| dc.contributor.author |
Gurung, Jeannette |
|
| dc.date.accessioned |
2012-10-08T19:45:31Z |
|
| dc.date.available |
2012-10-08T19:45:31Z |
|
| dc.date.issued |
1999 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10535/8411 |
|
| dc.description.abstract |
"Mountain people rank among the most deprived sectors of the world's population, and yet it is well recognized that their stewardship of mountain natural resources is closely linked to the sustainability of life in lowland areas. What has received less attention, however, is the dominant role that women in these mountain areas play in natural resource management, agricultural production and the well-being and very survival of mountain families, including children. In mountain regions, as in the rest of the world, women, as a class, are more undernourished, more undercompensated for their labour and more underrepresented in formal decision-making bodies than men. The only measure in which women collectively come out 'ahead' is life span; those who endure seem to be hardy (although in Nepal women's lives are shorter than men's)." |
en_US |
| dc.language |
English |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
women |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
mountain regions |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
indigenous knowledge |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
social organization |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
forest management |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
gender |
en_US |
| dc.title |
Women, Childern and Well-being in the Mountains of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Journal Article |
en_US |
| dc.type.published |
published |
en_US |
| dc.type.methodology |
Case Study |
en_US |
| dc.publisher.workingpaperseries |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.region |
Middle East & South Asia |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
Forestry |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
Social Organization |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationjournal |
Unasylva |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationvolume |
50 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationpages |
12-19 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationnumber |
196 |
en_US |