The silence of South-Sudanese women: Social risks in talking about experiences of sexual violence

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 391-403

  Tankink, Marian T A ^a  

^a HealthNet TPO ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

sexual violence; silence; social risks of talking; South Sudan

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; REFUGEE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUDAN; VICTIM; WAR CRIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; RAPE; REFUGEES; ROLE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUDAN; WAR CRIMES; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84875378761     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.752936     Document Type: Article

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