Urbanization and gender-based violence: Exploring the paradoxes in the global South

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-79

  McIlwaine, Cathy ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cities; gender based violence; patriarchy; urbanization; violence against women

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; OCCUPATION; PATRIARCHY; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84875996300     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247813477359     Document Type: Article

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