Changing Status of Rural Women (A Case Study of Namsaling VDC Ilam Dirstrict)

Abstract

The Present study Changing Status of Rural Women: A Study of Namsaling VDCss, Ilam District is based on Primary information collected from field survey. Nepal is an independent democratize country where the changing status of the women can play vital role for the national development, but in male dominated country female are considered low standard and of less value. In recent years people have started realizing the importance of women role and participation in the economic as well as social and development activities In Namsaling VDC most of the women have grater household responsibility than men. They have less access in higher study, less access in socio- economic status and less authority for decision making which is main subject of the study.

The main subject of the study to analyze the socio- economic status of women, the changing status of women and role of women in household in decision making on Namsaling VDC. In this context, this study is case on women of Namsaling VDC of Ilam District Nepal.

In order to fulfill objectives, 41 households the study area were selected. Information was collected from primary and secondary sources, questionnaire, focus group discussions, and key information were the major tools of data collections. This study analyzed the socio- economic status of women, especially in education, health, marital status property ownership, occupation, age status, family structure of Namsaling VDC at Ilam district.

In the study area the condition of women‟s education was low. The higher (73.17) percentage of women are literate. (26.82) percentage women were engaged in agriculture and the source of income is agriculture. Then health status is satisfaction. (43.09) percentages of women have ownership in land property and (56.09) percentage women have no ownership property. The study show women have the low decision making in their personal life. They also have the low decision making in social participation activities. Women are deprived of the decision on specific economic issues in their male dominated family. Therefore, we should extremely participate the women to develop their status as well as the nation with proper policy and program.