Women's employment in urban Bangladesh: A challenge to gender identity?

Development and Change

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 317-349

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Village Education Resource Centre   (Bangladesh)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; DHAKA [DHAKA (DVS)]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 20644433069     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0012-155X.2005.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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