Thiwankee Abeywardena Wickramasinghe
Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication, Department of Social Studies, Open University of Sri Lanka

MLA 8
Wickramasinghe, Thiwankee Abeywardena. "The Gender Dimension in Local Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for Women's Participation and Influence in Sri Lanka." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 10, no. 1, Jan. 2025, pp. 13-29, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i01.002. Accessed Jan. 2025.
APA 6
Wickramasinghe, T. (2025, January). The Gender Dimension in Local Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for Women's Participation and Influence in Sri Lanka. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 10(1), 13-29. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i01.002
Chicago
Wickramasinghe, Thiwankee Abeywardena. "The Gender Dimension in Local Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for Women's Participation and Influence in Sri Lanka." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 10, no. 1 (January 2025), 13-29. Accessed January, 2025. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i01.002.

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