Better than the sum of our parts? Reflections on gender mainstreaming in a confederation

Gender and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 585-597

  Wakefield, Shawna ^a  

^a Oxfam International ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

bureaucracy; confederation; gender justice; INGO; rights based approaches; women's rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869155169     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: 13649221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552074.2012.731758     Document Type: Article

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