Poverty, education, gender and the Millennium Development Goals: Reflections on boundaries and intersectionality

Theory and Research in Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-274

  Unterhalter, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gender; intersectionality; Kenya; Millennium Development Goals; poverty; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869025486     PISSN: 14778785     EISSN: 17413192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477878512459394     Document Type: Article

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