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Article History

Received: 23 June 2021

Accepted: 11 October 2021

First Online: 26 October 2021

Declarations

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: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Dire Dawa University research ethics and review committee through an ethical letter with protocol number: DDU-ERC-2020-014. Following approval, an official letter of support was given to the Dire Dawa Region Administration Health Bureau, Dire Dawa administration Social and Labor Affairs office, Dire Dawa Police commission, and Dire Dawa urban nine Kebele management bodies to obtain permission. Participants were informed that participation was voluntary and that they could withdraw at any time if they were not comfortable with the questionnaire. Informed voluntary consent was obtained from all participants. The interviews were then conducted privately at a common site for women. We did not include names or personal identifiers in the questionnaire to ensure anonymity. All the basic principles of human research ethics (respect for persons, beneficence, voluntary participation, confidentiality, and justice) were respected.

: This part is not applicable because the manuscript contains no person's data in any form (including individual details, images, or videos).

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.