Empowering rural women through a community development approach in Nepal

Community Development Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-46

  Acharya, Sanjaya ^a   Yoshino, Etsuo ^a   Jimba, Masamine ^b   Wakai, Susumu ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GENDER ROLE; RURAL SOCIETY; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33846919326     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsi064     Document Type: Article

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