Engaging women in community decision-making processes in rural Ghana: Problems and prospects

Development in Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-99

  Opare, Service ^a  

^a Department of Community Development ^*  (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; RURAL POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 14844340237     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0961452052000321631     Document Type: Article

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