Empowerment of Informal Female Workers: A Case Study for Social Work Intervention in Tehran Province.
Informal employment constituting a major part of Iranian economy correlates strongly with social deprivation. The aim of the present study is to understand the mechanisms that lead to deprivation and how formalisation can empower informal workers. The study is of qualitative type using grounded theo...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Social Work Vol. 52; no. 7; pp. 4127 - 4149 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Oct2022
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