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Claire Mathonsi, International HIV/AIDS Alliance’s regional representative on Gender & Gender Based Violence

Claire Mathonsi is the International HIV/AIDS Alliance’s regional representative on Gender & Gender Based Violence.

Random acts of violence: women and girls take the hit

A young Somali woman hides herself behind a curtain. Picture: Sven Torfinn/Panos

When I was travelling in Kenya recently, I had a graphic reminder that gender-based violence and HIV is right there in front of us in many African countries; we just don’t all notice it all the time. I went through …