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Author(s) Faiz, Sabina; Michaud Rashid; Michaud, Stephanie

Female adolescents and their sexuality: notions of honor, shame, purity and pollution during the floods

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Wiley-Blackwell
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Disasters, vol. 24, issue 1:

This paper explores the experiences of female adolescents during the 1998 floods in Bangladesh, focusing on the implications of socio-cultural norms related to notions of honour, shame, purity and pollution.

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Hazards Flood
Themes Gender Health and health facilities Water Social impacts and social resilience
Country and region Bangladesh
ISBN/ISSN/DOI
doi:10.1111/1467-7717.00131
Number of pages
pp. 54-70
Publication year
2000

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