Response and responsibility: Domestic violence and marriage migration in the UK

Women and Immigration Law: New Variations on Classical Feminist Themes

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 183-203

  Gill, Aisha ^a   Sharma, Kaveri ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Newham Asian Women's Project   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79960854029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203945353     Document Type: Chapter

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