Gender-based violence: Young women's experiences in the slums and streets of three sub-Saharan African cities

Theory and Research in Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 275-294

  Oduro, Georgina Yaa ^a   Swartz, Sharlene ^b   Arnot, Madeleine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gender based violence; Ghana; Kenya; social ecology; South Africa; young women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869059340     PISSN: 14778785     EISSN: 17413192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477878512459395     Document Type: Article

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