CONTEXT: Curriculum-based sexuality and HIV education is a mainstay of interventions to
prevent STIs, HIV and unintended pregnancy among young people. Evidence links …

Research shows that gender power inequity in relationships and intimate partner violence
places women at enhanced risk of HIV infection. Men who have been violent towards their …

Background Cross-sectional studies have shown that intimate partner violence and gender
inequity in relationships are associated with increased prevalence of HIV in women. Yet …

The World Bank has identified empowerment as one of the key constituent elements of
poverty reduction, and as a primary development assistance goal. The Bank has also made …

Objective: To understand health disparities, it is important to use an intersectional framework
that examines unique experiences of oppression faced by particular groups due to their …

Background Gender-based violence and gender inequality are increasingly cited as
important determinants of women's HIV risk; yet empirical research on possible connections …

This article reviews what has been learned to date about the role of gender‐based power in
sexual relationships in determining sexual and reproductive health outcomes. A framework …

This article describes the development and psychometric evaluation of a twenty-four-item
scale to measure attitudes toward gender norms among young men: the Gender-Equitable …

The research review synthesizes the knowledge base on risk and protective factors for
dating violence while highlighting its relevance to violence against college women. In …

METHODS: Data came from the latest round of Demographic and Health Surveys conducted
between 2006 and 2008 in Namibia, Zambia, Ghana and Uganda. Responses from married …