Gender relations in a refugee camp: A case of Chechens seeking asylum in the Czech Republic

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-298

  Szczepanikova, Alice ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; GENDER RELATIONS; REFUGEE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24044475252     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/refuge/fei032     Document Type: Article

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