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References from Blesser relationships among orphaned adolescent girls in contexts of poverty and gender inequality in South African townships. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
Vulnerabilities in Ghanaian orphans: Using the ecological systems theory as a lens
10.1016/j.newideapsych.2020.100811 · 2020 · External reference
Determinants of intergenerational sexual relationships and HIV risk among South African women outpatients in Gauteng
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Improving secondary education for orphans and vulnerable children in Malawi: One non-governmental organization’s perspective
10.1080/0145935x.2017.1297201 · 2017 · External reference
Understanding the strategies employed to cope with increased numbers of AIDS-orphaned children in families in rural settings: a case of Mbeya Rural District, Tanzania
10.1186/s40249-016-0233-7 · 2017 · External reference
Utilizing a family-based economic strengthening intervention to improve mental health wellbeing among female adolescent orphans in Uganda
10.1186/s13034-019-0273-4 · 2019 · External reference
How does a national poverty programme influence sexual debut among Kenyan adolescents?
10.1080/17441692.2015.1134617 · 2017 · External reference
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Effects of Orphan hood on Girl-child’s Access and Retention in Secondary School Education: A Case of Rongo District, Kenya
10.6007/ijarped/v1-i4/12009 · 2012 · External reference
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Unconditional government cash transfers in support of orphaned and vulnerable adolescents in western Kenya: Is there an association with psychological wellbeing?
10.1371/journal.pone.0178076 · 2017 · External reference
Girls want money, boys want virgins: the materiality of love amongst South African township youth in the context of HIV and AIDS
10.1080/13691058.2011.576770 · 2011 · External reference
Researching South African Youth, Gender and Sexuality Within the Context of HIV/AIDS
10.1057/dev.2008.75 · 2009 · External reference
Photo-voice as a tool for analysis and activism in response to HIV and AIDS stigmatisation in a rural KwaZulu-Natal school
10.2989/17280580709486632 · 2007 · External reference
Giving a face to HIV and AIDS: on the uses of photo-voice by teachers and community health care workers working with youth in rural South Africa
10.1191/1478088705qp042oa · 2005 · External reference
From work with men and boys to changes of social norms and reduction of inequities in gender relations: a conceptual shift in prevention of violence against women and girls
10.1016/s0140-6736(14)61683-4 · 2015 · External reference
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Determining HIV risk for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in relationships with ‘Blessers’ and age-disparate partners: a cross-sectional survey in four districts in South Africa
10.1186/s12889-022-13394-4 · 2022 · External reference
HIV incidence and associated risk factors in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: A population-based cohort study
10.1371/journal.pone.0279289 · 2022 · External reference
‘Money talks, bullshit walks’ interrogating notions of consumption and survival sex among young women engaging in transactional sex in post-apartheid South Africa: a qualitative enquiry
10.1186/1744-8603-9-28 · 2013 · External reference
Examining Why Age-Disparate Relationships Influence Unsafe Sex Postpartum Among South African Women: Relationship Control and Physical Partner Violence as Explanatory Mechanisms
10.1177/0886260520944531 · 2022 · External reference
The determinants and impacts of age-disparate relationships on women in Zimbabwe: A life course perspective
10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100947 · 2021 · External reference
#Blessers Must Fall: Youth-led participatory action research and photo story creation on teenage pregnancy, transactional sex and gender-based violence
10.1080/10130950.2017.1380453 · 2017 · External reference
‘I’m in love with an older man’: reasons for intergenerational sexual relationships among young women in South Africa
10.1080/13691058.2018.1503330 · 2019 · External reference
Blessings or curses? The contribution of the blesser phenomenon to gender-based violence and intimate partner violence
10.4102/hts.v77i4.6242 · 2021 · External reference
Revisiting the understanding of ‘transactional sex’ in sub-Saharan Africa: A review and synthesis of the literature
10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.09.023 · 2016 · External reference
Sexual Behaviour of Men and Women within Age-Disparate Partnerships in South Africa: Implications for Young Women’s HIV Risk
10.1371/journal.pone.0159162 · 2016 · External reference
Do Age-Disparate Relationships Drive HIV Incidence in Young Women? Evidence from a Population Cohort in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
10.1097/qai.0000000000000198 · 2014 · External reference
Age-disparate relationships and HIV incidence in adolescent girls and young women
10.1097/qad.0000000000001506 · 2017 · External reference
Brief Report: Age-Disparate Relationships and HIV Prevalence Among Never Married Women in Rakai, Uganda
10.1097/qai.0000000000001832 · 2018 · External reference
Transactional Sex and the Pursuit of Modernity
10.1080/02533950308628681 · 2003 · External reference
Transactional sex among women in Soweto, South Africa: prevalence, risk factors and association with HIV infection
