Food security and women's health: A feminist perspective for international social work

International Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-498

  Phillips, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feminism; Food security; Global context; Social work research and policy responses; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949178707     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872809104252     Document Type: Article

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