Bibliography
No. 7
Bibliography prepared at the request of the Gender Equality and
WID Office of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA)
by Zoë Oxaal
March 1997
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION 2
2. NEPAL WOMEN/GENDER PROFILES AND STATISTICAL PROFILES 3
3. ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 7
4. EDUCATION AND TRAINING 24
5. DECENTRALISATION 30
6. LEGAL STATUS 32
7. ENERGY 35
8. OTHER ITEMS 40
8.1 Development planning, programmes and projects 40
8.2 Women and agriculture/rural development 43
8.3 Gender, NGOs and women's organisations in Nepal 48
8.4 Labour and employment 50
8.5 Miscellaneous 53
1. INTRODUCTION
This bibliographic search was prepared by BRIDGE for the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA). The bibliography is intended as background information for a Nepal Gender Profile focused on the sectors; education; environment and natural resource management; energy; decentralisation; and legal status.
The databases searched included the British Library of Development Studies; CAB Abstracts; Academic Index; Sociological Abstracts; Econlit; Geobase; PAIS; IntelEc; UNBIS; and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) materials at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS).
This bibliography was compiled by Zoë Oxaal for BRIDGE at IDS. Sally Baden provided advice. This bibliographic search aims to be comprehensive of recent literature on the sectors specified but is not exhaustive. It covers materials which could be identified within the time frame allowed. The entries are ordered under headings as listed in the table of contents. The entries vary in both content and format due to the different sources searched. Some abstracts are provided in cases where they were readily available. The bibliography includes unpublished literature from women's organisations as well as published sources. For sectors in which scant literature directly addressing the topic was found, references likely to cover relevant issues have been included. Section 8 is comprised of other references collected in the course of the search, but does not attempt to be comprehensive in its coverage.
2. NEPAL WOMEN/GENDER PROFILES AND STATISTICAL PROFILES
Statistical profiles : women. country profile. No. 2- New York : UN ESCAP, 1995-Irregular. ST/ESCAP/1546. - ST/ESCAP/1547. ST/ESCAP/1558. - ST/ESCAP/1649
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
DESCRIPTORS: /Asia/ /women/ /statistical data/ - /Bangladesh/ /Philippines/ /Nepal/ /Thailand/
SHELF CATEGORY: [INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: U.N. ST/ESCAP. Statistical profiles: women ... country profile.
Record no: 160744
The statistical profile on Nepalese women : an update in the policy context Kathmandu : IIDS, 1994. -- 152 p
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Acharya, Meena
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): Institute for Integrated Development Studies (Kathmandu, Nepal)
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /women/ /women's status/ /women workers/ /women's
participation/ /statistical data/
SHELF CATEGORY: [NON-OFFICIAL MONOGRAPHS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT STUDIES. Statistical profile on Nepalese women ...
Record no: 145722
Children and women of Nepal : a situation analysis 1992. -- Kathmandu :
UNICEF, 1992. -- xvi, 201 p. -- Sales No. E.92.XX.NEP.1. -- ISBN 92-806-1029-5
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): Nepal. National Planning Commission United Nations Children's Fund. Nepal Office
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /children/ /women/ /economic conditions/ /social conditions/ /maternal and child health/ /poverty/ /development policy/
SHELF CATEGORY: [INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: U.N. E/ICEF/. Nepal Country Office. Children and women of Nepal .
Record no: 96514
Children and women of Nepal : a situation analysis. -- [Kathmandu?] :
UNICEF, 1987. -- xii, 201 p
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): United Nations Children's Fund
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /women/ /children/ /economic conditions/ /social conditions/ /maternal and child health/ /quality of life/government policy/
SHELF CATEGORY: [INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: U.N. E/ICEF/. Children and women of Nepal: a situation analysis.
Record no: 38270
Mothers of the land : Nepalese women today. -- London : Change, 1993. -- 32 p. (International reports : women and society ; no. 18). -- ISBN 0-907236-26-X
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Sherpa, Chi'ing Lamu
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): Change (Organization : U.K.)
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /women/ /women's rights/ /women's role/ /rural women/
/women workers/
SHELF CATEGORY: [NON-OFFICIAL SERIALS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT:(32)CHANGE [U.K.] International reports:women and society, no.18.
Record no: 102579
Hamra chelibetiharu : an analysis of the situation of girl children in
Nepal. -- Kathmandu : UNICEF, 1991. -- 77 p
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Grover, Deepa
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): United Nations Children's Fund. Nepal Office
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /children/ /women/ /females/ /sex discrimination /maternal and child health/ /access to education/ /education of women/ /marriage/ /prostitution/ /social conditions/ -/statistical data/
SHELF CATEGORY: [INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: U.N. E/ICEF/. Nepal Country Office. Hamra chelibetiharu ...
