Doing transnational feminism, transforming human rights: The emancipatory possibilities revisited

Irish Journal of Sociology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 60-76

  Reilly, Niamh ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Human rights; Transnational feminism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973639877     PISSN: 07916035     EISSN: 20505280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/IJS.19.2.5     Document Type: Article

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