Women changing policy outcomes: Learning from pro-women legislation in the Ugandan Parliament

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-121

  Wang, Vibeke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEGISLATION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

UGANDA;

EID: 84887614851     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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