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The Nepal 2010 Team
Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world. For many Nepalese families, the choice is to work or starve. 85% of Nepalese people lack access to healthcare; therefore, health indicators are extremely low. With the concentration of the population in rural areas, health facilities often lack adequate funding, basic supplies, trained staff and medicines.
The Plight Of Nepalese Women
Women suffer more from poverty.
Women contribute 74% of the labor input to subsistence economic activities.
Women handle 86% of social and domestic work.
Rural women’s total work burden is extremely high (11.44 hours per day vs. 8.34 hours per day for men).
Women have minimal to no access to hospitals or clinics for orthopaedic care.
Rural living/ high manual labor place excessive stress on joints.
Women have higher burden of family and work responsibilities.
Societal hierarchy restricts women’s access to healthcare.
References
Laligurans Women Skills Development Centre, Nepal - http://www.laliguranswomenkill.org.np
UNICEF ILO Child Workers In Nepal Concerned Centre (CWIN-Nepal) - http://www.cwin.org.np/press_room/fact_sheets/poverty_in_nepal.htm
Women Health In Nepal - http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/women-health-nepal1422.html
Acharya, Meena (1994) The Statistical Profile on Nepalese Women: An Update in the Policy Context, Institute for Integrated Development Studies, Kathmandu, 1994
Acharya M. and L. Bennett (1981) Status of Women in Nepal (The Rural Women of Nepal: An Aggregate Analysis and Summary of Eight Village Studies, Vol. 2, part 9. Kathmandu: Center for Economic Development and Administration, Tribhuvan University
MOH (Ministry of Health) (1997) Nepal Family Health Survey 1996, Kathmandu: Family Health Division, Ministry of Health
Molnar, A.M. (1980) Flexibility and Options A study of the Dynamics of Women’s Participation Among the Kham Magars of Nepal . Ph.D Thesis, Madision: University of Wisconsin
Rajaure, D. (1981) Tharus of Dang. Status of Women in Nepal, Kathmandu: Center for Economic Development and Administration, Tribhuvan
Singh Shanitri (1995) Statistical Profile on Women of Nepal, Shtrii Shakti, Kathmandu
UNICEF (1996) Children and Women of Nepal: A Situational Analysis, Kathmandu
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