Gender equality oversimplified: Using CEDAW to counter the measurement obsession

International Studies Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 362-389

  Liebowitz, Debra J ^a   Zwingel, Susanne ^b  

^a DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937641333     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/misr.12139     Document Type: Article

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