The participation of women in integrated grassland management : a case study of inner Mongolia in China | |
| Author | Fan, Zhai |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.GD-06-18 |
| Subject(s) | Women in community development--China Grasslands--Environmental aspects--China |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. GD-06-18 |
| Abstract | The thesis describes women's participation in Inner Mongolia Grassland Management Project since project implementation. The study attempts to honestly probe into the problems of the womens they participated in project activities. The Inner Mongolia Grassland Management Project goal is to improve the ongoing analysis and implementation of grassland User Right policies and regulations to promote sustainable and economic use of grassland resources in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Building the natural asset base of the poorest quartile in the grasslands enables community to capture the flows of income and non-income benefits provided by these assets, helping to reduce poverty. In project implementation, women are playing important roles. Women were encouraged to attend grassland management meetings in the demonstration community. The possibility to access grassland use and management in the project area. Furthermore, the findings from this study show that women's participation strengthens their economic role, and which to a certain degree, empowers them. Inner Mongolia Grassland Management Project highlights women's participation in kinds of project activities within project processing. The importance of the project is establishing and orgnizaining good community. Strengthening and improving the environment, women should be and must be important role in the project implementation in successful. By strengthening their economic roles, and increasing their ability to contribute to their family support, empowers women to a certain extent in capability building, active in participation in decision making within the household and outside in the community, participation in public affairs and involvement in the local market. With these findings, the project approach to environmental management is to be change of the potential environmental impacts through women participation as well. |
| Year | 2006 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. GD-06-18 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Gender and Development Studies (GD) |
| Chairperson(s) | Resurreccion, Bernadette P. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kusakabe, Kyoko; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2006 |