Empowerment as resistance: Conceptualizing Palestinian women's empowerment

Development

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-253

  Kuttab, Eileen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

alternatives; collective; gender; identity; political consciousness; Struggle

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPOWERMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

PALESTINE;

EID: 77953988207     PISSN: 10116370     EISSN: 14617072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/dev.2010.22     Document Type: Article

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