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Reproductive Health Matters
An international journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights
Volume 21, 2013 - Issue 41: Young people, sex and relationships
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When a girl’s decision involves the community: the realities of adolescent Maya girls' lives in rural indigenous Guatemala

Heather WehrMasters student in anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, [email protected]
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Silvia Ester TumKaqchikel Maya consultant, Population Council Guatemala, and researcher and social work student, Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Pages 136-142 | Published online: 14 May 2013

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