Record no: 100044
Women in Nepal. -- [England : s.n.], 1991. -- 23 p. -- BRIDGE Report No. 1. Prepared for South East Asia Development Division, British Embassy, Bangkok". PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Joekes, Susan
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): United Kingdom. South East Asia Development Division
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /women/ /women's role/ /women's status/ /women workers/
/women's participation/
SHELF CATEGORY: [GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: U.K. South East Asia Development Division. Women in Nepal.
Record no: 87424
The status of women in Nepal. Volume 2, Field studies ... / Meena Acharya
... [et al.]. -- Kathmandu : CEDA,Tribhuvan University, 1981. -- [ ]v. --
Contents: Pt. 1. The Maithili women of Sirsia -- pt. 2.The Kham Magar women of
Thabang -- pt. 3. The Tharu women of Sukhrwar -- pt. 5. The women of Baragaon
-- pt. 6. The Newar women of Bulu -- pt. 7. The Parbatiya women of Bakundol --
pt. 9. The rural women of Nepal : an aggregate analysis and summary of 8
village studies
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Acharya, Meena
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): Tribhuvan University. Centre for Economic Development and
Administration
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /women/ /villages/ /women's role/ /women's status/ /case
studies/ /field research/
SHELF CATEGORY: [NON-OFFICIAL MONOGRAPHS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION [NEPAL]. Status
of women in Nepal ...
Record no: 107682
Statistics on women in Nepal / Social Service National Co-ordination
Council, Women Service Co-ordination Committee. -- Kathmandu : The Committee,
1986. -- [12] p
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): Social Services National Co-ordination Council of Nepal.
Women Services Co-ordination Committee
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /women/ /educational statistics/ /health statistics/
/agricultural statistics/
SHELF CATEGORY: [NON-OFFICIAL MONOGRAPHS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: SOCIAL SERVICE NATIONAL CO-ORDINATION COUNCIL OF NEPAL. Women
Services Co-ordination Committee. Statistics on women in Nepal.
Record no: 12646
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Nepal: new horizons?
Sattaur, O.
64 pp.
Publication Year: 1996
Oxfam Country Profiles
Publisher: Oxfam Publications Department Oxford, UK
ISBN: 0-85598-290-X
Language: English
Document Type: Book
A study is presented of Nepal and the social, economic and environmental
impact of the growing tourist industry. The history of the Kingdom is
described together with the changing political system. Different sections
examine: the agricultural economy; the role of women in society; health
provision in remote rural areas; Nepal's relationship with its neighbours;
and environmental problems (including the development of community
forestry). The final section considers the involvement of an NGO, Oxfam in
Nepal.
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Women in India and Nepal
DOCUMENT AUTHOR: Allen, Michael [Ed]; Mukherjee, S. N. [Ed]
Sathyamurthy, T. V.
EDITION DATE(S): 1990
The Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 1993, 31, 1, Mar,
133-135.
CODEN: JCPLDM
PUB. YEAR: 1993
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: United Kingdom
LANGUAGE: English
DOCUMENT TYPE: Book Review (brv)
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3. ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Rhetoric and reality : a gender analysis. Volume I. -- Kathmandu : Swiss Development Cooperation, 1995. -- xi, 107 p
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): Switzerland. Direktion fÏr Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und HumanitÌre Hilfe Dolakaha - Ramechhap Community Forestry Development Project
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /forestry development/ /agricultural projects/ /social
participation/ /project evaluation/ /women's role/ /women's participation/
SHELF CATEGORY: [BRIDGE COLLECTION ROOM 165]
SHELVED AT: SWITZERLAND. Direction de la CoopÅration au DÅveloppement et de l'Aide Humanitaire. Rhetoric and reality ...
Record no: 154500
Guidelines to involve women in the Tinau Watershed Project (TWP). --
Kathmandu : IDS, 1986. -- 1 v. (various pagings). -- Photocopy
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): Integrated Development Systems (Kathmandu, Nepal)
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /agricultural projects/ /women's participation/ /forestry
development/ /livestock/ /soil conservation/
SHELF CATEGORY: [NON-OFFICIAL MONOGRAPHS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS [NEPAL]. Guidelines to involve women
Record no: 4940
Women and community forestry in Nepal: expectations and realities.
PERSONAL AUTHOR: Tinker,-I.
SOURCE: Society-and-Natural-Resources. 1994. 7(4), pp 367-381.
AB: Community forestry programs in Nepal, based on the erroneous assumption that farming families are the major cause of deforestation, ignore other critical causes. Recent emphasis on the inclusion of women in these programs, based on the recognition of women's subsistence activities and understanding of nature, minimizes fundamental constraints embedded in Nepalese society. A review of community forestry programs funded by international agencies and nongovernmental organizations indicates increasing participation of both women and men at the community level. Exaggerated expectations of the potential of community forestry in solving Nepal's ecological crisis could undermine the fragile gains of Nepali women. -Author
AN: (1073168); 95V-00593
Implementation of the results of scientific research in practical
management: a case study from Nepalese forestry.
