About the Authors

Simukai Shamu

shamuts@yahoo.com

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

Naeemah Abrahams

Affiliations School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

Marleen Temmerman

Affiliation International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Tamara Shefer

Affiliation Women's and Gender Studies, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

Christina Zarowsky

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS NA MT TS CZ. Performed the experiments: SS NA MT TS CZ. Analyzed the data: SS NA MT TS CZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS NA MT TS CZ. Wrote the paper: SS NA MT TS CZ.