What Works for Women and Girls

Gaps in Programming—Addressing Violence Against Women1. Interventions that reduce commute times and/or ensure easy and safe access to safepublic transportation may lessen the risk of sexual violence among adolescent girls.2. Strategies are needed to ensure that women are able to complete their PEP regimen.3. Programs are needed that link interventions addressing HIV/AIDS and child abuse.4. Interventions are needed to combat gender-based violence of sex workers and IDUs.1. Interventions that reduce commute times and/or ensure easy and safe access to safe publictransportation may lessen the risk of sexual violence among adolescent girls. A study foundthat long commutes for girls increased the risk of sexual violence.Gap noted, for example, in Zambia (Chimuka, 2002).2. Strategies are needed to ensure that women are able to complete their PEP regimen. Onestudy found that travel costs and distance were factors in women not completing their PEPregimen.Gap noted, for example, in South Africa (Carries et al., 2007).3. Programs are needed that link interventions addressing HIV/AIDS and child abuse. Onereport found that no PEP access guidelines exist for children who were raped and wereunder the age of 14.Gap noted, for example, in South Africa (HRW, 2003a).4. Interventions are needed to combat gender-based violence of sex workers and IDUs. [SeeChapter 4A. Prevention for Key Affected Populations: Female Sex Workers and 4B. Women DrugUsers and Female Partners of Male IDUs]308 CHAPTER 11 STRENGTHENING THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT