Gender implications of space use in home-based work: Evidences from slums in Bangladesh

Habitat International

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-50

  Ghafur, Shayer ^a  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Home based work; Slums; Spatial confinement; Urban poor women

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; LABOR DIVISION; WOMENS STATUS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0036135842     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(01)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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