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Item Participation of Women in Community Forest Management (A case study of Urleni Community Forest User Group, Harichaur-9, Baglung District)(Department of Rural Development, 2006) Sharma, AnjanaThis study was carried out during May, 2006 at Urleni Community Forest User Group in the Baglung District which was targeted for various activities concerning economic and participation level, which were being regulated through this forest.The specific objectives of the study were following: (i) To access the status of women participation in community forestry. (ii) To identify the factors affecting in participation of women in community forest management. (iii) To recommend to lead the program. Data were collected through primary and secondary sources.The primary data were collected through field visit and secondary data were collected from various official sources and publications. The research design of this study was both descriptive and analytic. Regarding these methods of research,the sampling size was also determined, where 50 respondents were taken as sample from 683 households. To collect the data household survey and interview method were adopted. The collected data were analyzed through tabulation,average, percentage, bar diagrams and pie chart. The limitation of this study focusedin the specific area i.e. Urleni CFUG with limited time framework.It was found in Urleni Community Forest User Group that the women's educational status was lower than male. More than 95% of women were engaged in agricultural occupation. Most of the women are found participating in the activities of community forest. They are keenly interested on doing works of CF.There are 7 female members in the committee of CF among 15 members which is46.66%. There were some encouraging factors i.e. family supports, attendance on the meeting, presentation of logic etc. In spite of encouraging factors to participate women in community forest there were some obstacles viz. family size,education level, occupation, gender discrimination etc. UCFUG are getting the benefits through sufficient firewood and fodder for livestock farming. There are some additional income sources viz. fruits, herbs etc. which are the means of women's additional income.Item The Participation of Women in Decision Making Process of Co-operatives A Study of Mangaldeep Saving and Credit and Hatemalo Saving and Credit Cooperative of Budhabare VDC, Jhapa(Department of Sociology, 2011) Bhattarai, UrmilaNot availableItem Role of women's participation in household’s solid waste management in Kathmandu metropolitan city ward no. 32, Nepal(Department of Rural Development, 2022) Kc, AnupaSolid waste management (SWM) has become a major concern for municipalities and the country, the current state of SWM is unknown due to a lack of SWM baseline data, which is required for successful planning. In Nepal, SWM is a prominent problem of administration. The study on the role of women in household solid waste management tries to analyze women's participation in household solid waste management. This study applied a quantitative research approach and survey method. Required data were collected from 273 respondents women selected randomly. In doing so, a household survey technique with the tools Cornbrach's Alpha (value 0.97) has been used. The validity for Practices of solid waste management scale and level of awareness is 0.701 which means no issue of content validity. This study used SPSS version 20 for organizing, summarizing, describing, and generalizing the data. This research found that the role of women has a significant impact on solid waste management. The research studied the practice of solid waste management, awareness of solid waste management, and the role of women in solid waste management. 272 (99.6%) knew solid waste management and 196(71.8%) did not have training of the SWM. Households 256(93.6%) produce usually produced kitchen waste and plastics are produced often by 160 households paper and cartoons were produced usually and often and tins, cans fiber bags, and glass are produced rarely. Most of the respondents 228(83.5%) stated that they segregated the waste into sources. The reason for no separation of SWM was municipal does not take waste separately and most of the respondents 154 (56.4%) use the recycled SW and used it for their reuse. 162 (59.3%) of the respondents compost organic waste and about 98(35.9%) of the respondents compost in an old bucket. About 162 (59.3%) respondents were engaged in rooftop gardening and Among 162 respondents 64 respondents were engaged in terrace gardening, 81 respondents were engaged in sack and bucket gardening and 17 respondents are involved in small kitchen gardening. The findings of the study are women are major clients of solid waste management services. The women are aware of the impact of poor SWM but the government does not have a proper policy for proper disposal. Households are no access to training or awareness programs of SWM. Household women involved in roof toping gardening are more likely to manage SWM properly. Women play a significant role in household SWM and strongly agree SWM is their responsibility.Item Women's Participation in Community Forest Management A Case Study of Kumroj Community Forest Users's Group, Kumroj VDC, Chitwan District(Department of Rural Development, 2006) Pathak, NarendraCommunity forestry was introduced in Nepal in 1978. The community forestry approach has been highly successful in the protection of forests in the terai of Nepal. Women are playing an important role in sustainable development of community forests. However, their role is neither properly identified nor explored. So, the study focuses to the women's participation in community forest management of Kumroj Community Forest User's Group. To explore the target issues, some general and specific objectives are made. The general objective of the study is to find the women's participation in community forest user group's activities whereas the specific objectives of the study are: 1. To find out women's participation in Kumroj community forestry user groups activities. 