Multisectorial Afghan Perspectives on Girl Child Marriage: Foundations for Change Do Exist in Afghanistan

Violence Against Women

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1489-1505

  Raj, Anita ^a   Gomez, Charlemagne S ^b   Silverman, Jay G ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Harvard School of Public Health ^*  (Afghanistan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; child marriage; forced marriage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFGHANISTAN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84918838141     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801211403288     Document Type: Article

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