Discourses on women's empowerment in Ghana

Development

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-273

  Anyidoho, Nana Akua ^a   Manuh, Takyiwaa ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

gender mainstreaming; Gender policy; NGOs; women's organizations; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; GENDER ISSUE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY APPROACH; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS; WORLD BANK;

GHANA;

EID: 77954016505     PISSN: 10116370     EISSN: 14617072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/dev.2010.30     Document Type: Article

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