Relations between gender-focused NGOs, advocacy work, and government: A Ugandan case study;Las relaciones entre el gobierno y las ONG basadas en el género, y el trabajo de incidencia de las ONG: Un estudio de caso de Uganda

Development in Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-406

  Nabacwa, Mary Ssonko ^a  

^a UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Gender and diversity; Governance and public policy; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; GENDER ISSUE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT; INTERNATIONAL AID; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 77951698673     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614521003710039     Document Type: Article

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