Winning women’s rights in Morocco: cultural adaptations and Islamic family law

Citizen action and national policy reform: making change happen

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 174-194

  Pittman, Alexandra ^a   Naciri, Rabéa ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DEMOS Consulting   (United Kingdom)

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