Too late for gender mainstreaming? Taking stock in Brussels

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-302

  Woodward, Alison E ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Diversity; Equality policy; European Union; Gender mainstreaming

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; GENDER ISSUE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRUSSELS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 47149117666     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928708091061     Document Type: Article

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