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Item Item Household Decision Making Status of Women (A Case Study of Ghorahi Municipalty, Dang District)(Department of Population Studies, 2011-06) Regmi, MinaThe study on “Household Decision Making Status of Women” (A Case Study of Ghorahi Municipality, Dang) has been based on primary data. The main objectives of the study are to analyze the relative status of women in terms of their age group, caste/ethnicity and education and to find out women’s participation in household decisions. The study was carried out with the sample size of 151respondents among 446 households of the selected area. All the respondents were married. The data were collected by purposive sampling method. In the study area most of the respondents had low decision making level. Out of total, 28.5% respondents worked more at home. Large number of respondents 41.72% was engaged in service. More than one fourth (i.e. 31.8%) respondents were illiterate. The main source of income was agriculture (61.6%). The age at marriage was 18.19 year. In the case of self decision only 11.5% respondents would decide their children’s education. Out of total only 15% respondents told that they were able to decide about major household purchases and only 7.3% respondents were take important decision on the household. In the case of family planning, illiterate respondents were using contraception under the suggestion of health assistance (25.4%) and 62.7% literate respondents were using the contraception by husband’s decision. The overall women have low decision making power. High age gap and educational gap between husband and wife was found as the main factor of determine low level of decision making.Item Financial Performance Evaluation of Hydro Power Companies(Office of the Dean Faculty of Management Tribhuvan University, 2011-06) Neupane, SaraswatiItem Food Security Situation and its Effect in Social Life in Far-Western Hills (A Case Study of Kuwakot VDC of Baitadi District)(Department of Rural Development, 2011-06) Bhatta, Shankar KumarThis study on Food Security Situation and its Effect in Social Life in Far Western Hills: A Case Study of Kuwakot VDC of Baitadi District has been carried out in Kuwakot VDC of Baitadi district. The study has been, primarily focused on to identify the food security situation of the study area and its effect in people’s life. Food insecurity has been perceived as lack of access by members of household to enough, safe and nutritious food throughout the year to live healthy. This is a situation caused either by inadequate food availability, access and entitlements or by poverty or all of these. For the purpose of food security analysis, food availability means a situation in which the food required to maintain a safe and healthy life is available for all people in the country. Access to food implies that the people in a given location have both physical and economic access to obtain food. Physical access implies a food supply system which insures easy availability of required foods, and is determined by local production augmented by imports and by the food distribution system. Food utilization relates in part to the capacity to translate efficiently into energy. However, the globally accepted definition of food security is one adopted by the WFS held in Rome in November 1996, i.e. ‘Food security exists when all people at all time, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preference for an active and healthy life’. The specific objectives of the study are; to explore food security situation, to identify prime factors behind food insecurity, to assess the effect of food insecurity and to identify the alternative coping mechanisms at times of food insecurity. Theoretical framework of the study is dependency theory. To conduct the study in a systematic way the researcher has used the blend of descriptive and explorative research design. Various data collection techniques have been opted. Household survey questionnaire method has been applied to obtain the primary information from the sampled households which revealed the household economic, social and educational status including food security situation. Similarly the researcher has used FGD, key informant interview and observation tools in order to collect the primary data. Necessary secondary data have been obtained from government policy documents, research reports, data sheets and other relevant literatures available in national and international academic sphere. The major findings of the study are; the social and economic relation between the district headquarter and the study area has been found far beyond the imagination. People often go district headquarter for governmental official work, agricultural concern and such other works. This shows the dependency of periphery (Kuwakot) to core (DHQ). The relationship between village elites and the poor was found, simply, a dominant and dependant. The poor often go with the village elite to take debt at times of food shortage and other crisis. The average land holding of the households has been found 0.6 hectare whereas the national average is 0.8 hectare. The average food self sufficiency of the household is only 4 to 6 months. Lack of irrigation, low productive land, natural disaster, crop disease and traditional farming system were the prime factors behind the existing food insecurity. Migration to India for labor work, low educational attainment, and land selling were seen as the effect of food insecurity which denotes the emerging crisis in the