Rural women’s access to labor in west Africa

Patriarchy and Class: African Women in the Home and the Workforce

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 97-117

  Roberts, Penelope A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780429301155-5     Document Type: Chapter

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