Awareness and action: The ethno-gender dynamics of Sri Lankan NGOs

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-333

  Ruwanpura, Kanchana N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community activism; Eastern Sri Lanka; Ethnic dynamics; NGOs and civil society; Social political transformation

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ETHNOPOLITICS; FEMINISM; FIELDWORK; GENDER ISSUE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 34249857525     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690701324987     Document Type: Article

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