Women in Afghanistan: Passive victims of the borga or active social participants?

Development in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 266-277

  Rostami Povey, Elaheh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; VIOLENCE; WAR; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

AFGHANISTAN;

EID: 0038115327     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520302950     Document Type: Article

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