Wartime sexual violence: Assessing a human security response to war-affected girls in Sierra Leone

Security Dialogue

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-342

  Denov, Myriam S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Girls; Human security; Sexual violence; Sierra Leone; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748094473     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010606069178     Document Type: Article

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