Social media activism and Egyptians' use of social media to combat sexual violence: An HiAP case study

Health Promotion International

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages i113-i120

  Peuchaud, Sheila ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; media; sexual violence; women

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; EGYPT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; POLITICS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA;

CAPACITY BUILDING; EGYPT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84908262107     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dau046     Document Type: Article

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