After the earthquake: gender inequality and transformation in post-disaster Haiti

Gender and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-308

  Horton, Lynn ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; earthquake; Haiti; inequality; relief; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863479773     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: 13649221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552074.2012.693284     Document Type: Article

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