Author: Satomi Kimijima
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.GD-09-12
Year: 2009
Academic Program: Gender and Development Studies (GDS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2009
Examination Committee: Kyoko Kusakabe (Chairperson); Shinya Hanaoka, Exaination committee, Jayant Kumar Routray (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Since women’s empowerment is considered one on the significant factor for development, this study explores the women’s empowerment through plantation employment. The aim of this study is to describe the gender composition lo cally created employment by Oji Lao Plantation Forest Co., Ltd. (LPFL). It briefly exam ines the changes in socio-economic status of women, particularly mobility development, women and men in Nongboua village and Hath yai village with special reference to empl oyment and its effect to women’s empowerment. It explores how non-farm wage employme nt by the company influenced the gender relation at household level in Nongboua vill age. The study is based mainly on primary data supported by secondary information fro m international organizations and national and local level government in Lao PDR. Thi s study purposively selected a study village named Nongboua village showing employment c reation from plantation project, and randomly selected other village named Hath yai village, in order to compare the changes in socio-economic condition due to non-farm based employment creation. Quantitative data was collected through household s urvey with questionnaire and qualitative data was also collected through key inf ormant interview with check list, field observation, and focus group discussions (FGDs) wit h the employees and local farmers. Identified gender relation in rural area of Lao PDR is based on the concept of “gendered division of labor†traditionally practiced, where p roductive and reproductive spaces are totally separated by sex. However, employment creat ion at plantation project by LPFL has involved women’s participation who used to work onl y reproductive sector. Most of sector showed 50 percent of women’s engagement of total em ployee an
Scholarship Donor(s): AIT Fellowship; Lizuka Takeshi Scholarship Foundation
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the re quirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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