Higher education and the economic and social empowerment of women—The Asian experience

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Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-261

  Jayaweera, Swarna ^a  

^a Centre for Women's Research   (Sri Lanka)

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ARTICLE; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS--WOMEN; FEMALE; GENDER ISSUES; GENDER RELATIONS; HUMAN RELATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS--WOMEN; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT; WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN'S STATUS;

ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS--WOMEN; GENDER ISSUES; GENDER RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS--WOMEN; WOMEN; WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT; WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT; WOMEN'S STATUS;

ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0031240644     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305792970270302     Document Type: Note

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