Building Developmental Assets to Empower Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh: Evaluation of Project Kishoree Kontha

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 171-184

  Scales, Peter C ^a   Benson, Peter L ^a   Dershem, Larry ^b   Fraher, Kathleen ^a   Makonnen, Raphael ^b   Nazneen, Shahana ^b   Syvertsen, Amy K ^a   Titus, Sarah ^b  

^a Search Institute   (United States)

^b Save the Children International ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84873926014     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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