'Children of the street': Sexual citizenship and the unprotected lives of Ghanaian street youth

Comparative Education

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-56

  Oduro, Georgina Yaa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CITIZENSHIP; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; POVERTY; VIOLENCE; YOUNG POPULATION;

GHANA;

EID: 84857287059     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.637762     Document Type: Article

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