Sexual trafficking of women - Tragic proportions and attempted solutions in Albania

International Social Work

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Van Hook, Mary P ^a   Gjermeni, Eglantina ^b,c   Haxhiymeri, Edlira ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^c Women's Center of Tirana   (Albania)

^d Tirana District ^*  (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Human trafficking; Sexual trafficking; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 31944446643     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872806057086     Document Type: Article

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