Empowerment boom or bust? Assessing women's post-conflict empowerment initiatives

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-215

  MacKenzie, Megan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85050175144     PISSN: 09557571     EISSN: 1474449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09557570902877976     Document Type: Article

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