Search Results - "Dalit

The empowering journey: Nepalese women transforming from margins to empowerment by Jati, Raju, Maharjan, Rumi

“…The project has led to the empowerment of the Dalit women’s group and promotion of climateresilient farming practices in them. …”
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Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia. COVID Recovery and Resilience Activity: Comprehensive Assessment of Post-Harvest Enterprises, 21 November 2021- 30 June 2024 by Narendra Niroula

“…Similarly, a noteworthy 55% are owned by women, while 35% are owned by individuals from marginalized groups, including Dalit, Disadvantaged Janajatis, and Disadvantaged Madhesi communities. …”
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Household seed security: A case of maize and wheat seed systems in the mountains of Nepal by Atreya, Kishor, Gartaula, Hom Nath, Kattel, Kanchan

“…Gender analysis highlights women's central role in enhancing seed security, with Dalit households showing disproportionate vulnerability. …”
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Transforming land rights, improving rural livelihoods, andcarving just responses to the climate crisis by Najjar, Dina, Shadrack, Naomi, Ahmed, Sara

“…Indigenous, Black, and Dalit women face further exclusion, dispossessions, and displacements in the context of commodification of land and water resources. …”
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Water security and spring conservation in the Himalaya by Kumar, Manish, Rathod, R., Mukherji, Aditi

“…Emerging evidence shows that they are increasingly drying up, causing numerous hardships for people, with those impacts being felt more acutely by women and members of vulnerable communities like lower castes (Dalits). Climate change, land-use and land cover changes, including haphazard infrastructure (hydropower, road construction), and other socio-economic changes such as urbanization and tourism are the leading causes of the drying up of springs. …”
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Environmental justice and pesticides by Atreya, Kishor, Kattel, Kanchan, Sapkota, Anisha, Gartaula, Hom Nath

“…Traditional fishing practice in Danuwar was significantly affected by the harmful effects of pesticides. In the case of Dalits, small farms protect them from excessive exposure to pesticides. …”
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Synergies and trade-offs between REDD+ pilot project and communities’ livelihoods : case study in Nepal by Cubo, Priscilla

“…A special attention has to be given to vulnerable groups (marginalized, women, Dalits, indigenous and poorer people) when providing capacity building and decision-making, so that REDD+ is considered an opportunity rather than an impairment.…”