Exploring the context of women's sexuality in Eastern Turkey

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 66-75

  Ilkkaracan, Pinar ^a  

^a Women for Women's Human Rights   (Turkey)

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ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; RAPE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031731362     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(98)90009-X     Document Type: Article

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