Developing indicators to assess women's empowerment in Vietnam

Development in Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 534-549

  Santillán, Diana ^a   Schuler, Sidney Ruth ^a   Anh, Hoang Tu ^b   Minh, Tran Hung ^b   Trang, Quach Thu ^c   Duc, Nguyen Minh ^b  

^a CABER   (United States)

^b CIHP   (Viet Nam)

^c PDI   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 3042631571     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520410001686124     Document Type: Article

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