This paper analyzes variations in women’s empowerment based on their husband’s migration status and factors such as caste, ethnicity, and household composition. It finds that wives in nuclear households with
Presenting a qualitative analysis of the experiences of women earthquake survivors during and after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, this paper focuses on how socioeconomic factors, such as citizenship, caste, ethnicity, income,
While decentralization is meant to empower rural people, gender inequalities in leadership persist. In Nepal, the more than 18,000 local Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs) present a test case with
This IFC study, one of the first in the region, covers 20 private commercial banks across Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and spotlights opportunities for achieving more equitable work outcomes
The research on how climate change impacts the productivity of home-based workers (most of whom are women) is limited. This study focuses on female home-based workers in slums and informal
Providing perspectives from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, this book focuses on gendered experiences of environmental change. It offers an overview of socio-economic pressures faced by women and how these
Two key channels through which women’s economic empowerment affects gender-based violence include the economic bargaining model (which suggests that women’s paid work reduces violence by increasing their bargaining power) and
The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the use of digital payments in Nepal – benefitting countless small vendors, including Nabina Yadav, a vegetable seller in Kathmandu who was quick to switch to
To enhance the opportunities and share of rural artisans (especially the poorest, internally displaced people, landless and the vulnerable) in the crafts and cultural market. The project will target poor
Documents
Women's Empowerment, Extended Families and Male Migration in Nepal: Insights from Mixed Methods Analysis (2022)
This paper analyzes variations in women’s empowerment based on their husband’s migration status and factors such as caste, ethnicity, and household composition. It finds that wives in nuclear households with
Gendered Experience of Disaster: Women's Account of Evacuation, Relief and Recovery in Nepal (2022)
Presenting a qualitative analysis of the experiences of women earthquake survivors during and after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, this paper focuses on how socioeconomic factors, such as citizenship, caste, ethnicity, income,
Promoting Women’s Leadership Under Environmental Decentralization: The Roles of Domestic Policy, Foreign Aid, and Population Change (2023)
While decentralization is meant to empower rural people, gender inequalities in leadership persist. In Nepal, the more than 18,000 local Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs) present a test case with
Women’s Advancement in Banking in Emerging South Asian Countries (2024)
This IFC study, one of the first in the region, covers 20 private commercial banks across Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and spotlights opportunities for achieving more equitable work outcomes
Impact of Climate Change on Urban Home-based Workers in South Asia
The research on how climate change impacts the productivity of home-based workers (most of whom are women) is limited. This study focuses on female home-based workers in slums and informal
Engendering Climate Change Learnings from South Asia
Providing perspectives from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, this book focuses on gendered experiences of environmental change. It offers an overview of socio-economic pressures faced by women and how these
Exploring the Linkages Between Women’s Paid and Unpaid Work and Their Experiences of Intimate Partner and Non-Partner Violence in Nepal (2020)
Two key channels through which women’s economic empowerment affects gender-based violence include the economic bargaining model (which suggests that women’s paid work reduces violence by increasing their bargaining power) and
Empowering Women through a #DigitALL Nepal (2023)
The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the use of digital payments in Nepal – benefitting countless small vendors, including Nabina Yadav, a vegetable seller in Kathmandu who was quick to switch to
P128744 Nepal Making markets work for the conflict affected in Nepal
To enhance the opportunities and share of rural artisans (especially the poorest, internally displaced people, landless and the vulnerable) in the crafts and cultural market. The project will target poor