Legislating change? Responses to criminalizing female genital cutting in senegal

Law and Society Review

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 803-835

  Shell Duncan, Bettina ^a   Wander, Katherine ^a   Hernlund, Ylva ^a   Moreau, Amadou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84886917533     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lasr.12044     Document Type: Article

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