Gender and water from a human rights perspective: The role of context in translating international norms into local action

Rural Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-193

  Singh, Nandita ^a   Åström, Karsten ^b   Hydén, Håkan ^b   Wickenberg, Per ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Sweden University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cultural beliefs; Gender; Human rights; India; Rural; Social norms; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949094241     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.351.18.3.185     Document Type: Article

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