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Interviews with experts on women's economic empowerment and the blue economy in the Indian Ocean Rim were conducted. Although women have played an important economic role in the Indian Ocean for generations, they face a multitude of barriers to full economic inclusion in the Indian Ocean's Blue Economy. This qualitative dataset focuses on the Blue Economy as a vehicle for women’s economic empowerment.

The initial target interviews were 10 but 8 interviews were conducted. The realisation rate is therefore 80%.

Topics covered in the questionnaire are: socio-demographic and family characteristics, participation in other programmes/ interventions, relationship status, knowledge of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, socially accepted practices, HIV prevention knowledge, pregnancy history, intimate partner violence, sexual risk behaviour, attitudes towards HIV, self-efficacy, social support systems and body-image.

The data set for dissemination contains 3061 cases and 509 variables.