Abstract
This paper aims to explore the effect of irrigation technology on women of rural Nepalese terai communities. This is done by looking at the effect of technological change on rural women of three different classes in terms of their absolute and relative access to income, food consumption and workload. The article also explores how technology adoption helps enhance rural women's bargaining power and how division of labor is gendered. Case study approach together with other participatory rural appraisal techniques had been used to gather field information.. The study reveals that even in a small social setting, gender identities prevail over class-based characteristics.
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Upadhya, Bhawana
(2006)
"How Beneficial Has Water Technology Been for Rural Nepalese Women?,"
Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies: Vol. 3:
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1, Article 12.
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https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/wagadu/vol3/iss1/12
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