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Item Changing Roles and Status of Married Women, A Case Study From Kohalpur Municipality in Banke District(Department of sociology, 2016) Hamal, JanitaNot availableItem Domestic Violence against Women A Case Study of Thumpokhara VDC (Ward Number 6) in Syangja District(Faculty of Population Studies, 2010) Dumre, SabitraThis research work aimed to unveil the situation of domestic violence against women in Thumpokhara VDC of Syangja district. From introducing the topic through reviewing the existing literature on the subject, the thesis goes on to the analysis and interpretation of the data collected in the concerned site. Finally summary and conclusions of the thesis have been drawn. Various aspects and variables of the state of women in violence have been discussed. Level of knowledge and awareness of women about violence, their willingness and readiness to report and knowledge of institutional structures for reporting were carefully considered. The faith and confidence on legal provisions against VAW and situation of remedy against it were an important part. The research is built up with 110 structured interviews of women and adolescent girls. Besides, 16 key informants' interviews and 3 FGDs were made. Of the three FGDs, 2 were held among women and adolescent girls and 1 among men. Well-devised structured questionnaire and checklist were used in order to ensure that all the essential aspects are covered in the process. Of the women interviewed, 27.3 percentages of them were ever the victims of domestic violence. Highest (40%) proportion of women interviewed is at the age ranging from 20 to29 years. About 46.7 percentages of the women and girls included in the survey are from Dumre household followed by Tiwari 23.3 and Pandey 16.7 percentage. About 13.3 percentages of the interviewed women make the Dalit and other caste groups. The study shows that 63.7 percentage of the interviewed women are currently married and 22.7 percentage unmarried adolescent girls; while 45.5 percentage live in nuclear families, 54.5 percentage of them live in joint families. The literacy status is very poor: about 36.4 percentages are literate and 63.6 percentages are illiterate. Of the interviewed women 16.7% of victim women are engaged in agricultural activities especially as agricultural laborer and about 66.7% are engaged in their own agricultural activities. Nearly 26.7 percentage victim women have given birth to son, 40 percentages have only daughter and 33.3 percentages are childless. It was found that the status of awareness on VAW and women's legal right is very poor in the VDC. Only about 68.2 percentages of the women knew or ever heard of incidence of violence. While the largest number of women agreed that sexual abuse is VAW, the least percentage i.e. 26.4 agreed that accusing someone of a witch is a VAW. Likewise, among the key informants 68.8 percentage of them have expressed that situation of VAW is bad in the VDC. While it comes to the reasons behind VAW, most of the women have opined that it is lack of education and ignorance that is supporting the persistence of VAW; and second in the reason is the existing situation of male domination in the society. Nevertheless, when it comes to reporting of the violence caused to them, majority of them would want to keep it secret which has a number of reasons behind it. The largest numbers (38.9%) consider there is no benefit in reporting the violence followed by 28.8% who believe family prestige is more important. A considerable number of women also believe reporting further increases the problem in the family. The women who agree that there is a differential treatment in economic rights have outnumbered those who have said there exist differential treatment in educational, legal and reproductive rights. Of course, it is the right and control of the economic resources that determines the power of women in the society. It seems that when they do not feel secure enough, they do not dare to report violence, oppose it and seek remedy against it. Therefore, one of the important findings was women need to be empowered by their access and control of the resources of the family, by educating them, and keeping law and order by punishing the perpetrators of violence. Once confidence is built of the women, they voluntarily are likely to seek remedy of violence they suffer. Women in Thumpokhara VDC were largely unaware of awareness programs in broadcast and print media. Knowledge of legal provisions made for ending VAW is very weak. More critically, they do not have faith that a victim will be protected, her family life will not be ruined and the perpetrator will be given the maximum punishment allowed by the law. Training for awareness raising, enhancing knowledge on legal provisions, awareness raising on human rights and women's rights, and empowerment are vital if VAW is to