… of gender equality that are reshaping the gender norms that inform HIV prevention behaviours
[29,33]. We investigated the impact of gender norms … care clinics in rural KwaZulu-Natal. …

… Promoting positive gender norm changes amongst adolescents and adults can lead to
structural shifts in the definitions of personhood and promote changes in how communities think …

… gender role and relationship norms, attitudes and beliefs in the context of ongoing partnerships.
These measures were then examined in relation to four sexual … young adults aged, 18–…

… university setting should aim to challenge gender norms that expose young men to sexual
risks. … communities according to the young men was that sex talk was reserved for adults only. …

… Gender stereotypes shape our behaviour, our education, … role by broadening beliefs
about gender roles and gender … to deliver the curriculum in a gender-responsive and play-based …

… and roles are structured in one region of KwaZulu-Natal, … used within households in struggles
over gender roles. … by older women living with their adult (and primarily unmarried) children…

… little about these factors among young adults—a group at … adult men and women interpret
and enact gender roles within … within relationships reflect dominant gender role norms, our …

… risky sexual behavior among young South Africans, especially as they take on adult roles …
as a conservative force that entrenches gender roles and reproduces racial or economic …

… role modelling and gender stereotypes that they felt led to the persistent exposure of youth
to sexual … ‘I think the clinic has something to do with this because they serve adults only. So …

… It is through this established belief system that adults construct meaning of what happens
in … This study suggests that the perceptions of gender roles and relations held by the young …