Nepal project 367-0000 · 1970–1992 · basic education

Grant to SEARCH Nepal (Service Extension and Action Research for Communities in the Hills) to conduct a selective update of the in-depth "Status of Women in Nepal" (SOWN) study which was carried out at Tribhuvan University from 1977-81 and financed by USAID/N. To assess the changes in women's lives over the past decade, taking into account economic, social, political, and developmental factors, this update will review the present status of Nepalese women in terms of education, legal literacy, demography, and political and economic participation. The updated study will result in a single volume, to include small case studies where the research indicates that interesting changes have occurred in development patterns, e.g,, changes in women's roles accompanying the shift from traditional subsistence farming to community farming, or changes in political participation following upon Nepal's change from a monarchy to a democracy.

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABI-713 (1992). The source's own text.