PERSONAL AUTHOR: Griffin,-D.-M.
SOURCE: Mountain-Research-and-Development. 1991. 11(3), pp 195-201.
AB: This paper discusses the experiences of the Nepal-Australia Forestry Project from 1978 until 1988. The research, aimed at improving the productivity of the forests, was developed in response to the expressed needs of the local people, although there were no qualitative nor quantitative data on forest use. Changes were introduced at the panchayat level by local initiatives. A series of questions were discussed concerning available land, species to be planted, forest protection, and other topics that arose during the course of the project. Examples of this action research are described together with changes in community and private forest species and management practices that result from the direct participation of local mountain communities. It is noted, however, that user groups tend to be dominated by men and by those of higher caste and higher economic status, whereas it is the women and the poor who depend on the forests for fuelwood and fodder products; changes may be needed to ensure sustainable utilization of forests and a reasonable equity in the distribution of benefits. -from Author
AN: (0899918); 92V-01763
Land, livestock and livelihoods : changing dynamics of gender, caste and
ethnicity in a Nepalese village. // IN: Human ecology : an interdisciplinary
journal (US) 22,no.4 (1994): 467-94.
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Thomas - Slayter, Barbara; Bhatt, Nina
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /rural development/ /rural economy/ /livestock/
ethnicity/ /sex roles/ /division of labour/ /castes/ /ecology/
SHELF CATEGORY: [NON-OFFICIAL SERIALS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: (112) HUMAN ECOLOGY: an interdisciplinary journal - 22,no.4 (1994): 467-94.
Record no: 141651
The urban environment and some gender concerns:the case of Kathmandu.1993? 10p
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Thacker, Prabha; Malla, Umesh
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): Manushi (for Sustainable Development) (Kathmandu, Nepal)
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /urban environment/ /women/ /women's status/ /women's
participation/ /environmental degradation/ /public services/
SHELF CATEGORY: [NON-OFFICIAL MONOGRAPHS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: MANUSHI (For Sustainable Development). Urban environment ...
Record no: 125177
Managing resources in a Nepalese village : changing dynamics of gender,
caste and ethnicity / Nina Bhatt ... [et al.]. -- [Worcester, Mass.] : ECOGEN,
1994. -- 50 p. -- (ECOGEN case study series)
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Bhatt, Nina
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): ECOGEN Research Project
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /villages/ /hills/ /livestock/ /milk/ /small farms/
/agricultural projects/ /agricultural cooperatives/ /rural women/ /sex roles/ /division of labour/ /forest resources/ resources management/ /agricultural credit/ /castes/ /ethnic
groups/ /ethnicity/
SHELF CATEGORY: [NON-OFFICIAL MONOGRAPHS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: CLARK UNIVERSITY. ECOGEN Research Project. Managing resources in aNepalese village ...
Record no: 129038
Tourism and gender : impact and implications of tourism on Nepalese women :
a case study from the Annapurna Conservation Area Project. -- Kathmandu :
ICIMOD, 1995. -- 84 p. -- (Discussion paper series ; no. MEI 95/3)
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Gurung, Dibya
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development.
Mountain Enterprises and Infrastructure Division
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /women/ /tourism/ /tourism development/ /women's
participation/ /economic implications/ /social implications/ -
/case studies/
OTHER TERMS: [gender]
SHELF CATEGORY: [INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT.
Discussion paper series, no. MEI 95/3.
Record no: 151
Gender aspects of irrigation management : the Chhattis Mauja Irrigation
System in Nepal. // IN: Asia - Pacific journal of rural development / CIRDAP,
Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (BD) 5,no.1
(1995): 1-26.
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Zwarteveen, Margreet; Neupane, Nita
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /irrigation/ /water management/ /women's participation/
/sex roles/
OTHER TERMS: [gender]
SHELF CATEGORY: [INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: CENTER ON INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC.
Asia-Pacific journal of rural development - 5,no.1 (1995): 1-26.
Record no: 15156
Peasant women in agriculture and environment : Consultation on Women and
Sustainable Agriculture / Environment, Kathmandu, Nepal, 18 - 21 April, 1993.
-- Kathmandu : Women in Development/Nepal, 1993. -- v, 122 p
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): Women in Development / Nepal
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /rural women/ /agricultural development/ /women's
participation/ /development strategy/ /resources conservation/
/environmental management/
SHELF CATEGORY: [NON-OFFICIAL MONOGRAPHS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT/NEPAL. Peasant women in agriculture and
environment ...
