Gender in the malestream - Acceptance of women and -endeer quality in different United Nations organisations

Forum for Development Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-197

  Skard, Torild ^a  

^a NUPI ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

FAO; Focal points; Gender equality; ILO; IMO; Institutional change; International bureaucracy; Specialised agencies; Technical agencies; UN programmes and funds; UN system; UNESCO; UNFPA; UNICEF; UNIDO; WHO; Women in development (WID); Women's conferences; Women's rights

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNESCO; WOMENS STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77954058778     PISSN: 08039410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2009.9666429     Document Type: Article

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