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Received: 7 May 2025

Accepted: 16 October 2025

First Online: 28 October 2025

Declarations

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: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Women’s University in Africa Research Ethics Committee (Approval No. WUAREC/2024/045). All procedures adhered to ethical standards for research involving human participants. Informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in the study. Participants were informed about the purpose of the research, their voluntary participation, and their right to withdraw at any time without penalty. Participants provided written consent for their anonymised data and quotes to be published in this manuscript. Personal identifiers have been removed to ensure confidentiality. Written consent to participate in the study and written consent to publish the data were obtained from the participants.

: Written consent to publish the data was obtained from the participants.

: Ethical considerations were central to this study, prioritising participant integrity and respect. All adult participants provided written informed consent, ensuring they understood the study’s aims, methods, and their unconditional right to withdraw (Alston, 2020). Compliance with the ethical guidelines of Women’s University in Africa (WUA) was ensured, and ethical approval for this research was obtained from the university’s departmental ethics committee. Following ethical standards and the guidelines of Creswell and Creswell (2017), permission was granted by We Act for Her (WAFH) to access the research site and participants.

: The authors declare no competing interests.