Empowering women through fair trade? Lessons from Asia

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 449-467

  Hutchens, Anna ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; GENDER ROLE; HUMAN RIGHTS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA;

EID: 77954189280     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2010.488477     Document Type: Article

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