A profile of women's work participation among the urban poor of Dhaka

World Development

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 881-901

  Salway, Sarah ^a   Rahman, Shahana ^b   Jesmin, Sonia ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PROSHIKA: A Centre For Human Development   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Asia; Bangladesh; Informalization; Women; Work participation

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA;

EID: 0038137990     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(03)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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