Conceptualising women's agency, autonomy and empowerment

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 58-65

  Mishra, Nripendra Kishore ^a   Tripathi, Tulika ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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