be controlled. These steps need to be backed up by employment opportunities for economic strength accompanied by strong political commitment to bring programs and implement them. Capacitating community level mechanisms can be another sustainable way to control VAW.Item Knowledge and Attitude Towards Family Planning A Case Study of Shree Tika Vidyashram Secondary School Students at Sanepa, in Lalitpur district(Department of Population Studies, 2007) Bam, Nirmala KumariThe research entitled “Knowledge and attitude towards family planning”. (A case study of Shree Tika Vidyashram Secondary school students of Lalitpur Sub Metropolitan City at Sanepa in Lalitpur District) was carried out by using the primary data collected in the field survey. This field survey includes a total 108 students of class 8, 9, and 10. Among them33 were class 8 by non-random sampling (census) method and 37 students from class 9 and 38 student from class 10. Out of total student, 21 were boys and 12 were girls in class eight likewise 21 were boys and 16 were girls in class nine and in class ten there were 17 boys and 21 girls. The main objective of this study is to examine the knowledge of family planning to identify the attitudes toward family planning and examine the opinion of secondary level students on use of contraceptives in future. From the research it was found that majority parents of students were engaged in business (26.9%) and household work (31.9%) majority parents had got education up to primary level only. It was found that no body was married. 100 percent respondents were unmarried for both sexes. It was found that about 55.9 percent boys had heard about female sterilization and condom whereas 54.2 percent girls had heard about condom (65.3%) and (59.2%) girls were heard about female sterilization. Similarly, 55percent were heard about pills. The girls were found to have heard periodic abstinence (2.0%), which was traditional method. But the boys were unknown about traditional method. But the girls were ahead of boys in regards to the knowledge of modern methods of family planning. This study 81.5 percent student was found to have good attitude toward pills while about 48.2 percent supported injectiables. Similarly, 76.6 percent had positive attitude toward condom but 4.6 percent had knowledge about IUD, which was not positive attitude toward IUD method. In open-ended question what is the family planning. Majority 68.5 percent respondents were given reply the family planning is birth control and 0.9 percent said that saving women’s life.Item The Knowledge Attitude and Behaviour on STIs and HIV/AIDS (A Case Study among Reproductive Age Peoples of Dalit Community on Banfikot VDC, Rukum District)(Department of Population Studies, 2009) Khadka, GopalHIV/AIDS has been threatening the human being since last two decades. It has also killed millions of human being and still the care for it is beyond the capacity of the modern medical science. At first it is appeared in the United States and dramatically spread to Europe, America, Africa, Australia and Asia that colonized the whole world STIs and HIV/AIDS have been the crucial public health problem in theworld. In Africa, it is the major cause of death, nowadays it has been rapidlyincreasing in the developing countries. It has also been great barrier for developing countries. Effort in all the aspects like prevention, counselling advocacy and care have been made from an sectors like GOs/INGOs and many international communities such as WHO, DNAIDS, Red Cross and OPEC. This study on knowledge attitude and behaviour of STDs and HIV/AIDS inDalit community in Banfikot VDC, Rukum district is carried out on the basic ofprimary data collected by using purposive random sampling in ward no. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9 (Kami and Damai, Gaun, Gaine, Sunuwar, Tamtta). The main objectives of this study is to access the knowledge attitude behaviours of STIs and HIV/AIDS in Dalit community. The sample population taken as 120 (males 68 and females 52) respondents from selected households, all of themare Hindus.Damai were 55, Kami 56, Sarki 2, Sunwar 2, Tamrakar 2, Gaine 2. Thereis electricity facility at all in the study area. About 50 percent respondents heard about STDs and 49.2 percent heard aboutHIV/AIDS the major source of information about STIs in Radio (54.2). Only about 14.2 percent respondents said HIV/AIDS are different and nearly73.3 percent respondent do not know about different or both are same and 12.5percent respondent said do not know about it. However, they have confusion onsymptoms, mode of transmission and preventive measure. In the part of behaviour on security condom use nearly 21.9 and Depo 62.5percent respondents used. 15.8 percent respondent love and respected to infected people and 73.4 percent hated them, 10 percent do not know. However, level of education and occupation affect the behaviour