10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.02.003 · 2004 · External reference
‘They Just Whisper in Their Hearts That He’s Doing a Bad Thing’: A Qualitative Study of Tanzanian Perceptions of Cross-Generational Sex
10.1080/00224499.2013.782997 · 2014 · External reference
Adolescent girls and young women: key populations for HIV epidemic control
10.7448/ias.18.2.19408 · 2015 · External reference
Assessing risk factors and health impacts across different forms of exchange sex among young women in informal settlements in South Africa: A cross-sectional study
10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115637 · 2023 · External reference
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‘Girls Are the Ones Who Save the Family’: Factors and Consequences of Engaging in Age-Disparate Transactional Sex Relationships
10.1177/08862605221119521 · 2023 · External reference
Using the Theory of Gender and Power to Examine Experiences of Partner Violence, Sexual Negotiation, and Risk of HIV/AIDS Among Economically Disadvantaged Women in Southern India
10.1080/10926770802097327 · 2007 · External reference
Survival sex: Sexual agency and consent in a state of deprivation? A scoping review
10.3138/cjhs.2022-0017 · 2022 · External reference
Older men, younger women: blesser—blessee relationships among university students in Durban, South Africa
2022 · External reference
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Income poverty, unemployment and social grants
2016 · External reference
Girls, Condoms, Tradition, and Abstinence
10.2307/j.ctt14jxn16.23 · 2016 · External reference
Gendered trends in poverty in the post-apartheid period, 1997–2006
10.1080/0376835x.2012.645645 · 2012 · External reference
Pedagogy of the oppressed (revised)
1996 · External reference
Photovoice: A Participatory Action Research Strategy Applied to Women’s Health
10.1089/jwh.1999.8.185 · 1999 · External reference
Thinking Critically About Photovoice
10.1177/1609406918757631 · 2018 · External reference
Using Photovoice as a Tool to Engage Social Work Students in Social Justice
10.1080/08841233.2013.795922 · 2013 · External reference
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2016 · External reference
From Survival to Glamour: Motivations for Engaging in Transactional Sex and Relationships Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa
10.1007/s10461-021-03291-z · 2021 · External reference
Laying Claim to a Name: Towards a Sociology of ‘Gender-Based Violence,’
10.1080/21528586.2020.1813194 · 2020 · External reference
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2008 · External reference
Juveniles who commit sex offenses against minors
2011 · External reference
Sexuality and the limits of agency among South African teenage women: Theorising femininities and their connections to HIV risk practises
10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.020 · 2012 · External reference
Intergenerational negotiations on (hetero)sexuality and romantic relationships—views of young people and parents in multi-ethnic contexts
10.1080/13676261.2016.1241870 · 2017 · External reference
Application of the Theory of Gender and Power to Examine HIV-Related Exposures, Risk Factors, and Effective Interventions for Women
10.1177/109019810002700502 · 2000 · External reference
Exploring the ‘Blesser and Blessee’ Phenomenon: Young Women, Transactional Sex, and HIV in Rural South Africa
10.1177/2158244018806343 · 2018 · External reference
Re-conceptualising gender and power relations for sexual and reproductive health: contrasting narratives of tradition, unity, and rights
10.1080/13691058.2019.1666428 · 2020 · External reference
#Blesser: A critical evaluation of conceptual antecedents and the allure of a transactional relationship
2019 · External reference
Coital frequency and condom use in age-disparate partnerships involving women aged 15 to 24: evidence from a cross-sectional study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024362 · 2019 · External reference
‘Instead of Asking for Fare, You Ask Her to Pay with Sex’: Male Perspectives on the Factors Influencing Schoolgirls’ Participation in Age-Disparate Transactional Sex Relationships
10.3390/adolescents4010001 · 2023 · External reference
‘He’ll come with some sugar.’ A qualitative study exploring the drivers and consequences of schoolgirls transactional sex behaviours
10.3389/frph.2024.1325038 · 2024 · External reference
Impacts of two-year multisectoral cash plus programs on young adolescent girls’ education, health and economic outcomes: Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya (AGI-K) randomized trial
10.1186/s12889-021-12224-3 · 2021 · External reference
Impacts of multisectoral cash plus programs after four years in an urban informal settlement: Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya (AGI-K) randomized trial
10.1371/journal.pone.0262858 · 2022 · External reference
Girl Empower—A gender transformative mentoring and cash transfer intervention to promote adolescent wellbeing: Impact findings from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Liberia
10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100527 · 2020 · External reference
Preventing Gender-Based Violence Among Adolescents and Young Adults: Lessons From 25 Years of Program Development and Evaluation
10.1177/1077801218815778 · 2019 · External reference
Scaling-up Normative Change Interventions for Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health: An Examination of the Evidence
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