'Literacy brought us to the forefront': Literacy and empowering processes for Dalit community women in a Mumbai slum

Women, Literacy and Development: Alternative Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 206-218

  Khandekar, Sujata ^a  

^a MacArthur Foundation   (United States)

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EID: 33749648887     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203300237     Document Type: Chapter

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