04782nas a2200421 a 4500 20260817172428.0 160331s2013 th uu|m rtt 0| a1eng d .b12162899 AIT Thesis no.GD-13-04 Sthapit, Lorina The challenges of socio-economic reintegration of maoist ex-combatants in Nepal : a gender view Pathum Thani, Thailand : Asian Institute of Technology, 2013 102 p. : ill. + 1 online resource Thesis ; no. GD-13-04 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degreeof Master of Science in Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2013 The unique feature of Nepal{u2019}s 10 yeararmed conflict was the participation of women as Maoist guerilla fighters who fought alongside men for equality. However, the post-conflict reintegration process led by the government and the UN did not take into account the gendered socio-economic conditions of the male and female Maoist ex-combatants. Therefore, the focus of this research is the challenges of the male and female Maoist ex-combatants in the post-conflict Nepal from a gender viewpoint. The findings of this research claimthe existence ofgender-specific stigmasof male and female ex-combatants including the double stigma of the female ex-combatants.Similarly,the findingsimply that because of lack of skill, education, assets and social capital, the ex-combatants are facing livelihood difficulties such as unemployment. Femaleex-combatants were seen as being particularly vulnerable because of the persisting patriarchal society in Nepalthat restricts women{u2019}s choices, mobility and opportunities.The findings also show that male and female ex-combatants displayed gender-specific responses to these challenge in lack of options andlimited external support. On the positive side,however,the results revealed the constructive actions of the ex-combatants in response to the lack of adequate and effective external support: female respondents{u2019} initiative to learn marketable skills and to gain education degrees and the collective initiative ofmale respondents to bring an agriculture and economic {u2018}revolution.The inferences drawn form this study indicate that stigmas and livelihood difficulties are inversely associated with reintegration.In addition, gender-specific stigmas and livelihood related struggles areinterlocked with social structures that determine gender roles and norms. The research argues that thesocio-economic challengesthat the male and female Maoist ex-combatants are facing and their responsestowards the challengesare theresult of thereintegration of the ex-combatants into thepre-existing gender-biased social order and the inability of the {u2018}revolution{u2019} to change the existing socio-economic structures plaguing Nepal. Moreover, evidences showthatthe Nepali Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DDRR) not only failed to recognize gender-specific challenges, but also reinforced the existing socio-economic challenges the ex-combatants faced. Women in war Nepal Resurreccion, Bernadette P., Chairperson Doneys, Philippe, Examination Committee Grunbuhel, Clemens, Committee Her Majesty the Queen{u2019}s Scholarship for the Asian Environment Development Program, Government of Thailand, Scholarship Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. GD-13-04 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B02938 .b12162899 mnait z 240405 0 160331 m a z 4 000:001:PDF:b1216289:002484:0:0:0:0:0:0 Abstract--AIT Thesis no.GD-13-04 n mnait mnait mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050120719108 CREATED : 2016-03-31 RECORD # : i12915130 LPATRON : 1028157 LCHKIN : 2019-01-03 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 6 TOT CHKOUT : 1 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120225460 CREATED : 2016-06-17 RECORD # : i1304445x LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120951404 CREATED : 2019-12-17 RECORD # : i13241114 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 16087 16087 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.GD-13-04 30050120719108 2026-08-17 17:24:28 1 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT Thesis no.GD-13-04 30050120225460 2026-08-17 17:24:28 1 2026-08-17 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.GD-13-04 30050120951404 2026-08-17 17:24:28 2 2026-08-17 20