Waves of violence - Women in post-tsunami Sri Lanka

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 2005, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 19-27

  Rees, Susan ^a   Pittaway, Eileen ^b   Bartolomei, Linda ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster; Gender; Sri Lanka; Tsunami; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144492831     PISSN: 11744707     EISSN: 11744707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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