Patrons of women : literacy projects and gender development in rural Nepal

Patrons of women literacy projects and gender development in rural Nepal

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Assuming that women's empowerment would accelerate the pace of social change in rural Nepal, the World Bank urged the Nepali government to undertake a "Gender Activities Project" within an ongoing long-term water-engineering scheme. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureau...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hertzog, Esther (-)
Autor Corporativo: Knowledge Unlatched funder (funder)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books 2011.
Materias:
Literacy programs > Nepal.
Rural women > Nepal > Social conditions.
Women in rural development > Nepal.
Sex discrimination against women > Nepal.
Anthropology
Gender
Studies
Women
Development studies
Asia
Nepal
World
Bank
Economics
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424444206719
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