The survival strategies of Sinhala female-heads in conflict-affected eastern Sri Lanka

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Main Author: Kanchana Ruwanpura
Format: Entrada de enciclopedia
Published: International Labour Organization 2003
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contents The survival strategies of Sinhala female-heads in conflict-affected eastern Sri Lanka Kanchana Ruwanpura Focuses on the emerging social group of female-headed households among the Sinhalese in Eastern Sri Lanka. Outlines perceptions of ethnicity in Sri Lanka and examines the indirect costs of ethnic conflict among the Sinhala, Tamils and Muslims. Highlights female-heads' coping strategies, economic opportunities, gender power imbalance, cultural and social restrictions, and kin and community structures. Working paper (InFocus Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction), 11, ILO publication.encyclopediaEntry
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spellingShingle The survival strategies of Sinhala female-heads in conflict-affected eastern Sri Lanka
Kanchana Ruwanpura
The survival strategies of Sinhala female-heads in conflict-affected eastern Sri Lanka Kanchana Ruwanpura Focuses on the emerging social group of female-headed households among the Sinhalese in Eastern Sri Lanka. Outlines perceptions of ethnicity in Sri Lanka and examines the indirect costs of ethnic conflict among the Sinhala, Tamils and Muslims. Highlights female-heads' coping strategies, economic opportunities, gender power imbalance, cultural and social restrictions, and kin and community structures. Working paper (InFocus Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction), 11, ILO publication.encyclopediaEntry
title The survival strategies of Sinhala female-heads in conflict-affected eastern Sri Lanka
url https://researchrepository.ilo.org/esploro/outputs/encyclopediaEntry/The-survival-strategies-of-Sinhala-female-heads/995328405102676