Women's empowerment as a development goal: Taking a feminist standpoint

Journal of International Development

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1115-1125

  Mosedale, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Feminism; Feminist standpoint theory; Impact assessment; International development; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; FEMINISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84927757108     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.3050     Document Type: Article

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