About the Authors
- Rachel Jewkes
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* E-mail: rjewkes@mrc.ac.za
Affiliations Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Nicola Christofides
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Affiliation School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Lisa Vetten
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Affiliation Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Ruxana Jina
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Affiliation School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Romi Sigsworth
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Affiliation Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Lizle Loots
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Affiliation Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: R Jewkes, N Christofides, L Vetten, R Jina, R Sigsworth, L Loots. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: R Jewkes, N Christofides, L Vetten, R Jina, R Sigsworth, L Loots. Designed the experiments/the study: R Jewkes, N Christofides, L Vetten, R Jina, R Sigsworth. Analyzed the data: R Jewkes, L Vetten, R Sigsworth. Collected data/did experiments for the study: R Jewkes, L Vetten, R Sigsworth, L Loots. Wrote the first draft of the paper: R Jewkes. Contributed to the writing of the paper: N Christofides, L Vetten, R Jina. Contributed to data coding of medico-legal forms: N Christofides. Principal investigator: L Vetten. Developed the data schedule collecting court information: L Vetten.