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Item Female Masculinity in Janny Scott’s A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother(Department of English, 2018) Ghimire, Manju DeviThis thesis entitled "Female Masculinity in Scott’s A Singular Woman" unfolds the story of Stanley Ann Dunham, the central female character who challenges the established norms and values of the society where interracial marriage is against the law. This thesis revolves around the biography of Stanley Ann Dunham, who revolts against the society by showing her bravery which is the main source of her victory over patriarchal norms and values. Stanley is attributed with masculine characteristics as she feels herself as more masculine than a feminine. Janny Scott includes Stanley’s biography in her writing because Obama has written a lot about his father who left him, but has revealed less about his mother who raised him. In this thesis, the theory of "Female Masculinity" by Judith Halberstam is applied to portray the characteristic of Stanley who is known as single working mother of two bi-racial children. Scott portrays Obama’s mother as a masculine character to encourage all the women who still believe in patriarchal norms and values of the society. Stanley is not masculine by birth but in the process of dealing with patriarchal society as a single woman she faces many obstacles in her life such as problem between family, making money and work. Based on the reviews of different critics and library-based materials, this research focuses on the dominant role of Stanley who challenges the established values and revolts against racist society.Item Intensification of Inter-genderDomination by Intra-gender Exploitation in Margaret Atwood’s novelThe Handmaid’s Tale(Central Department of English, 2014) Gaire, Yuba RajThis thesis studies Margaret Atwood’s novelThe Handmaid’s Talein order to find out the real causes behind the discrimination of women in patriarchal society especially in Gilead. For this,the researcher makes study on how the intra-gender domination intensifies the inter-gender domination by applying the feminism as a research methodology. The patriarchy confines women to socially institutionalized motherhood as childbearing machines. The women’s deprivation of female sexuality is because of the experience of sexual objectification within the institution of heterosexuality in a maledominated society. In Gilead, women, as the Handmaids, are forced by the Aunts to take the maternal roles to reproduce babies. The patriarchy assumes thatinter-genderdomination persists as long as there isintra-gender domination. Thus,the females living in patriarchy should try to minimize theintra- genderdomination in order to wipe out theinter-genderdomination.Item Knowledge and Utilization of Safe Motherhood Services (A Case Study of Dalit Community in Dhikura VDC, Arghakhanchi)(Department of Population, 2007) Marasini, Govinda RajThis study on "Knowledge and Utilization of Safe Motherhood Services in Dalit Community in Dhikura VDC, Arghakhanchi" was carried out by using the primary data collected in the field survey. The field survey covered selected wards 1, 3, 4 and 5 of Dhikura VDC of Arghakhanchi and 120 married Dalit women aged 15-49 years were selected under the purposive sampling who had at least one child under 5 years of age during the survey time. The main objective of this study was to examine knowledge of safe motherhood, level of utilization of safe motherhood practices in Dalit community. The relationship between two or more variables has been examined through cross tabulation. The main determinant for this research are antenatal checkup, TT-vaccination, receiving iron tablets and vitamin 'A', delivery assistance, place of delivery, use of clean delivery kit and postnatal checkup. The study included 646 population from 120 household which consisted 49.1 percent male and 50.9 percent female. The literacy rate of the study population is 73.4 percent. The study, shows 64.9 percent population were married, 2.6 percent were window/widower and 1.8 percent were separate. Most of the household were involved in agriculture. In the study 55.8 percent respondents were literate. Higher percentage of respondent were in age group 20-29 years. The study shows 91.7 percent respondents have knowledge about safe motherhood. According to study 70.8 percent respondent were received ANC services. Higher percent of respondents were received ANC from sub-health post/health post. In the study 85.1 percent literate respondents were received ANC services and higher percentage of respondents were received ANC in age 20 years and above. In the study 78.3 percent- respondent received TT vaccine, 59.2 percent respondents were received vitamin 'A'. In the study 84.2 percent respondents were delivered at home, only 26.7 percent respondent were used of clean delivery kit and 85 percent respondents were used sterilized blade to cut the new born baby's cord. In the study only 10 percent respondent were received postnatal care services. Higher percentage (41.7%) of respondents were received postnatal care from sub health post/health centre. This study found a strong positive relationship between education and knowledge, utilization and maternal health care services. There was significant relationship between receiving iron tablets, TT vaccination, vitamin 'A' and age at marriage, level of education of respondents and their husband.Item Item Practice of Safe Motherhood in Sittalpati Village Development Committee of Sankhuwasabha District(Department of Population Studies, 2012) Tamang, GobindaStudy was carried out to find out the safe motherhood practice regarding the postnatal,natal and prenatal practice among the women of Sittalpati VDC of Sankhuwasabha. Out of 120 households