of the respondent.Item Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Abortion Among Bachelor's Degree Level Students of Gaurishankar Multiple Campus of Dolakha District(Department of Population Studies, 2011) Dahal, RukmaniAbortion is considered as a great subject of concern all over the world due to its various effects in the health condition of the mother and the future children. An abortion may occur spontaneously in the course of pregnancy,when it is known as a miscarriage, or more technically as a Spontaneous Abortion, or it may be due to deliberate outside intervention, when it is termed as an Induced Abortion. According to the recent estimates made by World Health Organization,about one-quarter to one-third of maternal deaths are due to complications of (illegally) induced abortion. In Nepal, abortion was legalized in September 2002. The legalization has created a new paradigm and challenges for Nepal. Although legalization decreases the maternal mortality rate,it is not free from all the by-products of abortion. Similarly, pregnancy is terminated due to different reasons, such as unwanted pregnancy,rape, bad health condition of the fetus and the mother, desire of son, etc. and different socio-cultural and economic reasons. In this context, this study tries to analyze the knowledge of both the sampled married and unmarried women studying in the Bachelor's Degree in Dolakha district, their perception and practice of the abortion, its causes, legality, and consequences after pregnancy, and so on. It is observed that the level of knowledge and perception of the sample population on abortion is satisfactory and their practice on it is mostly due to unwanted pregnancy and desire of son. This is believed that one can imagine the scenario on abortion with the help of the thesis.Item Marriage and Fertility in Rural Nepal: A Study of the Chepangs in Pida VDC, Dhading(Department of Rural Development, 2006) Panta, PramilaThe study on the “Marriage and Fertility in Rural Nepal: A Study of the Chepangs in PidaVDC, Dhading” was carried out by collecting primary data from the Chepang community.The main objectives of this study were toidentify the factors affecting fertility behaviouramong the Chepangs, to examine thepattern of fertilityin the Chepangcommunity and toassesstheimpact of demographic and socio-economic variables on fertilityofthe Chepangs. The total sample population of the Chepangs was 611 at the time of survey. In the sex ratio,the number of male per 100, female was found to be 99.2 is lower than the national level(99.8). Mean age at marriage of the womenwas found to be16.5years is lower than thenational (19.5). The relationship between fertility and selected socio-economic and demographic variableswere examined by using frequency tables, standard deviation, mean CEB and cross tables.An adjusted mean of the CEB was computed by controlling the selected independentvariables where CEB was used as an indicator of fertility behaviour. The overall meannumber of children ever born was found to be3.918. The mean number of CEB was found toincrease with the increasing age of mother and desire for mean additional children was foundto be decreased with increasing age of mother. The highest mean CEB was found to be 7.0for women in age group 40-49 years and the highest mean number of children additionallydesired by respondents was found in age group 15-19 (2.636). The average desired familysize of the Chepangswas 3.26 in a family. Out of the total respondents, about 35.7 percentdesired additionalchild in which more than 22 percent desired sons and less than 14 percentdesired daughter. The nature and strength of relationship between selected variables and the number of CEBwere analyzed using frequency and cross tables. The number of CEB was inversely relatedwith women’s education and occupation and husband’s occupation. In the study area,contraceptive use of respondents was positively associated with the mean CEB of theChepangs.It is due to one of the major cause that the Chepangs had been used contraceptionafter having more than three children.Item Position and Problem of Women Participating In Print Communication Media(Department of Population Studies, 2006) Upadhyaya, Ashok BhaktaThis study is about "position and problem of women participation in print communication media" in Kathmandu valley. The main objectives of the study are to find out the position and problem of women who are participating in print communicant media, to determine the reason behind the unequal participation of male and female in print communication media, and to determine the future efforts to be undertaken to increase women's participation in print communicant media. The study is based on primary sources of data. The survey was conducted during March to July 2006. The study sample included 106 journalist women form different paper publication office and public places where journalist women meet reality of Kathmandu valley. Analysis are done by using tally bars, frequency table and calculating means and percentages. Out of 106 journalist women 89.62% are reporter, 3.77 % are sub-editor, 1.88% are associate editor and 4.71% are editor. 