Record no: 134187
Women in forestry : study of a women's forest committee in a Nepalese
village. -- Kathmandu : [The Programme], 1992. -- 26 p. -- (Research report
series ; no. 20)
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Regmi, Shibesh Chandra
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): HMG Ministry of Agriculture - Winrock International Policy
Analysis in Agriculture and Related Resource Management
(Programme : Nepal)
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /women's role/ /villages/ /forestry research/
OTHER TERMS: [social forestry]
SHELF CATEGORY: [GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: NEPAL. Ministry of Agriculture. HMG Ministry of Agriculture-Winrock
International Policy Analysis in Agriculture and Related Resource
Management [Programme]. Research report series, no. 20.
Record no: 104404
Forest conservation in Nepal : encouraging women's participation / story by
Augusta Molnar. -- New York : SEEDS, 1987. -- 20 p. -- (SEEDS, ISSN 073-6833 ;
no. 10)
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Molnar, Augusta
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): SEEDS (Organization)
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /forest conservation/ /women's participation/
SHELF CATEGORY: [NON-OFFICIAL SERIALS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: (112) CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. Seeds. Seeds, no. 10.
Record no: 29994
Consequences of deforestation for women's time allocation, agricultural
production and nutrition in hill areas of Nepal. -- Washington, D.C. : IFPRI,
1988. -- 72 p. -- (Research report ; 69). -- ISBN 0-89629-071-9
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Kumar, Shubh K.; Hotchkiss, David
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): International Food Policy Research Institute
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /hills/ /deforestation/ /fuelwood/ /women/ /time factor/
/agricultural production/ /human nutrition/ /household income/
SHELF CATEGORY: [INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: IFPRI. Research reports, 69.
Record no: 25192
Women's participation on forest committees : a case study. -- Morrilton,
Ark. : Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, 1987. --
25 p. -- (Forestry research paper series ; no. 11)
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Prasai, Yogendra
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): Project "Strengthening Institutional Capacity in the Food
and Agricultural Sector in Nepal"
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /forestry development/ /women's participation/ /forest
management/ /institutional framework/ - /case studies/
OTHER TERMS: [social forestry]
SHELF CATEGORY: [GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: NEPAL. Ministry of Agriculture. HMG-USAID-GTZ-IDRC-Ford-Winrock
Project [on] Strengthening Institutional Capacity in the Food and
Agricultural Sector in Nepal. Forestry research paper series, no.
11.
Record no: 21623
Women's participation in forestry : a case study of Akrang village. --
Morrilton, Ark. : Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development,
1987. -- 22 p. -- (Forestry research paper series ; no. 10)
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Gurung, Durga Kumari
CORPORATE AUTHOR(S): Project "Strengthening Institutional Capacity in the Food
and Agricultural Sector in Nepal"
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /forestry development/ /women's participation/ - /case
studies/
OTHER TERMS: [social forestry]
SHELF CATEGORY: [GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: NEPAL. Ministry of Agriculture. HMG-USAID-GTZ-IDRC-Ford-Winrock
Project [on] Strengthening Institutional Capacity in the Food and
Agricultural Sector in Nepal. Forestry research paper series, no.
10.
Record no: 21621
TI: Whose? Trees: a people's view of forestry aid
AU: Anon-,
SO: (Panos Publications, London), 1991, 143pp, 9maps.
AB: Funded by the aid agency FINNIDA, this book explores fow far three different projects succeeded in involving local people and in meeting their real needs. It examines pat mistakes and provides a fresh perspective - that of men and women at village-level - on what sustainable forestry must entail if it is to succeed. Focusing on Sudan, Nepal, and Tanzania, it addresses the question of how to balance environmental, social and economic sustainability.
-C.Barrow
AN: (0906553); 92V-02606
TI: Migration: a strategy for survival in the mountains.
AU:Thacker,-P.
SO: Appropriate-Technology. 1991. 17(4), pp26-28.
AB: Migration has always existed at high altitudes in Nepal, usually among single, able-bodies men, but in recent times environmental degradation of the hills has led to and influx of femal migrants into Kathmandu. Describes the effects on and within the carpet industry which mainly employs women and female chidren and concludes that some form of employment generation for rural women must be found if this valuable resource is not to be drained completely away from the hills. -C.Wilson
AN: (0882428); 91V-04587
UNBIS Plus on CDROM
UN doc. symbol: [TD/]UNCTAD/LDC/GE.1/6
Title: Involvement of women in social forestry programme in Nepal: report prepared for UNCTAD/ by Women Development Research and Publications Centre, Nepal
-21p, Geneva:UN, 22 Nov.1994
Documentation series:TD/UNCTAD/LDC/GE.1/
Distribution: Restricted
Collective powers in common places : the politics of gender and space in a
women's struggle for a meeting center in Chitwan, Nepal. // IN: Himalayan
research bulletin (US) 12,nos.1-2 (1992): 11-25.
