Gender and sexual vulnerability of young women in Africa: Experiences of young girls in secondary schools in Uganda

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 713-725

  Muhanguzi, Florence Kyoheirwe ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Girls; Sexual violence; Uganda; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEGOTIATING; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956118587     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.571290     Document Type: Article

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