"Every knot has someone to undo it." Using the capabilities approach as a lens to view the status of women leading up to the Arab spring in Syria

Journal of International Women's Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 195-210

  Charles, Lorraine ^a   Denman, Kate ^b  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Syria; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875111510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15398706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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