Towards a Fresh Start in Measuring Gender Equality: A Contribution to the Debate

Journal of Human Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 275-283

  Geske Dijkstra, A ^a  

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Author keywords

Gender equality; Human development; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849159669     PISSN: 14699516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649880600768660     Document Type: Article

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