Children as ethnographers: Reflections on the importance of participatory research in assessing orphans' needs

Childhood

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-179

  Cheney, Kristen E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; methodology; orphans; participation; policy; research; rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956005352     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568210390054     Document Type: Article

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