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Intimate partner violence and mental health: Sex-disaggregated associations among adolescents and young adults in Uganda
This study examines the association between intimate partner violence victimization, perpetration, and mental health outcomes for male and female adolescents and young adults.
Sexual violence prevalence and related pregnancy among girls and young women: A multicountry analysis
This study aims to quantify the prevalence of forced sex, pressured sex, and related pregnancy among adolescent girls and young women in five low- and middle-income countries.
Perpetration of intimate partner violence and mental health outcomes: Sex- and gender-disaggregated associations among adolescents and young adults in Nigeria
This analysis examines the association between intimate partner violence perpetration and mental health for male and female adolescents and young adults in Nigeria.
Sex and age effects in past-year experiences of violence amongst adolescents in five countries
The purpose of this study was to investigate experiences of violence by age and sex across in Cambodia, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania.
Coerced and forced sexual initiation and its association with negative health outcomes among youth: Results from the Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys
This study examined the prevalence of forced sexual initiation and its consequences associated with forced sexual initiation among youth aged 13–24 years in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Together for Girls: See our story
Watch this video to learn more about the Together for Girls partnership.
Gender norms and health: Insights from global survey data
This article explores how the use of innovative approaches to analyzing proxies for gender norms, generated evidence that gender norms impact the health of women and men across life stages, health sectors, and world regions.
Childhood violence is associated with forced sexual initiation among girls and young women in Malawi: A cross-sectional survey
This purpose of this study is to describe associations between childhood violence and forced sexual initiation in young Malawian females.
Cycle of violence among young Kenyan women: The link between childhood violence and adult physical intimate partner violence in a population-based survey
This study explores the association between emotional, physical, and sexual violence against children with physical intimate partner violence in young adulthood.
Critical elements of interviewer training for engaging children and adolescents in global violence research: Best practices and lessons learned from the Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS)
This white paper seeks to fill a gap in the field by describing strategies for interviewer recruitment and training for population-based studies on violence with child research participants.
Who perpetrates violence against children? A systematic analysis of agespecific and sex-specific data
A national survey of childhood physical abuse among females in Swaziland
Explore this study on the scope and characteristics of childhood physical abuse in Swaziland.