Funding for this research was provided by:
South African Medical Research Council
Article History
Accepted: 7 February 2023
First Online: 1 March 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Permission to conduct the study was obtained from the South African Medical Research Council Ethics Committee (EC036-11/2016) for the initial HERStory survey and for secondary use of the data. The study protocol and research tools were also approved by the Associate Director for Science in the Center for Global Health in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017-194a). All participants provided informed consent. For participants under 18 years of age, parent/guardian/foster parent/caregiver consent was obtained before getting consent from the AGYW. Reimbursements in the form of supermarket vouchers (approximately 3 USD), and refreshments were provided for all participants.
: All participants provided consent to all findings and results from the study findings being published.