Charity challenges US “anti-prostitution” restriction
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Charity challenges US "anti-prostitution" restriction.
BMJ VOLUME 331 20–27 AUGUST 2005 bmj.com A US charity is to challenge the US government’s requirement that international non-government organisations must explicitly oppose prostitution and sex trafficking if they are to receive government funds for family planning and HIV prevention activities. DKT International, which is based in Washington, DC, filed a lawsuit against the US Agency for Inter...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.420-a