Learning Route on women’s empowerment, business development and sustainable natural resource management. Scaling-up programmes for the rural poor in Nepal. 6 to 13 December, 2014. IFAD & PROCASUR. More contents at: http://asia.procasur.org/portfolio_item/nepal-learning-route/ learning routes, nepal, procasur, ifad, innovation

1. Women's empowerment in
remote pastures
Kyrgyz Republic
Rural Development Fund
(???region, pasture territory…)
Leaning Route, NEPAL, 2014

2. Arguments
• Historically, the Kyrgyz people were nomadic, and women
were more independent than other Central Asian women.
They generally were not segregated from men and were
involved in decision making on pasture management issues.
• Soviet rule also contributed greatly to the empowerment of
Kyrgyz women. Equal participation of women in
management and decision making was ensured. Of 1000
women 806 have secondary and university education,
women constitute 59% of Ph.D. holders.
• After collapse of Soviet Union economic depression and
lack of social safety affected negatively, women became
very vulnerable and cannot claim their rights to land,
pastures, resources, financial assets and do not participate
in decision making.

3. And as results women has unequal
rights
reasons of unequal rights of women to land and resources:
• Increased influence of customary law: the heads of
households predominantly are men; they also own
assets, land, cattle and machinery.
• Lack of knowledge and awareness among women
about their rights to land and pastures.
• The influence of religion, which is intensified at the
moment, especially in south of Kyrgyzstan. Women’s
rights are neglected and their voices are not taken
into account, women do not participate in decision-making
and thus can not express their interests and
needs in the community.

4. consequences, lack of women's access to
pastures and resources leads to:
• Increase of poverty among women and female-headed
households.
• Lack of job and opportunities to obtain income for women.
• Weak presence of women in many of the institutions
responsible for decision-making: Pasture committees, LSG .
• Women are not involved properly in Pasture committees
activities, only 5.7 % of women are members of the PC;
only 1.3% of women are chairmen of the PC.
• Priorities and interests of women in pasture use and
management are not taken into account.
• Lack of services important for women: medical,
educational, daily child care and etc.

5. Main objective
Decrease (reduction) of poverty among women
in remote pastures through involving in
activities of PC and increasing….

6. Main tasks
• Provide information campaign of possibilities for
increasing social-economic in remote areas
• Proper awareness campaign on new system of pasture
management.
• Technical trainings delivered to women on animal health,
breeding, pasture management, production of yaks’
products.
• Organizing services at pastures: health care, day care for
children
• Organization round table with pasture committee
and other actively sides of the pasture

7. Expections|Results
• women's access to rangelands and rangeland
resources (average 30 families)
• Increase participation in decision-making on
pastures management (???10 women)
• increase capacity building for trainings and other
activities (12-20 women)
• participation for discussion (own vision OR
warning MAP or recommendations) for
strengthening the role of women in the activity of
Pasture Committees

8. Actors
• women groups in remote pastures
• local government
• local parliament
• local public institutions
• pasture committee (Pasture Department of
Agriculture Ministry)
• RDF
• Departments: education, health, veterinarian?

9. Actions:
• Inception stage (situation analyzes, company of
the projects)
• Social mobilization (involving women, meetings
PC, local government etc.)
• Providing educational trainings and selecting
leaders
• Meetings leaders with stakeholders
• Prepare and conducting round table with pasture
committee and other actively sides of the pasture

10. THANK YOU!