PERSONAL AUTHOR(S): Enslin, Elizabeth
DESCRIPTORS: /Nepal/ /resource centres/ /women's organizations/ /community
facilities/ /community power/ /communal land/ /space/
SHELF CATEGORY: [REFERENCE COLLECTION]
SHELVED AT: 793(112)321 HIMALAYAN RESEARCH BULLETIN. - 12,nos.1-2 (1992): 11-25.
Record no: 129903
Women, poverty and resources.
PERSONAL AUTHOR: Wignaraja,-P.
SOURCE: (Sage, New Delhi), 1990, 241 pp, index.
AB: Over the past decade, both women's movements and national policy-makers in South Asia and elsewhere have begun to recognise the crucial inter-linkage between gender and equity in poverty alleviation and sustainable development. The author surveys the work of a number of grassroots women's organisations in Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan, as also related processes in Africa and Latin America. Based on this field experience, he outlines the alternative approach for alleviating the poverty which afflicts both rural and urban women. He argues that the solution lies in collective action by women's groups using primarily local resources and knowledge. In order for these processes to be replicated on a larger scale, they may require the support of sensitive NGOs, banks, government agencies and donors. -from Publisher
AN: (0849192); 91V-02195
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Training for farmers and forest committee members.
Fisher, K. J.
Rural Development Centre, Pokhara, Nepal.
Banko Janakari vol. 3 (1): p.3-7
Publication Year: 1991
Language: English
Document Type: Journal article
In response to the need for greater participation by villagers in the community forestry programme of Nepal, a forestry training initiative has been established by the United Mission to Nepal (UMN). This article explains the importance of the courses, and describes their contents and methods. The primary objective of the courses is to motivate the participants by helping them to analyse their present situation and to see
what possibilities exist to improve it. Courses last from 6 to 10 days and are designed for 2 different groups. There is a course for farmers which emphasizes the management of privately owned resources, and one for committee members that considers the management of community resources. There is, however, considerable overlap in the material. Occasional courses are also provided for basic development workers and motivation staff. These are designed to assist them in the work of encouraging farmers and committee members who have attended the training courses. One-week courses are also available to enable farmers to set up and run a small private nursery close to their home. It is emphasized that courses will be successful only if they are seen as a part of the activities of a project or local organization. Participants will need ongoing support to implement any resulting activities; hence a follow-up visit to the home of each of the trainees is made later in the year by one of the training staff. Ways of enabling more women to participate are being considered. 6
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Women, environment and local initiatives: factors affecting the degree
of successful management of forest resources.
Pandey, S.
G.E.B. School of Social Work, Washington University, Missouri, USA.
Himalayan Research Bulletin vol. 13 (1/2): p.54-59
Publication Year: 1993
BIDS
Language: English
Document Type: Journal article
Forest destruction is a threat to environmental stability and the
equitable economic development of people in developing countries. This is
particularly true in the Himalayan region, where rural people spend a
large proportion of their time collecting scarce forest resources. The
efforts of the government and forestry officials to increase forest
resources are insufficient and inefficient. However, studies have shown
that in spite of tenure problems and lack of policy support, rural people
in the Himalayan region have planted, protected and managed forest
resources on their own land and community land. Current knowledge about
these local initiatives is insufficient to make appropriate policy
changes. This paper emphasizes the need to study the nature, scope and
policy implications of rural people's initiatives to plant, protect and
sustainably use trees on their own land and on community land in the
Himalayan region, particularly in Nepal. 40 ref.
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Status, property and forest management: women's role in community
forestry in Nepal.
Hughes, E.
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Tropical Resources
Institute, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
TRI News vol. 12 (2): p.46-50
Publication Year: 1993
Language: English
Document Type: Journal article
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03085603 CAB Accession Number: 950613164
A review of forest user groups: case studies from Eastern Nepal.
Dahal, D. R.
Tribhuvan University, Research Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies,
Pokhara, Nepal.
xiv + 219 pp.
Publication Year: 1994
Publisher: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
(ICIMOD) Kathmandu, Nepal
ISBN: 92-9115-290-0
Language: English
Document Type: Miscellaneous
This study is one of a series commissioned by ICIMOD to provide insights
into community managed forests in the over-exploited Hindu Kush-Himalayas.
There are 5 chapters: Introduction; Forest user management: a historical
perspective; Case studies of forest user groups (FUGs) in Sankhuwasabha,
Dhankuta, and Ilam Districts; Forest management issues in FUGs in the
Eastern Hill Region - user identification, relations with neighbouring
areas, gender, leadership, decision making, distribution of benefits, and
conflict resolution; and Conclusions and recommendations. There is an
annex containing detailed data, references and a topic index by chapter.
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Sustainable management of common forest resources: an evaluation of
selected forest user groups in western Nepal (case studies of Palpa
District and the Phewa watershed).
Karki, M.; Karki, J. B. S.; Neeta Karki
Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara, Nepal Nepal.
xvi + 174 pp.
