For Environment, Democracy and Livelihoods
Exposure visits have proven to be a crucial training method in terms of sensitizing communities on a variety of resource management techniques. It has especially been beneficial to women groups where they get an opportunity to interact and learn from each other, allowing them to perceive solutions from the point of view of their real life situation. In this backdrop, Economic Empowerment of Women through Forest Solutions (WEE-FS)- an action research project led by ForestAction Nepal in consortium with HIMAWANTI Nepal, AFFON and FenFIT supported by International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada organized an exposure visit targeting women Thakal entrepreneur group from Namuna Community Forest User Group (CFUG) on December 14, 2022. Among the participants were women entrepreneur groups, executive committee members of Namuna CFUG, representative of Nawalpur Khabar, representative from the Local Government (Ward level) and district Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN) .
