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Disability, gender, and employment relationships in Africa: The case of Ghana
Submitted: 19 October 2013 | Published: 03 June 2015
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Augustina Naami, Department of Social Work, College of Behavioral Sciences, University of Northern Iowa, United StatesAbstract
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