Negotiating state and NGO politics in Bangladesh: Women mobilize against acid violence

Violence Against Women

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 857-873

  Halim Chowdhury, Elora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid violence; Bangladesh; Naripokkho; Women's activism

Indexed keywords

SULFURIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL BURN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; SULFURIC ACIDS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34547488368     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801207302046     Document Type: Article

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