Do rural women who stay behind benefit from male out-migration? a case study in the hills of Nepal

Gender, Technology and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-123

  Maharjan, Amina ^a   Bauer, Siegfried ^a   Knerr, Beatrice ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

disempowerment of rural women; empowerment; gender roles; International migration; mid hills of Nepal; migration impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857933028     PISSN: 09718524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097185241101600105     Document Type: Article

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