Empowering rural women through a community development approach in Nepal |
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Authors: | Acharya Sanjaya; Yoshino Etsuo; Jimba Masamine; Wakai Susumu |
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Institution: | Address for correspondence: Masamine Jimba, Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan. E-mail: mjimba{at}m.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | This paper explores a community development strategy to empowerrural women through educational and small-scale household economicactivities. Qualitative and quantitative data analysis methodswere used to assess the impact of a community development projectlaunched in a remote hill district of Nepal. Focusing on twoproject components, the paper concludes that a functional literacyprogramme is a good start, which has revealed its dynamism withpractical extensions in a post-literacy period. On the otherhand, group savings and credit programmes provide the drivingforce to help illiterate rural women start small-scale economicactivities that are effective in absorbing the female workforcein these communities. Community development programmes shouldbe ready to meet changing needs of the target population tomake them truly self-reliant after the completion of the project. |
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