Linking local and global feminist advocacy: Framing women's rights as human rights in the Republic of Ireland

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-133

  Reilly, Niamh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; COLLECTIVE ACTION; FEMINISM; GENDER RELATIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947494363     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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