The Conservation policies in Nepal have not adequately addressed women's roles and their issues, which has implications not only for local women but the sustainability of the conservation itself. With the case study of two small villages in the buffer zones of Bardiya National Park, this research has tried to unfold the status of local Tharu and Sonaha women and their role especially in the local PA institutions' decision making process. The result shows that there is no participation of women (local or otherwise) at the decision making regional body of local PA institutions such as the...
The Conservation policies in Nepal have not adequately addressed women's roles and their issues, which has implications not only for local women but t...