Bangalore: Piramal Foundation, under Piramal Swasthya Management and Research Institute (PSMRI), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EngenderHealth to strengthen and advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and gender equality, in tribal communities, through technical collaboration. The MoU was signed by Dr. Swati Piramal, Vice Chairperson, Piramal
The research hopes policymakers will understand the connection (Byron Sullivan/Pexels)
There is a link between HIV infection and gender-based violence, a study shows. The cultural and economic issues that prevent women from speaking up, also create a climate for intimate partner violence.
A study among survivors of intimate partner violence has revealed the dangerous relationship between gender-based violence (GBV) and HIV infection.
In her research Dr Goitseone Leburu-Masigo, a lecturer at Unisa’s School of Social Sciences, sampled 30 women from the Ngaka-Modiri Molema District in the North West. All the women, aged between 21 and 40 years, came from registered home-based organisations for women who were abused by their partners.