'Doing it right?': Working with young researchers in Malawi to investigate children, transport and mobility

Children's Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 467-480

  Robson, Elsbeth ^a,b   Porter, Gina ^b   Hampshire, Kate ^b   Bourdillon, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Child researchers; Children's rights; Ethics; Malawi; Participation; Uncrc

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650316753     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280903234535     Document Type: Article

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