Contemporary Iranian feminism: Identity, rights and interpretations

Muslim World Journal of Human Rights

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Fazaeli, Roja ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Feminism; Iran; Women's rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948823832     PISSN: 15544419     EISSN: 15544419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1554-4419.1118     Document Type: Article

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