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Abstract
This study examines the relationship between male labour out-migration and the process of sociocultural transformation in the places of origin. Taking an example from Nepal, it shows that male labour out-migration has increased women’s participation in agriculture, more significantly so in those cases where the left-behind women are de-facto household heads than in cases where they live with in-laws. Similarly, in the case of de-facto female heads of households, women’s role in agricultural decision-making has increased. Women, who in the absence of their husbands live with their in-laws, continue to remain under patriarchal control, not by their husbands but by their father-in-law and elder brothers-in-law. Women who are de-facto heads of the households can exercise more autonomy in decision-making and have more control over their own mobility. Hence, the effects of male out-migration on women’s participation in agricultural work and decision-making are also contingent upon the domestic arrangement in which they find themselves.
Original language | English |
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Qualification | Doctor of Philosophy |
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Award date | 6 Dec 2011 |
Place of Publication | [S.l.] |
Print ISBNs | 9789461730329 |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- social issues
- labour mobility
- occupational mobility
- rural communities
- nepal
- migration
- emancipation of women
- land use
- food security
- agricultural households
- households
- livelihoods
- rural women
- women
- asia
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Rural transformation and gender: impacts of male out-migration on food security and wellbeing of those left behind in Nepal
Gartaula, H., Niehof, A. & Visser, L.
1/09/07 → 6/12/11
Project: PhD