Child protection and harmful traditional practices: female early marriage and genital modification in Ethiopia

Development in Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 510-522

  Boyden, Jo ^a   Pankhurst, Alula ^a   Tafere, Yisak ^b  

^a Addis Ababa University ^*  (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Gender and diversity Youth; Governance and public policy; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891494899     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2012.672957     Document Type: Article

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