Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 17, Issue 34 , Pages 108-118 , November 2009

Government regulation of sex and sexuality: in their own words

  • Sofia Gruskin

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Health and Human Rights, Director, Program on International Health and Human Rights, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Laura Ferguson

      Affiliations

    • Research Manager, Program on International Health and Human Rights, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

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Reproductive Health Matters
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