Sexual Rights as Human Rights: A Guide for the WAS Declaration of Sexual Rights

@article{Kismdi2017SexualRA,
  title={Sexual Rights as Human Rights: A Guide for the WAS Declaration of Sexual Rights},
  author={Eszter Kism{\"o}di and Esther Corona and Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale and Eusebio Rubio-Aurioles and Eli Coleman},
  journal={International Journal of Sexual Health},
  year={2017},
  volume={29},
  pages={1 - 92},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:148862236}
}
This technical document that provides supplementary information and materials to support the updated 2015 Declaration of Sexual Rights is introduced.
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