Empowerment through activism: Responding to domestic violence in the South Asian community in London

Gender and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-82

  Gill, Aisha ^a,b   Rehman, Gulshun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Newham Asian Women's Project   (United Kingdom)

^c Intnl Planned Parenthood Federation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2342441119     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552070410001726546     Document Type: Article

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