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Reproductive Health Matters
An international journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights
Volume 23, 2015 - Issue 46: Sexuality, sexual rights and sexual politics
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Features: National perspectives

“Sex is sweet”: women from low-income contexts in Uganda talk about sexual desire and pleasure

Florence Kyoheirwe MuhanguziSenior Lecturer, School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, UGANDASchool of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University P.O. Box 7062 [email protected]
Pages 62-70 | Received 30 Jun 2015, Accepted 20 Nov 2015, Published online: 11 Dec 2015

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