Relationship between children's homelessness in developing countries and the failure of women's rights legislation

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 129-146

  Speak, Suzanne ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Homelessness; Housing rights; Street children; Women's rights

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSING; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGISLATION; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GHANA; INDIA; INDONESIA; NORTH AFRICA; PERU; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 27344436613     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036090510034581     Document Type: Article

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