Women, equity and participatory water management in Brazil

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 485-493

  Moraes, Andrea ^a,b   Perkins, Patricia E ^a,b  

^a University of Columbia   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brazil; Civil society; Democratization; Ecofeminism; Feminist politics; Feminist transformative leadership; Gender inequality; Participatory governance; Public participation; Resource management; Water management; Water policy; Women and environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749160983     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616740701607986     Document Type: Review

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