Social policy from the bottom up: Abandoning FGC in sub-Saharan Africa

Development in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 445-458

  Easton, Peter ^a   Monkman, Karen ^b   Miles, Rebecca ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept Educ Leadership Policy Studs   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; HUMAN RIGHTS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

MALI; SENEGAL; SUDAN;

EID: 0344120695     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0961452032000125839     Document Type: Article

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