Feminisms, Women's Rights, and the UN: Would Achieving Gender Equality Empower Women?

American Political Science Review

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 674-689

  Arat, Zehra F Kabasakal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 84946426691     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055415000386     Document Type: Article

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