Protecting victims of forced marriage: Is age a protective factor?

Feminist Legal Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-288

  Gangoli, Geetanjali ^a   Chantler, Khatidja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Developmental psychology; Forced marriage; Human Rights; Immigration; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949330251     PISSN: 09663622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10691-009-9132-7     Document Type: Article

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