'Can anything good come out of this mouth?' Female experiences of disability in Malawi

Disability and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 461-474

  Braathen, Stine Hellum ^a   Kvam, Marit Hoem ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disability; Discrimination; Living conditions; Malawi; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849105143     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590802177023     Document Type: Article

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