Self Employment of Women: Preference or Compulsion?

Social Change

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-156

  N, Neetha ^a  

^a Centre for Women s Development Studies   (India)

Author keywords

Female workers; gender inequality; globalisation; Muslim women; SC ST workers; self employment; unpaid labour

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044809885     PISSN: 00490857     EISSN: 09763538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004908571004000203     Document Type: Article

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