Promoting gender equality and empowering women? tourism and the third millennium development goal

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-249

  Ferguson, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development policy; Gender equality; Millennium development goals; Tourism; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; EMPLOYMENT; EMPOWERMENT; FEMINISM; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER RELATIONS; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POLICY MAKING; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WORLD BANK;

EID: 79955490468     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2011.555522     Document Type: Article

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