Taking the power out of empowerment - An experiential account

Development in Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 557-565

  Batliwala, Srilatha ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aid; Gender and Diversity; Rights; SE Asia

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; GENDER ISSUE; MICROFINANCE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547527310     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520701469559     Document Type: Article

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