India: The self employed women's association and autonomous organizing

Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 115-135

  Hill, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84911129476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203938225     Document Type: Chapter

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