near future concerned with food security. The remittances that were received from migrants also used to maintain household food management, celebration of festivals, buying clothes, invest in child education and other necessities. None of the household was found to be able to save money in banks for further use. Governmental role toward the food security seemed not sufficient, it is better to say passive. The recommendations of the study are only for the academic purpose. It is advised to carry out further research in the field of intra household food security through gender perspective to find out the position of women and their control over household food distribution and utilization. It also has been felt most necessary to be carried out a research on the association between food security, education enrollment and out-migration. This will further help to find out the relationship between food security and education. Whether or not, education has helped to reduce food insecurity and migrationItem Triumph of Social Conventions over Human Impulse in Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd(Department of English, 2011-06) Paudel, Mukti RamNot availableItem Domestic Violence against Women (A Case Study of Madanpokhara Vdc, Plapa District)(Department of Population Studies, 2011-06) Bhattarai, RadhaThis study on "Domestic Violence Against Women". Study of Madanpokhara VDC , Palpa district. This study is mainly based on primary data as well as secondary data. Primary data were collected by lottery method of simple random sampling method The main objective of the study is to analyze the situation of violence against women, to examine the cause of violence against women and to examine the knowledge and awareness of domestic violence against women. 72.8 percent s were engaged in agriculture and only 12 percent were in service. Physical assult, verbal abuse, careless during pregnancy, dowry related violence, alcoholism were main violence of faced women in study area. Alcoholism was the main cause of domestic violence against women. 94.7 percent respondents reported that alcoholism was main cause of domestic violence. Most of husband takes alcohol then it created quarrel in home and create many forms of violence. 92.4 percent respondents have quarreled with wife. Majority of the respondent's keeps their domestic violence secrete for the sake of prestige. Only 38.4 percent respondents have property ownership. The status of literacy is not so bad, where 74.4 percent respondents were literate and 72 percent respondents were not satisfy with their study. 91.2 percent respondents were heard about domestic violence against women. In study area 55.3 percent respondents reported that only education can not be prevented violence against women but awareness (75.4%) is main way of prevented violence against women. In study area majority of respondents were Brahmine (80%) but the main cause of violence was alcoholism. Domestic Violence is due to unequal distribution of power between male and female. Therefore effective programm should be developed to involve an equal number of female in decision making level and strongly prohibited abuse of alcoholism in study area.Item Socio-Economic Status of Damai Community (A Case Study of Kuldevmandu Vdc of Bajura)(Department of Rural Development, 2011-06) Thapa, Narendra BahadurThe socio-economic status of Damai (a socially dominated caste and backward group of Nepal) is the subject matter. This study gives a short description of Damai, for this purpose of Kuldevmandu VDC of Bajura district was selected. There are 69 household of Damai in Kuldevmandu VDC and among them 50 household are selected for this study. Description and analytic method is used in this study. Among 50 household of Damai, their population is 325 among them 178 female and 147 are male. The general objective of this study is to find out the socio-economic status of Damai community. The specific objectives of the study are to analyze the socio-economic condition of the Damai community, to examine the relationship between Damai and other caste people and to describe the causes of the backwardness of the Damai community. According to Hindu caste hierarchy, they are Sudra and 'Cachet'(untouchable). Damai community of the study are has no knowledge about their ancient home and of from where they are migrate in Kuldevmandu. Sewing and playing band (Panche Baja) are traditional occupation Damai but labors are main occupation in study area Damai community. Nowadays they are involving in labors and agriculture work. Damai are religiously Hindu and they follow Hindu religion and worship Hindu God and Goddess. Their culture is same as Brahman and chhetri. They celebrate Dashain, Tihar, and Tij etc. Damai are exploited by higher caste group and live in under poverty line, their income level is vow than high caste people. Most of them have not sufficient land for survive so they do labors and service work. Their expenditure is more than income. Most of them are uneducated because of poverty. Majority populations of Damai are illiterate. Arrange marriage is expensive so they have given priority love marriage. Youth have not interested with their indigenous knowledge so that knowledge being to hide from the study area. They are using normal dress and ornaments such as Brahman and Chhetri and speak Nepali language. Even establishment of Republic in Nepal, caste base discrimination is not totally end but it is slowly decreasing process. Still now, Damai are not allowed to enter the house of Brahman and Chhetris.