Women's rights=human rights: Pakistani women against gender violence

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-160

  Critelli, Filomena M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender violence; Human rights; International social work; Pakistan; Women's rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952812005     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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