Forced marriage, forced sex: the perils of childhood for girls

Gender and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 27-33

  Ouattara, Mariam ^a,b   Sen, Purna ^c   Thomson, Marilyn ^d,e  

^a Anti Slavery International   (United Kingdom)

^b ASI   (United Kingdom)

^c Change   (United Kingdom)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^e SCF (UK)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MARRIAGE; VIOLENCE; YOUNG POPULATION;

(WEST); AFRICA; INDIA; NEPAL;

EID: 0032433606     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/741922829     Document Type: Article

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