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Samvedana Plus Research Update: Masculinities, Gender Norms and Intimate Partner Violence Affecting Female Sex Workers
08 January 2016

Samvedana Plus Research Update: Masculinities, Gender Norms and Intimate Partner Violence Affecting Female Sex Workers

To reduce risk of HIV and STIs, programmes should promote equitable gender norms. This means working with men to redefine masculinity in other ways, not as dominance and control. To do this, it is important to collect evidence of gender norms and IPV as possible drivers of HIV transmission, and to share new understanding with government, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and community-based organisations (CBOs), funders and communities.

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