2. To find the socio-economic condition of community forest user's. 3. To find the causes affecting women's participation in communityforest management. 4. To find the view of local people about the women's role towards CFUG. KCFUG of Chitwan district is selected for the present study. The reason for the selection of the site is convenient for the researcher, which is held on the basis of exploratory and descriptive research method. The study is based on primary and secondary data and the nature of data is qualitative. 5 Among the total households, only 145 households are chosen by caste or ethnicity for the study. Female respondents were selected for interview and male as well as female were selected according to the convenience for household survey. Key informants and focus group discussion alsoused to collect information. According to the field survey, Female literacy rate is 56.94 percent and only 32.41 percent household heads are female. In forest resource collection, females involvement in firewood collection is 56.25 percent,in grass cutting is 66.07 percent and low participation in timber cutting and collection because hired workers also has been used. Participation ingrass and firewood collection of female is higher man the rest. Participation of women in general meeting of KCFUG is only 26.21 percent and participation of males are 73.79 percent. Participation of female in attending meeting was like audience is high. Taking partactively in general meeting, sharing in decision-making and discussion is very low. According to the government policy minimum 1/3 of the committee members must be female but in KCFUG committee there arejust 2 female members among 15 members of the total committee. According to the field study, there are so many obstacles forwomen to participate community forest activities, such as; traditional male dominated culture, household work load, lack of knowledge about community forestry, poor economic condition, lack of permission to attend meeting, lack of empowerment, feeling of women needless to participate in public concern, less chance to view for women in every sector of development activities, illiteracy etc.Item Women's participation in community forest management: A Case study of Sirukharka Kahule community forest of Khotang district(Department of Rural Development, 2018) Rajbhandari, BishnuPeople's participation especially the women's participation has been recognized as an important aspect of community forest management and development for the last decade. Women's participation is expected in all dimensions such as planning and decision making, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and benefit sharing aspects. In this content this study was conducts in the Sirukharka Kahule Community Forest of Khotang District with the aim of assessing women's participation in community forest management. The study is descriptive in nature that includes survey and fact-finding inquiries on selected issues. In order to meet quantitative and qualitative requirements, both primary and secondary source of data were used in the study, conducting household survey through structured questionnaires and observation methods were used to collect primary data. Likewise, published and unpublished documents were reviewed as secondary sources of collection which were used to enrich the study. The status of women's participation in implementation process was high while the rate of participation in decision making procession was low. Participation of ordinary women in maintaining and evaluation process and participation in general assemblies was found satisfactory. Usually, social activities conducted by CFUG were found to have benefited equally to both sexes. Women member of the CFUG had not got opportunity to participate in training and study tours as of male. The CFUG was mobilized for more physical participation of women in community forest management. Despite some personal, family, social and policy level constraints.Women were involved in CF management due to synergetic effects of self-inspiration and daily requirements of the forest products. They have more responsibility of fire-wood and cooking the food in the household comparatively than male of the community. In order to open women's introvert nature, explore their attitude and ambitions, utilize women's knowledge and skills, address the obstacles and maximize the women's participation in CF management, equal efforts are essential from all stakeholders. Implementation based recommendation such as involving women as executive member in adequate proportion even in major port-folios, women mobilization in operational plan preparation and its periodic review, and disseminating community forest related information among women etc. are targeted to CFUGs. Liberate sensitization, dissemination and people's mobilization related recommendations are assigned to GO/NGOs. In the case of Sirukharka Kahule91 percent of CF women memberswere found illiterate but not higher education and enough knowledge in forest management based on the government policy. The male respondents expressed the need of women participation more but practically they do not help women in household activities. Lack of education of women as of male found one of the bottlenecks of the enhancement of forest management.For this, they are to be empowered well through technical trainings of community forest management.Item Women's participation in subsistence agriculture: A sociological study of a hilly village in Nepal(Department of Sociology, 2008) Khadka, Bir BahadurNot available