Community understandings of childhood transitions in ethiopia: Different for girls?

Children's Geographies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-262

  Camfield, Laura ^a   Tafere, Yisak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Young Lives   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community norms; Education; Ethiopia; Gender; Transitions; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957555105     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2011.562385     Document Type: Article

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