Unfolding women's engagement with development and the UN: Pointers for the future

Forum for Development Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-36

  Jain, Devaki ^a   Chacko, Shubha ^b  

^a Institute of Health and Community Studies   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Development; The women's movement; United Nations; Women

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 50149093672     PISSN: 08039410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2008.9666393     Document Type: Article

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