‘Leave no one behind’ and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India

Gender and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 261-277

  Mangubhai, Jayshree P ^a   Capraro, Chiara ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN AID   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

caste; empowerment; gender; India; inequality; intersectionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938690970     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: 13649221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552074.2015.1054206     Document Type: Article

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