Publication Year: 1994
Publisher: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
(ICIMOD) Kathmandu, Nepal
ISBN: 92-9115-287-0
Language: English
Document Type: Miscellaneous
This study is one in a series commissioned by ICIMOD to provide insights
into community managed forests in the over-exploited Hindu Kush-Himalayas.
There are 8 chapters: Study objectives, methodology and framework; Review
of community forestry development; Background of the study area;
Institutional development of forest user groups; Analysis of external
inputs and variables; Comparative analysis of the two sites - social
systems, user group effectiveness and sustainability, gender analysis, and
equity considerations; Observations and discussion; and Conclusions and
recommendations. An annex with detailed data, references and a topic index
(by chapter) are included. 43 ref.
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Looking at gender and forestry: operational issues for project planners,
implementors and administrators.
Finland, Finnish International Development Agency
Katajanokanlaituri 3, 00160 Helsinki, Finland.
35 pp.
Publication Year: 1993
Publisher: Finnish International Development Agency (FINNIDA)
Helsinki, Finland
Language: English
Document Type: Miscellaneous
A review of gender aspects in 8 FINNIDA forestry projects (in Tanzania,
Zanzibar, Kenya, Nepal, SADC countries, Senegal, and Central America) was
undertaken in 1992, and country profiles for 7 countries (Kenya,
Nicaragua, Zambia, Senegal, Nepal, Tanzania and Zanzibar) prepared at the
same time. This paper is one of the results of the review, and supports
the Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) procedure developed by FINNIDA to give
guidance to personnel during project preparation, design and
implementation, while expanding it to include institution building and
policy level projects in addition to field level projects. After an
introduction, the paper is in 4 parts: The framework; When is gender an
issue?; The project cycle and gender analysis; and The woman question. 55
ref.
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Gender roles in agroforestry systems in the hills of Nepal.
Bajracharya, B.
Winrock International, PO Box 1312, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Book Title: Recherches-systeme en agriculture et developpement rural:
Symposium international, Montpellier, France - 21-25 novembre 1994.
Communications.
Conference Title: Recherches-systeme en agriculture et developpement
rural: Symposium international, Montpellier, France - 21-25 novembre 1994.
Communications.
p.420-424
Publication Year: 1994
Publisher: CIRAD-SAR Montpellier, France
ISBN: 2-87614-181-7
Language: English Summary Language: french
Document Type: Conference paper; Book chapter
This paper highlights the gender roles in agroforestry management and
the impact of women on the tree planting programme conducted by the
Pakhribas Agricultural Centre (a multidisciplinary semigovernmental
organization with the main objective of developing agricultural and rural
situations in eastern Nepal). Data were gathered through formal survey,
participatory rural appraisal (PRA), and rapid rural appraisal (RRA).
Results indicated strong interaction among the agroforestry components,
ie, crops, trees, and livestock. It was found that women worked for 12
hours 49 minutes per day, while men worked eight hours five minutes. The
analysis of labour-use patterns for agroforestry activities revealed
significant differences in the involvement of women as compared with that
of men. Preference criteria for tree species were also different by
gender. Overall, women are more involved than men in agroforestry
production and management activities. The tree planting programme
conducted by the Pakhribas Agricultural centre has brought about some
changes including changes in livestock population, livestock management,
availability of bedding material and some fodder, and also the division of
labour. With the household changed from a free-grazing livestock system to
stall feeding, the women find they have more work, as the children who
once took care of the livestock now attend school. 7 ref.
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Women's participation in community forestry: the Nepal-Australia
Community Forestry Project's experience.
Kharel, S.
Nepal-Australia Community Forestry Project, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Conference Title: Second National Community Forestry Workshop, Nepal.
Banko Janakari vol. 4 (1): p.73-75
Publication Year: 1993
Editors: Riley, J.
Language: English
Document Type: Conference paper; Journal article
Most development specialists recognize that women play a vital role in
forest resource management. However, involving women who are illiterate or
semi-literate and overburdened with farm and household work in forest
management activities is a challenge. In general, rural women lack basic
information about new activities, and what information they receive is
filtered through their fathers, brothers, husbands and sons. Because most
community forestry training is directed towards literate people and
conducted at district level, women are usually deprived of opportunities
for training. This paper reports on how the Nepal-Australia Community
Forestry Project (NACFP) started conveying development messages while
implementing training at the village level. One such training programme
started with the building of smokeless stoves (chulo) out of locally
available materials, as a means of reducing fuel consumption and
associated women's labour. The process of communicating the community
forestry message to women during the stove training programme is
described. The need to identify and act on the needs of women is
emphasized, and a methodology for involving women in community forestry is
outlined. 2 ref.
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Domestic and community water management.
Hope, R.
Health Department, British Council, Manchester, UK.
