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Fostering gender equality and alternatives to violence: perspectives on a gender-transformative community mobilisation programme in rural South Africa

Sarah Treves-KaganDepartment of Health Behavior, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; ;Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Suzanne MamanDepartment of Health Behavior, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4048-1585View further author information
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Nomhle KhozaWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-1312-7783View further author information
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Catherine MacPhailWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; ;School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; ;MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-0614-0157View further author information
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Dean PeacockDivision of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Cape Town School of Public Health, Cape Town, South Africa; ;Sonke Gender Justice, Cape Town, South Africa; View further author information
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Rhian TwineMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; View further author information
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Kathleen KahnMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; View further author information
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Sheri A. LippmanCenter for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA; ;MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3152-9372View further author information
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Audrey PettiforWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; ;MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; ;Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3387-0817View further author information
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Pages 127-144 | Received 04 Jan 2019, Accepted 28 Jul 2019, Published online: 20 Aug 2019

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