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Item Narrativization of Gender Trauma in Nasrin's Sodh(Central Department of English, 2013) Lamichhane, BinodTaslima Nasrin’s novel Sodh projects the main character Jhummur’s traumatic torture which is caused by her husband’s extreme doubt and suspicious nature. She is pregnant. But her husband is not ready to believe that the infant she carried in her womb is his own. When his doubt reached the limit, he forcibly took her to a local clinic and got her aborted against her will. Actually she is innocent and flawless. She is loyal to her husband. Despite her innocence and fidelity, she is subjected to the traumatic torture brought forth by untimely abortion. She takes revenge on her husband by sleeping with a painter and convincing her husband that she is carrying his child in her womb. Just being a subordinate lady in tyranny of Islamic patriarchy Jhummur is traumatized. The rigid Islamic culture and oppressive web of patriarchy generated cultural trauma in which she is trapped. By using the notion of historic-cultural trauma, the researcher has analytically dwelt upon the issue of gendered trauma in this research.Item Quest for Female Identity in Nadine Gordimer's Burger's Daughter(Central Department of English Kirtipur, Kathmandu, 2016) Sharma, ArchanaNadine Gordimer's Burger's Daughter moves around the protagonist Rosa who wants her autonomous self and independent identity. It focuses on the main character Rosa who travels towards France and enjoy her sensual pleasure by ignoring own originality. And eventually she returns with the awareness of the importance of her attachment with her society with whom she cannot escape and sustain. The basic aim of this research is to analyze that an individual identity is always relational one .It focuses that the identity is changeable, and our notion of identity is greatly influenced by cultural, political and economic phenomena.Item Role of Women in Household Decision Making Process A Case Study Of Sunikot Vdc, Bajhang District(Central Department of Rural Development Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, Kathmandu, 2015-12) Rajak, Bijaya KumarThe study entitled ‘Role of women in household decision making process’ is the study to find out the women’s role in decision making process in Sunikot VDC of Bajhang district. This study aims to examine the socio-economic status of women, to compare the effectiveness of job holder and non-job holder women in household decision making process and to explore the problems of women in decision making process. Thus, this study is the key study to find out the situation of women in illiterate Nepalese community This study was based on the qualitative and quantitative data analysis. The data were described on descriptive and exploratory method. This study aimed to meet the target objectives with the help of primary and secondary data. The methodology also incorporated the processing and analysis of data. Thus, this research is completely based on a systematic process. So far socio economic status of the respondent is concerned on the basis of various variables. Most of the village women do not take responsibility in social and economic activities. The women belonged to the age group of 25 to 46 years (38.89%) take part in household decision making process. similarly 68.52% married (59.26% jobholder and 77.78% jobless) women have household decision making power. Likewise, 31.49 % intermediate level complete women make household decision. In the case of religion, 72.22% Hindu women take part in decision making process. similarly, 61.71% women do have 0 to 5 ropani land. In fact, the women who were higher in social and economic status they had opportunity to lead their family. Thus, the social status is one of the key components of decision making process. It was to find out effectiveness between the job holders and non-job holder women. According to the study, 48.15% couples both decide to spend their income. Similarly, 64.71% women have authority to mobilize their saving, 64.81% women expend their income in household activities. Moreover, 50% men decide for family planning, 48.14% women decide for medical treatment and 53.70% men decide for dispute control. The women who were job holder they have decision making power in the family. It is also associated with the economic condition. The finding states that the nature of job of the women is the change agent of making decision. The finding showed some inherent affecting factors of decision making. Among all the respondents 40% illiterate and 40% social and traditional culture affect decision making process. Similarly, 20% women have problem for making decision because of poverty. Moreover, politics, marriage and head of family are also some of the reasons of creating problems in household decision making process. These components were the main fences for women in making decision. These components did not make existence of male in making decision. In conclusion, the study found that the status of women in Sunikot VDC was miserable in decision making process in their family. Very few women have got opportunity for making decision in their family. The main cause of not getting decision making power is illiteracy. The second cause is the condition of job. Specially, non-job holders have no power to make decision. Thus, the most important thing to consider is educating the women and let them participate in the social activities. At the same time, opportunities for job should be provided to the women according to their level and capacity. Some traditional malpractices should not be taken into practice for the betterment of the society and women.Item Socio-Economic Status of Women in Nepal: A Case Study of Juropani VDC of Jhapa District(Central Department of Rural Development Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 2011-07) Basnet, JanukaThe socio-economic status of women means the status of women in socio-economic view point. The social status describes about demographic characteristics, caste and ethnicity, religion, family structure, marriage pattern etc. Similarly the economic status describes level of income, source of income, employment, income generating activities and so on. All these factors affect in the development of human beings. If any family is suffering through weak social and economic status then the family has to face many difficulties to get opportunities. Even in case of women, they have a high social status but they may not have rights for self decision making and economic opportunities. The study tries to reflect the actual social and economic status of women of Juropani VDC, Ward no.1 located in Jhapa district, has been selected as the study area because the village has the population with multi ethnic and multi cultural groups. In Juropani VDC, the total population is 11254 and that of the Ward no. 1 is 1309 where 673 are male and 636 are female in 211 households (Juropani VDC, 2003). Among the 636 females, 40were selected for the study on random sampling basis, the major profession of the women is agriculture. Some women were found involving in small business, service and wage labour etc. This study has been analysis “socio-economic status of women” in Juropani Village Development committee, Ward no. 1, Jhapa. Both married and unmarried women ages of 16 to 60 years were interviewed through simple random sampling. The objectives of the present study were to find out the socio-economic condition of the women in the study area like social aspect, caste and ethnicity, religion, education, marital status, family structure, position in the family, work load, economic aspects, occupation, size of land holding, food sufficiency, livestock, income sources, personal property, decision making process, health status potential problems of women and suggestions to improve their condition of social and economical status and so on. The decision making process indicates one’s status in his/her family. In the study area the decision making power of the women was found major in some sectors such as buying/selling of agricultural products, cooking, forming, celebrating festivals and schooling children. But in case of buying/selling of land, households, cattle, arranging marriage, medical treatment and the women’s role was found minor. In case of health sector, the study area was found getting facilities of health post and herb practitioners. However man and women are assumed two wheel of a cart, the women have been behaved as second-class people, but it is not true in practice. The government Political parties, NGOs and INGOs should bring their commitment for uplift of women in social, economic and personal freedom. The government should make amendment in many current policies and laws to ensure the women’s rights in different sectors such as education, employment, health etc. in employment certain percentage of seats should be reserved for women. Similarly the political parties should increase women’s active participation in policy level, central level etc. on other hand all the women should be capable to accept all challenges confronting in the way of their development.