Strengthening communities through women's self help groups in South India

Community Development Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-333

  Tesoriero, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745728797     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsi066     Document Type: Article

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