Migration as emancipation? The impact of internal and international migration on the position of women left behind in rural morocco

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-62

  de Haas, Hein ^a   van Rooij, Aleida ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CHANGE; WOMENS STATUS;

MOROCCO;

EID: 77949377734     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810903551603     Document Type: Article

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