Gender inequity in the lives of women involved in sex work in Kampala, Uganda

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mbonye, Martin ^a   Nalukenge, Winifred ^a   Nakamanya, Sarah ^a   Nalusiba, Betty ^a   King, Rachel ^a   Vandepitte, Judith ^a   Seeley, Janet ^a  

^a NONE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM USE; CONGO; COURAGE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GANDA (PEOPLE); GENDER BASED VIOLENCE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; LIFE HISTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGLECT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE PARENT; STIGMA; SUDAN; TEACHER; UGANDA; UNSAFE SEX; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

EID: 84888409476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.15.3.17365     Document Type: Article

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