Gender and empowerment: Creating "Thus far and no further" supportive structures: A case from India

A Companion to Feminist Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 194-207

  Raju, Saraswati ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Gender; Group mobilization; Indian women; Maternal health

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749116565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996898.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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