Creating 'participatory spaces': involving children in planning sex education lessons in Kenya, Ghana and Swaziland

Sex Education

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages 70-83

  Cobbett, Mary ^a   McLaughlin, Colleen ^a,b   Kiragu, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; consulting pupils; dialogue; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882270232     PISSN: 14681811     EISSN: 14720825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2013.768527     Document Type: Article

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