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Empowering Women of Nepal Women's Trekking Guide Training
Women's Advanced Training |
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In Nepal, the rural women lead a particularly hard life. Women in the mountainous regions work very hard in a challenging environment. Many men go abroad to find work, often losing all contact with their families, leaving the women to look after the family, home and land with no cash support and little or no chance of earning cash. The women face many obstacles in a country where the female mortality rate is higher and their literacy rate is lower than the men's are. For the women of Nepal, it was only in 2005 that it was made legal for women under the age of 35 to apply for a passport without either their husband's or parents' permission and inheritance rights to property were safeguarded for unmarried women. In addition, the rural practice of exiling women to the cowshed during their period was made illegal.
I n 2003 EWN followed up trainees from Jumla who had gone through the Women's Trekking Guide Training and surveyed the Humla and Mugu districts. We met with local leaders, government officials and women's groups to discuss their development needs. All sectors requested an awareness program on health, hygiene and sanitation, lodge management and hospitality, nutrition, preparation of food and English language skills.In 2005 EWN started a mobile training program. Since then we have run mobile training courses ("Women's Initiation in Ecotourism") in Jumla, Humla and Dolpa. This newest initiative in the poorest districts in west Nepal encourages the enhancement and conservation of traditional culture while minimizing negative tourism impact. In these remote communities, we are training people to grow local products to supply trekking groups with food. We are expanding this program by opening a permanent office in West Nepal to make it easier to run regular training courses. This previously untouched area can provide a wonderful atmosphere for cultural and rural tourism. Working with 3 Sisters, we are now promoting treks in these areas to directly alleviate poverty. By building a new system to buy locally and hire locally instead of bringing all food, supplies, and staff from urban areas (which is the current standard), there is immediate economic benefit to the region. We organized a "Women's Trek for Peace and Development" in west Nepal as part of International Women's Day, March 2008, that successfully put into practice this new system. Find out more about trekking in west Nepal with 3 Sisters... Our Mission Statement Our mission is to help deprived communities in the mountainous regions of western Nepal by providing rural women with the knowledge and skills needed to earn an income. Aims & Objectives
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The Karnali zone lies in western Nepal.
This area is greatly neglected by the national development program. People are desperately waiting
for the co-operation of the development programs. These people are tired
of talk and are ready to contribute their skills. 
