Putting women and girls at the center of development

Science

Volumn 345, Issue 6202, 2014, Pages 1273-1275

  Gates, Melinda French ^a  

^a BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84907212731     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1258882     Document Type: Review

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