The ready-made garments industry in Bangladesh: A means to reducing gender-based social exclusion of women?

Journal of International Women's Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 289-303

  Khosla, Nidhi ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Garments industry; Gender based social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952703393     PISSN: 15398706     EISSN: 15398706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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