Rural Women’s empowerment in a communication technology project: Some contradictory effects

Rural Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 224-245

  Lennie, June ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 85010527310     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.12.3.224     Document Type: Article

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