Women's empowerment for promoting health: Stories of migrant women workers in Katunayake export-processing zone, Sri Lanka

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Attanapola, Chamila T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Female factory workers; Health promotion; Sri Lanka; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 39749138712     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950701865804     Document Type: Article

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