Conference Title: Proceedings of the conference on priorities for water
resources allocation and management. Natural Resources and Engineering
Advisers Conference, Southampton, July 1992.
p.51-54
Publication Year: 1993
Publisher: Overseas Development Administration London, UK
ISBN: 0-90-2500-49-X
Language: English
Document Type: Conference paper
In traditional cultures throughout the world, the burden of domestic water collection falls on women. Participatory hygiene education for women can improve domestic sanitation and increase hygienic use of domestic water, but for fully effective and efficient use of community water supplies, women need to be involved in water supply management from at least the design stage of the supply. A case study of the UK/Nepal Eastern Region Water Supplies Project (ESWSP) demonstrates the value of water consumer involvement in projects at the earliest possible stage. It is suggested that early participation of all the consumers in water supply schemes will result in more effective use of available water, less pilfering of materials, improved construction, more appropriately sited standpipes with consequent increased utilization and maintenance of pipelines.
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Proceedings of the third meeting of the working group on fodder trees,
forest fodder and leaf litter, Kathmandu, December 18-20, 1989.
FRIC Occasional Paper
Additional Authors: Gatenby, R. M.; Bhattarai, P. P.; Sita Shrestha;
Shrestha, S.; Thapa, B.; Joshi, L.; Sherpa, S. L.; Wallace, D.; Baidya, H.
R.; Neopane, S. P.; Chemjong, P. B.; Subba, D. B.; Tamang, P. M.;
Budhathoki, P.; Robinson, P. J.; C., S. K.; KC, S.
(No. 2/90): iv + 51 pp.
Publication Year: 1990
refs at ends of papers
Editors: Amatya, S. M.; Philip, M. S.
Publisher: Forestry Research and Information Centre (FRIC), Department
of Forest and Plant Research Kathmandu, Nepal
Language: English
Document Type: Conference proceedings
These proceedings include an opening address, 9 papers on various
aspects of fodder in Nepal, working group recommendations for 1989, and a
list of participants. The papers are: (1) Women's work with tree fodder
and bedding for animals (Gatenby, R.M.; Bhattarai, P.P.; Sita Shrestha; 1
ref.); (2) Fodder research and development activities at PAC (Thapa, B.;
Joshi, L.; Sherpa, S.L.; Wallace, D.) - at the Pakhribas Agricultural
Centre; (3) Fodder extension in 1990 (Baidya, H.M.); (4) Traditional
feeeding practices for buffaloes in the Koshi Hills (Neopane, S.P.;
Gatenby, R.M.; Chemjong, P.B.; 1 ref.); (5) Seasonal variation in the
chemical composition of the leaves of Ficus species fodder trees (Subba,
D.B.; Tamang, P.M.; 5 ref.); (6) A training on forestry information to
farmers held in Bhaktapur District (Budhathoki, P.); (7) Collecting khanyu
(Ficus semicordata) figs for seeds: a practical application (Amatya, S.M.;
12 ref.); (8) Summary of results of a survey on the vegetative propagation
of fodder trees by farmers (Robinson, P.J.; C., S.K.; 7 ref.); and (9)
Some results of the Dolakha private tree survey (Robinson, P.J.; 1 ref.).
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Towards effective participation: a guide for working with women in
forestry.
Najma Siddiqi
Nepal-Australia Forestry Project, PO Box 208, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Technical Note - Nepal-Australia Forestry Project
(No. 1/89): v + 38 pp.
Publication Year: 1989
Publisher: Kathmandu, Nepal
Language: English
Document Type: Miscellaneous
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Forest conservation in Nepal: encouraging women's participation.
Molnar, A.
Seeds (New York) (No. 10): 20 pp.
Publication Year: 1987
ISSN: 0073-6833
Language: English
Document Type: Miscellaneous
Notes are given on the importance of the forest to life in the Nepalese
Hills and women's roles in forest use, and descriptions are given of the
ways in which women have been involved in a government forest conservation
and restoration programme in Nepal. 12 ref.
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Women's participation in community forestry in Nepal.
Inserra, A. E.
Banko Janakari vol. 2 (2): p.119-120
Publication Year: 1989
Language: English
Document Type: Journal article
A short summary of a report prepared for USAID, Kathmandu, analysing the
major issues relating to women's participation in community forestry in
Nepal. The importance of women in forest utilization activities
(collecting fuelwood, fodder, leaf compost and bedding, and controlling
grazing) and in nurseries and tree planting is emphasized, and the
advantages and benefits of their participation on forestry committees
(both mixed and all-female) and in extension work with women discussed. In
the latter context, the promotion of women into forestry jobs (as rangers,
nursery naikes and forest watchers) is urged as a means of bringing more
women into forestry management.
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Consequences of deforestation for women's time allocation, agricultural
production, and nutrition in hill areas of Nepal.
Kumar, S. K.; Hotchkiss, D.
International Food Policy Research Institute, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C., 20036 USA.
Research Report - International Food Policy Research Institute
(No. 69): 72pp.
