Subtle strategies for women's empowerment: Planning for effective grassroots development

Third World Planning Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-253

  Scheyvens, Regina ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

SOLOMON ISLANDS;

EID: 0032420611     PISSN: 01427849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/twpr.20.3.g802r410341605g2     Document Type: Article

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