In Our Culture“—How Debates about Zimbabwe’s Domestic Violence Law Became a “Culture Struggle

NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-191

  Christiansen, Lene Bull ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 77956349397     PISSN: 08038740     EISSN: 1502394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08038740903117190     Document Type: Article

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