IUFRO recently organized an international conference on Gender and Forestry from November 16-19, 2008 in Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India. The conference explored experiences with gender sensitivity and gender analysis issues in forest management, organisations in the forestry sector as well as challenges to sustainable livelihoods of forest dwellers and users all over the world.
Two papers related to gender issues in forestry sector of Nepal were presented.
- Nepal's Forestry Organizations: Are they gender sensitive? (Keshav Raj Acharya)
Abstract - Still a man’s world: Reflections of women foresters in Nepal (Kalpana Giri and Jeannette Gurung) Abstract
More information about the conference is available at www.iufrogenderindia.info
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