Age and empowerment amongst slum dwelling women in Hyderabad

Haleh Afshar and Fatima Alikhan
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Haleh Afshar: University of York, UK, Postal: University of York, UK
Fatima Alikhan: Osmania University, India, Postal: Osmania University, India

Journal of International Development, 2002, vol. 14, issue 8, 1153-1161

Abstract: This paper seeks to offer an understanding of empowerment in terms of the experiences of a group of slum dwelling older women in Hyderabad. It is the contention of this paper that their experience does not reflect the negative view of ageing common among Western researchers to the effect that old age is necessarily debilitating and disempowering. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.957

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