Woman ikat raet long human raet o no?: Women's rights, human rights and domestic violence in Vanuatu

Human Rights and Gender Politics: Asia-Pacific Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 124-146

  Jolly, Margaret ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84905793500     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203060209     Document Type: Chapter

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