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099		9	_aAIT Thesis no.GD-01-08
100	1		_aChaudhary, Babita
245	1	0	_aEmpowering women : _bmanagement of fuel wood resources and participation in Rishi Khola Malam community forestry, Dadeldhura district, Nepal
260			_aBangkok : _bAsian Institute of Technology, _c2001
300			_a114 leaves
490	1		_aThesis ; _vno. GD-01-08
500			_aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
502			_aThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001
520			_aRishi Khola Malam Community Forest in Dadeldhura district was handed over to users' group in 1992. The forest was in degraded condition before the hand over to user's group, and after the handover it is being managed by the user group through people's participation. This study aimed to identify gender specific roles in Community Forest and household activities. An attempt is made to assess the extent of women's participation and barriers to their involvement in the decision-making roles in users' group meetings. This study further explores how the policy and the institutional arrangement are facilitating the grass root women groups for an interactive participation. The survey was conducted using Harvard Analytical Tools to evaluate the division of labor and access to control over the resources. The fuel wood demand in the RKM FUG outstrips the supply from the community forest, which is only adequate to cover demand for eight months a year. During the period of shortages fuel wood needs of the households are mostly met by fuel wood supply from a nearby CF ("Tripura Sundari) and to some extent by collectibles from individual farmland or private land. Since women have the lone responsibility of collecting and using the fuel wood, this situation demand women to walk long distances and spare nearly whole day to collect and transport fuel wood. Attempts to introduce alternative energy means such as using Improved Stove has not been that successful in the absence of proper training and some impracticality in the technology. Furthermore, because of poor income level and cash shortages the households are not in a position to use other alternative energy sources. In spite of women's higher labor contribution in community forest management activities their participation in the decision-making role in the FUG committee is substantially lower. CF policy of Nepal stipulates that women should have at least 30% representation in FUG committees, which has been further strengthened by the provision that women be given maximum numbers of seats in the committees. Community forestry program has also tried to empower women in decision-making by involving them in training and workshop. Despite these provisions, women face different barriers in participating the FUG committee and meetings in terms of their active attendance and membership. One of the key barriers for women to effectively participate in the FUG meeting is the unequal gender relation, which has caused women's heavier workload in both the households and community forest labor activities. Unless there is fair division of works in households these women are unlikely to have effective participation even though the rules and regulations dictate that women be represented. Other barriers are domination of men in society, cultural factors such as attitude that women are less capable.
650		0	_aWomen in forestry _zNepal
700	1		_aResurreccion, Bernadette P., _eChairperson
700	1		_aKusakabe, Kyoko, _eExamination Committee
700	1		_aShivakoti, Ganesh P., _eExamination Committee
710	2		_aDAAD, German, _eScholarship donor
810	2		_aAsian Institute of Technology. _tThesis ; _vno. GD-01-08
856			_3Full-Text _uhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B08436
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