51% journalist women are in 25-29 age group. 65% journalist women are unmarried and 24% only married after in journalism profession. In print communication media 41% journalist women academic qualifications Bachelor level. 56% respondents were born in valley 51.89% journalist women are working in large size daily news paper, 42% source of income of journalist women's family is job, 56.60% journalist women are untrained. Family problem, physical problem, breast feeding and emphasis on women's beauty rather than the news are main problem of married journalist women. 45.95% married moralist women problem is breast feeding. Unsafe, negative view of family, gender inequality are main problem of unmarried journalist women in print communication media. 60.84% have unsafe problem for unmarried journalist women. Family problem, child problem, lack of training facility are main reasons behind discontinuity in the journalism profession by all women. 40.57% have lack of training facility. Various types of problem for women who participant in print communication media such as unsafe, gender discrimination negative view of society and limit salary. 38% journalist women have unsafe problem in print communication media. 35% have lack of vehicles problem while go to collect the new and 46% have difficult to reach the office after collect the news for journalist women in print communication media. 53.77% have working time is not fixed problem for women in journalism sector. 40.57% journalist women have no attention on women's physical problem. Those problem made unequal participation in print communication media. Being a women they have been facing various problem such as double duties , unsafe of job and life, sex abuse form contemporary, and lack of believe. 62% journalist women want training and study facility.Item Road Accessibility and Changes in Rural people's Livelihood(Department of Sociology/ Anthropology,, 2008) Adhikari, Ram BahadurNot availableItem Role of Labour migration in livelihood A Sociological Study of Satiswara VDC, Tanahun District(Department of Sociology, 2008) Shrestha, SaralaNot availableItem Social Status of Persons with Disability: Case Study from Tribhuwan Basti VDC., Kanchanpur(Department of Sociology, 2010) Shrestha, Bhim KumarPresent research entitled“Social Status of Persons with Disability: Case Studyfrom Tribhuwan Basti VDC, Kanchanpur” has made an attempt to presentgeneral social condition of PWDs living in the same VDC, general views ofpeople on them and their problems. This research has got this form only after thesupportof many individuals and organizations. First of all I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Prem Chalaune,Lecturer of Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology, for his valuablesuggestions and regular supervision. I am highly indebted to Prof. Dr. Om Gurung, The Head of Central Department ofSociology/Anthropology for providing me an opportunity to conduct this research. I am also thankful to other teaching and non- teaching staffs of CentralDepartment of Sociology/ Anthropology, staffs of Central Library, T.U., sampledrespondents, VDC office, CBS, NFD-N and many other supportive individualsand organizations as they provided me necessary information and valuable co-operation. I would also like to thank my all family members, relatives, friends and wellwishers for their continuous support and encouragement to complete this researchwork. Finally, my thanks are due to ASP Computer, Kirtipur for neat typing and printing. Bhim Kumar Shrestha,02/01/2011Item Socio-Economic and Demographic Determinants of Fertiflity Among the Chepang Community (A Case Study of Siddhi VDC of Chepang Community in Chitwan District, Nepal)(Department of Population Studies, 2007) Parajuli, Yubaraj SinghNot availableItem Socio-Economic Status of the Muslims in Morang District A Case Study of Amardaha Village Development Committee Ward No.-6,Girdaliya(Department of Rural Development, 2009) Rayamajhi, BinuSocio-economic Status of the Muslims in MorangDistrict: A Case Study of Amardaha Village Development Committee,Ward No.