Mothers on the march: Iraqw women negotiating the public sphere in Tanzania

Africa Today

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-99

  Snyder, Katherine A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; POPULAR PROTEST; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33846544300     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2006.53.1.78     Document Type: Article

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