This paper examines the patterns and trends in attitudes towards wife-beating among
women in Nigeria and their determinants. Using the Nigeria Demographic and Health …

Whether perceived or enacted, HIV-related stigma is widespread in India, and has had a
crippling effect on People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). Research has shown that a positive …

Economic vulnerability is often reported to underlie involvement in sex work among female
sex workers (FSW), but may also create urgency in women's work, limiting women's …

This article explored the magnitude and nature of within marriage sexual violence against
women and factors associated with physically forced sex by husbands in urban and rural …

Intimate partner violence (IPV) strongly predicts depression, but it is unknown if women
experiencing IPV can benefit from depression treatments in contexts where depression and …

Whilst the prevalence of unmet need and contraceptive use remained unchanged for 10
years (between 2005–2015) in India, gender restrictive norms and power imbalances also …

METHODS We conducted a population-based crosssectional study between November
2004 and May 2005 among adults randomly selected from households in the 5 districts of …

We examined relationships between client-perpetrated emotional, physical, and sexual
abuse, injection drug use, and HIV-serostatus among 924 female sex workers (FSWs) in …

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is known to have negative health consequences for victims.
For women living with HIV/AIDS, whose health may be compromised, exposure to IPV can …

HIV stigma and fears surrounding the disease pose a challenge for public health
interventions, particularly those that target pregnant women. In order to reduce stigma and …