'That I live, that's because of her': Intersectionality as framework for unaccompanied refugee mothers

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2023-2041

  Vervliet, Marianne ^a   De Mol, Jan ^a   Broekaert, Eric ^a   Derluyn, Ilse ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intersectionality; mothers; refugees; unaccompanied refugee adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901290577     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bct060     Document Type: Article

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