Unpacking Widow Headship and Agency in Post-Conflict Nepal

Feminist Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 80-105

  Ramnarain, Smita ^a  

^a SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; female headship; gender norms; qualitative methods; violent conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949319460     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2015.1075657     Document Type: Article

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