Engaging fundamentalism: The case of women's NGOs in Pakistan

Social Problems

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-273

  Jafar, Afshan ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminism; Islamic fundamentalism; NGOs; Pakistan; Strategies of engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249137737     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2007.54.3.256     Document Type: Article

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