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    Socio-Economic Status of Women in Pahalmanpur VDC -2, Kailali: A Sociological Study
    (Department of Sociology, 2009) Gautam, Bed Prasad
    The study entitled "Socio-Economic Status of Women in Pahalmanpur VDC -2" was completed under the supervision of Mr. Anand Prasad Subedi, Lecturer of Birendranagar Multiple Campus, Surkhet. More than half of the population is covered by female even; they remain centered on their traditional roles like taking care of most household chores, fetching water, and fodder, bearing child and doing farm work. Women of Nepal have faced various problems which are centuries old, they suffer much oppression, suppression all over the rural areas. The present study is related with socio-economic status of women in Pahalmanpur VDC of Kailali district. The overall all objectives of this study were to assess the social and economical status of women of Pahalmanpur VDC of Kailali district. For this purpose the secondary and primary data were collected at first and after then these data were analyzed and interpreted on the basis of descriptive as well as statistical way by using very simple statistical methods such as pie-charts, tables and bar graphs etc. Out of 1707 households in the study area, 406 households were selected in the study. Hence the study had tried to seek the grassroots based status of women. This VDC is diversity in caste and ethnicity which is the root cause of discrimination between upper and lower caste and obstacle of development process. It is to be said that 'men and women are two wheels of the same cart' but not practiced in behaviors and always women are dominated by men in this VDC. While analyzing the economic condition of the women in this VDC it can be studied by categorizing in four types of occupation. Majority of women are involved in household activities and agriculture. Minor women are involved in income generating activities like small sized business, labor work, civil servant etc. So a small part of women are economically sustainable. There is no doubt that education is the back bone of the overall development of the country. When women are educated they can face every problems easily, which occurs in their daily life. When a single woman is educated then the good civilization starts in her family. The education status of women in this VDC is found more satisfactory than the national literacy rate of women, which is found positive aspect of development process. Decision making plays a crucial role in daily household activities. Women has lead role in household activities like buying daily necessities, buying clothes, religious work, animal care and buying utensils, so it is found women are confined only in peripheries of the household chores with maximum working load comparatively than male.