Re-inventing the gendered organization: Staff attitudes towards women and gender mainstreaming in NGOs in Malawi

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 689-708

  Tiessen, Rebecca ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Gender and development organizations; Gender mainstreaming; Gender policies; NGOs

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; EMPOWERMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 5444272003     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2004.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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