Transnational Migration, Gender, and Rights: Advocacy and Activism in the Malaysian Context

International Migration

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 44-71

  Elias, Juanita ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; TRADE UNION; WOMENS STATUS;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 78649470626     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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