(Dis)continuities of custom in Zimbabwe and South Africa: The implications for gendered and sexual rights

Health and Human Rights

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-114

  Phillips, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; PROSTITUTION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 7044223259     PISSN: 10790969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4065349     Document Type: Article

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