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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Jain, Kalpana; Jain, Nihal C. |
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Conference:
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The Commons in an Age of Globalisation, the Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property |
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Location:
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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe |
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Conf. Date:
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June 17-21, 2002 |
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Date:
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2002 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/395
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Sector:
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Forestry
Social Organization |
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Region:
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Middle East & South Asia |
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Subject(s):
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IASC
common pool resources
indigenous institutions
gender
equity
women
forest management
forest policy
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Abstract:
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"In the present era of globalisation, the values of gender equity are being accepted and promoted in almost all regions of the world. There are inherent cultural differences in different communities. The level of disparities between both the genders is generally higher in developing countries and especially among indigenous communities.
"The importance of gender equality for sustainable people-centered development is well accepted (SIDA, 1995) and it is widely recognized that gender inequalities create inefficiencies and hamper growth (The World Bank, 1995a; MFA, 1995; Byers et al., 1994). The Agenda-21 adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 laid emphasis on the country governments to review policies and adopt suitable changes to encourage greater participation of women in the decision-making process (UNCED, 1992). Women specially face an unusual number of obstacles that limit their participation (FAO, 1989; Sarin and others, 1997) and therefore, there is a special need for adopting pro-active approaches (The World Bank, 1995b; Sarin and others, 1997). It is in this background that several steps have been taken up by the Rajasthan Forest Department in India recently by making suitable policy amendments and adopting some proactive measures to encourage women participation in community institutions being promoted for joint management (JFM) of common property forest resources. This study analyses the impact of such recent policy changes and the proactive measures."
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