Challenging ethno-cultural and sexual inequities: An intersectional feminist analysis of teachers, health partners and university students' views on adolescent sexual and reproductive health rights

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 141-160

  Martinez, Andrea ^a   Phillips, Karen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 58149291828     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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