**6. Acknowledgement**

This chapter reports some of the findings from a larger programme of research entitled "Transforming Violent Gender Relations to Reduce Risk of HIV/AIDS Infection among young Women and Girls." The following gave valuable support to the project as research assistants: Diane Davies, Owen Gallupe, Ncedile Mankahle, Vuyelwa Mkhize, Tobias Mngadi, S'thembile Ngidi, Cyril Nkabinde, Hana Saab, Sid Sahay and Siduduziwe Zulu. The research could not have been carried out without the co-operation of community members in the Centocow, Underberg, and Pholela areas of Sisonke District, Kwa-Zulu/Natal. In particular, we would like to thank: Gcina Radebe, District Health Manager, Sisonke; Fritse Muller and the team at RapeCrisis/Lifeline, Pietermaritzburg; the Turn Table Trust, Bulwer; the community at the Centocow Mission, especially the home-based HIV/AIDS care volunteers of Izandla Zothando, and youth of the Centocow Leadership Training Group; and the staff of the Pholela Clinic, St Apollinaris Hospital (Centocow) and Christ the King Hospital (Ixopo), and associated clinics.
