to improve intervention targeting. In distinguishing "transactional sex" from "sex work", Holly Prudden highlights the important implications of this differentiation for future intervention design and policy.
Population Council programme evidence on adolescent girls
A range of new and established resources recommended by the Population Council’s team on Poverty, Gender, and Youth.
The costs of reaching the most disadvantaged girls
Technical report based on programmatic evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa among others. Analysis concentrates on the mechanics of multidimensional interventions among adolescent girls to look at the respective costs in different settings.
Transactional sex and HIV incidence in a cohort of young women in the Stepping Stones trial
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Transactional sex elevates young women’s risk of HIV infection, independent of partner number or age.
This paper proposes a more complex investigation of transactional sex, often subject to overly simple measures and arbitrary definitions. For example, research tends to conflate material gain and age difference between partners.
The argument for HIV programming for at-risk populations in Africa
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