Gender mainstreaming in the United Kingdom: Current issues and future challenges

British Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-51

  Hankivsky, Olena ^a   Christoffersen, Ashlee ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

equality; gender mainstreaming; intersectionality; public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953232341     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2011.1     Document Type: Article

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