The potential and challenges of rightsbased research with children and young people: Experiences from Bangladesh

Children's Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-403

  Ahsan, Monira ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Power relations; Reflexivity; Rights based research; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959624024     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280903234451     Document Type: Article

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