Women's Participation in Communal Activities in Rural Bangladesh

Local Government Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 495-517

  Akkas, Zerina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

communal activities; empowerment; rural Bangladesh; Women's participation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EMPOWERMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL POWER; RURAL SOCIETY; WOMENS STATUS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84902649155     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2013.795889     Document Type: Article

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