Women's right to asylum: Protecting the rights of female asylum seekers in Europe?

Human Rights Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-433

  Freedman, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Asylum; Europe; Gender; Refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849120121     PISSN: 15248879     EISSN: 18746306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12142-008-0059-1     Document Type: Article

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