Abstract In sub-Saharan Africa, young women ages 15–24 have more than twice the risk of
acquiring HIV as their male counterparts. A growing body of epidemiological evidence …

Introduction At the epicentre of the HIV epidemic in southern Africa, adolescent girls and
young women aged 15–24 contribute a disproportionate~ 30% of all new infections and …

Background Cash transfers have been proposed as an intervention to reduce HIV-infection
risk for young women in sub-Saharan Africa. However, scarce evidence is available about …

Background Evidence shows that HIV prevalence among young women in sub-Saharan
Africa increases almost five-fold between ages 15 and 24, with almost a quarter of young …

Objective: In sub-Saharan Africa, young women who engage in transactional sex (the
exchange of sex for money or gifts) with a male partner show an elevated risk of prevalent …

Acknowledgements CIPHER would like to give special thanks to Manoj Kurian and IAS
President Chris Beyrer, as well as Charlie Baran and Alice Armstrong for their input on the …

Background: Transactional sex, or informal sexual exchange, is considered to be an
important contributing factor to the disproportionately high HIV infection rates experienced …

Introduction Young adolescent women in sub‐Saharan Africa are three to four times more
likely to be HIV‐positive than boys or men. One of the relationship dynamics that is likely to …

Aim This study explored adolescent experiences and coping strategies for unintended
pregnancy in two informal settlements—Viwandani and Korogocho—in Nairobi, Kenya …

With the emergence and global proliferation of “sugar dating” websites, the phenomenon of
sugar dating is increasingly on the public agenda. Sugar dating is described by these sites …