Need for a gender-sensitive human security framework: Results of a quantitative study of human security and sexual violence in Djohong District, Cameroon

Conflict and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Parmar, Parveen Kaur ^a,b,c   Agrawal, Pooja ^a,d   Goyal, Ravi ^c   Scott, Jennifer ^a,b,e   Greenough, P Gregg ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Central African Republic; Human security; Refugee; Sexual violence; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900873268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-8-6     Document Type: Article

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