Publication Year: 1988
13 fig., 27 tab., OQEH
Language: English
Document Type: Miscellaneous
The hill areas of Nepal are a prime example of an area in which low
productivity agriculture is surrounded by rapid environmental degradation
as the result of deforestation. The study is based on results from a
survey of 120 households in three hill districts of the Western
Development Region, conducted in 1982/83 jointly with the Agricultural
Projects Services Centre of Nepal and the FAO. Results indicate that when
deforestation, represented by the time required to collect a standard load
of firewood, increased by 1.0% there was a reduction in fuelwood
consumption of 0.3% and an increase in the total time required for its
collection of 0.6%. Assuming a similar response for other essential forest
products, the collection time for fuelwood, leaf fodder, and grass alone
required an additional 1.13 hours per day by women in the high
deforestation sites in the sample. The effects of this on the amount of
labour available for agriculture indicate that women's farm labour would
decrease by 1.4 hours per person per day, a decrease not compensated for
by an increase in wage labour or by men's labour, which may also decrease.
In addition to the effects of deforestation on agricultural production and
incomes, secondary or associated effects could be related to fuel
consumption and time spent on food preparation. The main determinants of
preschool child nutrition are degree of deforestation, household income,
household size, and work loads of women and older children. The results
suggest that it is not enough to rely on out-migration or reforestation
efforts alone to improve the economy and ecology of the region. Strategies
for raising agricultural productivity need to be considered.
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Multipurpose tree species in rice-based farming systems in Chitwan,
Nepal: a gender analysis approach.
Timsina, D.; Timsina, J.; Joshi, N. N.; Ghimire, D. P.; Thapa, F.
NGO Federation of Nepal, P.O. Box 7768, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Journal for Farming Systems Research-Extension vol. 6 (1): p.13-26
Publication Year: 1996
ISSN: 1051-6786
Language: English
Document Type: Journal article
Gender analysis has been identified as a useful tool in the diagnostic
phase of farming systems research. The tool was used for identifying the
gender (men and women) roles in terms of labour contribution in household,
farm and animal production, and fuelwood and fodder collection in two
distinct communities (indigenous Tharus and non-indigenous Brahmins and
Chhetries) of Chitwan, Nepal where integrated rice-based farming systems
are practiced. Results showed that women participated equally or sometimes
even more than men in different rice farming and livestock production
activities. Women were exclusively involved in fuelwood and fodder
collection from the nearby forest. Brahmin and Chhetry farmers were
raising large animals such as cattle and buffaloes, whereas the indigenous
Tharu farmers were raising small animals such as goats. Because of such
differences in the preferences of animals, women of the two communities
chose different multipurpose tree species for on-farm testing in the
project. Children's contribution was also noteworthy in both communities.
Results suggest that gender analysis can be an appropriate tool in
identifying gender roles and technology options for rice farming systems
where agriculture, livestock and forestry are integrated and interrelated
components of the systems. 17 ref.
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Opportunities in and constraints to the sustainable use of non-timber
forest resources in the Himalayas.
Pitamber Sharma
Mountain Enterprises & Infrastructure Division, ICIMOD, GPO Box 3226,
Kathmandu, Nepal.
ICIMOD, Newsletter of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development (No. 25): p.9-11
Publication Year: 1996
ISSN: 1013-7386
Publisher: Kathmandu, Nepal
Language: English
Document Type: Journal article
An abridged version of a paper presented at the 'Workshop on the role of
bamboo, rattan and medicinal plants in mountain development', May 15-17,
1996, Pokhara, Nepal. A number of constraints and issues needing priority
attention are discussed. These include expansion of the existing
ecological database on non-timber forest products (NTFPs), the management
regime of common property resources, government policy and support,
marketing and marketing institutions, increasing value-added in
collection/harvesting, human resource development, better access to
resources and distribution of benefits, gender issues (with specific
reference to the role of women), and promotion of cultivation on private
land.
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Gender-specific features in forest and tree uses in South and Southeast
Asia.
Anoja Wickramasinghe
Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri
Lanka.
Multipurpose Tree Species Network Research Series: Report
(No. 19): iii + 59 pp.
Publication Year: 1993
Publisher: Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Development (F/FRED) Project,
Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development Arlington,
USA
Language: English
Document Type: Miscellaneous
This report analyses gender-specific patterns of forest- and tree-use practices in South and South East Asia using data gathered from 26 communities in 6 countries (Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand). The analysis concentrates primarily on 2 patterns: (1) behaviour of men and women engaged as collectors of forest and tree products; and (2) utilizing sources of products. Information pertaining to these aspects was taken from a data set compiled by the Regional Study on Farm- and Village-Forestry Practices. The wide sources of the data enabled examination of broad regional patterns, as well as country- and community-specific features. Cross tabulations showed patterns of distribution of men and women as collectors among the categories of products, sharing collection tasks for individual products, and utilizing sources.
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