-6,Girdaliya" has been selected as the title of the studybecause the Muslims of the Amardaha VDC have been found to be very behind in the socio-economic sectors and excluded as well as marginalized group of people.AmardahaVDC is situated Southeastern side of the Biratnagar Municipality. Muslims liveonly in the wards 1, 3 and 6 of the Amardaha VDC, highest in number in 68 VDCs and one municipality in the district and hence these wards were the study area of the research. The whole30 households were selected for the study. The findings of the study showed that the Muslims of the study area were very behind in education, occupation and economy. They have very poor level of hosing facilities. Most of them ran budget deficit and compelled to borrow loan. They had a crucial problem of drinking water and irrigation. They had very small pieces of land and some of them don't have their land in their own name. Only very few of them were SLCpassed. Their occupations were of subsistence level. They had some social institutions like mosque, schools, cemetery and a NGO but working under the capacity. All these affected their development, quality of life and Standard of living. Both men and women work together and they had good and friendly social relations within the group and with the other religious groups of the study area as well. They should be given a serious attention by empowering them and should be included them in all developmental activities to improve their standard of living and quality of life.Item Status of Women in Satar Community(Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur Kathmandu, Nepal, 2009-09) Bimali, Ritanot availableItem A Thesis on Use of Contraceptives among Muslim Women (A Case Study of Siraha Municipality)(Department of Population Studies, 2017) Sah, Punam KumariThe present thesis entitled “Use of Contraceptives among Muslim Women (A CaseStudy of Siraha Municipality)” has been carried out using primary data from 775households and 642 respondents of currently married Muslim women of age group 15-49years. The general objective of this study is to seek the knowledge and attitude and analyze theuse of contraceptive among Muslim women of Siraha municipality ward no. 4. Thespecific objectives of the study are as follows: To study the use of contraceptive among Muslim women aged 15-49 years. To examine the relationship between socio-economic and demographic characteristics and the use of contraceptives in Muslim women aged of 15-49years. To assess the reason of contraceptives being not used by currently marriedMuslim women. The study has found that most of the respondents have knowledge of family planning andthey are familiar with at least one modern method of contraceptive. Majority of thepeople have used at least one modern method of contraceptive. Muslim women with higher economics and educational status tend to have more knowledge on family planning method. Among all modern methods respondents have good knowledge on condom, pills and injections. Currently use of family planning is not satisfactory. Current use of contraceptive method is only212 respondent or33percentand ever use of contraceptive is290respondents or45.1percent.66.9percent respondent did not use family planning method because of various reasons such as desire of children,fear of side effect, health problem, religious boundary and disagreement with husband etc. Among all respondent who are currently using contraceptive method 69.3 percent respondents said that there is no side effect of contraceptive method and 30.6 percent respondents said that there is different types of side effect of contraceptive method.Item Women Workers In Tea Estate of Jasbire Tea development Planning, Sumbek, Ilam(Department of Sociology, 2008) Gartoula, Madhab PrasadNot availableItem Women's Decision Making Power in Gorkha District(Department of Population Studies, 2008) Subedi, Hari KumariThis study examines women’s involvement in decision-making on the household activities at Dhawa VDC in Gorkha district.The analysis has been done on the basis of data generated from the household survey, questionnaire, key informant interview techniques and group discussion as well as from secondary data, which are used under the descriptive and explanatory method.Demographic and socio-economic indicators are used to measure the decision making level inhousehold. There is a small comparison between Brahmin/Chhetri and Dalit women in the household decision making level. We find the mixed output among the activities. Illiterate women are more involved in cropping decision, household management and livestock farming than literate women where as literate women decide the method of family planning. Education isnot only the determinant to improve the decision making level. Mostly low socio economicstatus directly link to low decision-making power. However, there are some issues to be furtherstudied between literate and illiterate women. This study summarizes that their involvementseems in most activities of the household but they don’t have purchasing power. It means thatthey do not have controlling decision over the resources. Literate and illiterate Dalit respondentparticipation on social activities is closely related to decision making than Brahmin/Chhetrirespondents. This study showed that only education can not change women all over status andtheir decision-making power, where there are several things are playing the role in our society. V