Power and the Sustainable Development Goals: a feminist analysis

Gender and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-23

  Esquivel, Valeria ^a  

^a UNRISD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

empowerment; gender; growth; human rights; justice; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959908272     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: 13649221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552074.2016.1147872     Document Type: Article

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