having 2 years children, 78 households were selected for the study through simple random sampling (lottery) method. Study was fully based on primary source of data.The study followed descriptive research design. Required data and information werecollected by administering the interview by the researcher himself. Data were interpreted manually and to make the study clearly observable, data were shown in table and figures int he form of percentage. Analysis and interpretation of data were done sequentially as per objectives of the study.This study analyses the level of knowledge and utilization of safe motherhood services among the women of Sittalpati VDC, residing at three different wardsof the Sankhuwasabha district. The main objective of this study was to examine the knowledge, perception and utilization of safe motherhood services of the women of the Sittalpati VDC. This study was conducted on married women of Village community having at least 2 years child of Sittalpati VDC Sittalpati VDC of Sankhuwasabha. Therefore, the main source of information was primary, where 78 married Village women having at least one 2 years oldage child has been interviewed through structured schedule.The percentage population inthe Sittalpati VDC from the age of below 14 years was 37 percent, from 15 to 49 years was 54 percent and above 50 years was 10 percent. The literacy rate of the respondents was 44 percent, among them 63 percent had an education of up to primary level, 22 percent had up to lower secondary level of education and 12 percent of them had up to secondary level of education; the literacy rate of the respondent’s husband being 85 percent.The number of respondents was the highest in the age group of 20 to 24 years, which was 27 percent andthe lowest was in the age group of 45 to 49 years, which was only 3 percent.The education plays the pivotal role in every shorts of awareness, be it social or health related. A very low level of education of the respondents of the Sittalpati VDC has may such consequences as marriage of young girls at an early age, early age pregnancy, less use of antenatal and postnatal care services and so on. As many as 23.1 percent of the respondents are found tohave married at a very early age of 10-14 and 66.7 percent are found to have married at an age of 15-19; while only 10.2 percent of them married at an age of 20-24. The respondents are not aware about eating balanced and nutritious diets and taking sufficient rest. Most of the deliveries in this VDC are taking place at home (60%)with the assistance of friends and neighbors (42%), family members (48%).Item Safe Motherhood Practices Among Women of Reproductive Ages (15-49 Years) (A Case Study of Awalparajul VDC, Dailekh)(Department of Population, 2007) Malla, UpendraThis study is a field based study to know safe motherhood practices of Awalparajul VDC of Dailekh District. The main objective of this study is to find out the status of safe motherhood practices among women of reproductive age (15-49). The data are collected from the reproductive age women who have at least two children at the time of survey by household and individual questionnaire. Total 104 households and 104 currently married women have been selected for sample survey. The main components of safe motherhood practices are ANC, Delivery care, place of delivery, PNC complication use of clean delivery Kits and knowledge are included in this study are find out the status of these components in the study area. the relationship between maternal health care and selected socio-economic and demographic variables are examined by using frequency distribution, cross tabulation and pie chart etc. The total study population is 568. Out of them 49.30 percent male and 50.70 percent female. The sex ratio has been found 97.22. About 39 percentage of households have engaged in agricultural sector. About 99 percentages of households have their own cultivated land. About 48 percentages of respondents are literate and 88.5 percentages of respondents husbands are literate. Slightly more than 43 percentage of households have 10-15 Ropani land. Less than 2,000 rupees per month is earned by 45.3 percents of households. More than 6 percentage of households have earned 6,000 and above per month. Most of the households have been using piped water. About 56 percentage of respondents have knowledge about safe motherhood. Most of the respondents got information about safe motherhood through radio. It occupies 86.5 percent and 1.9 percent of respondents have got information about safe motherhood through T.V. The highest number of women are 25-29. Over all the younger respondents have better knowledge of safe motherhood than those of the old age group. About 31 and 46.2 percentage of respondents have utilized ANC at the time of first and last pregnancy respectively. More than 62 percentage of respondents have checked ANC in sub/health post. One and 1.9 percentage of respondents who have associated ANC check up by doctor at the time of first and last pregnancy respectively. About 87 and 78.8 percentage of respondents have given birth at home to their children at the time of first and last pregnancy respectively. About 39 percentage of respondents have assisted by family member and 32.7 and 47.1 respondents have used safe delivery kits at the time of first and last delivery respectively. More than 12 and 15.4 percentage of respondents have taken PNC at the time of first and last child birth. About 77 percentage of literate respondents have taken PNC and 23.1 percentage of illiterate respondents have taken PNC.Item Safe Motherhood Practices and Educational Status of Magar Women (a Case Study of Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan City, Lalitpur District)(Department of Population Studies, 2006) Rana, UrmilaNot available