Empowerment beyond numbers: Substantiating women's political participation

Journal of International Women's Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-139

  Vissandjee, Bilkis ^a   Apale, Alisha ^a   Wieringa, Saskia ^b   Abdool, Shelly ^c   Dupéré, Sophie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Political participation; Rural India

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144471320     PISSN: 15398706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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