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Intersectional disadvantages and abuse experienced by Pakistani women living in the UK: Pakistani women’s accounts of their journey in and out of domestic abuse

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Intersectional disadvantages and abuse experienced by Pakistani women living in the UK: Pakistani women’s accounts of their journey in and out of domestic abuse. / Iqbal, Ruby.
Lancaster University, 2023. 296 p.

Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis

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Iqbal, R 2023, 'Intersectional disadvantages and abuse experienced by Pakistani women living in the UK: Pakistani women’s accounts of their journey in and out of domestic abuse', PhD, Lancaster University. https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/2550

APA

Iqbal, R. (2023). Intersectional disadvantages and abuse experienced by Pakistani women living in the UK: Pakistani women’s accounts of their journey in and out of domestic abuse. [Doctoral Thesis, Lancaster University]. Lancaster University. https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/2550

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Iqbal R. Intersectional disadvantages and abuse experienced by Pakistani women living in the UK: Pakistani women’s accounts of their journey in and out of domestic abuse. Lancaster University, 2023. 296 p. doi: 10.17635/lancaster/thesis/2550

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Iqbal, Ruby. / Intersectional disadvantages and abuse experienced by Pakistani women living in the UK : Pakistani women’s accounts of their journey in and out of domestic abuse. Lancaster University, 2023. 296 p.

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