Social licence to operate through a gender lens: The challenges of including women's interests in development assistance projects

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 283-293

  Jijelava, David ^a,b   Vanclay, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GeoWel Research   (Georgia)

Author keywords

gender and development; humanitarian assistance; international aid; participation; rural communities; social license to operate

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT AID; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; HUMANITARIAN AID; INTERNATIONAL AID; RURAL AREA; WOMENS STATUS;

GEORGIA (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84906942631     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2014.933505     Document Type: Article

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