Field Work -  © John Calloway 2011

 As he was kind enough to get in touch over the 'mysterious' visitor from Nepal here's a posting from JohnnyC. It reassures me deeply that there are people like Johnny around and doing fine & noble work out and about on God's Golfball.......subscribe to his blog mail out. You won't regret it!
 Rock on Johnny C!
Ideas & Images from Portsmouth and beyond.......JohnnyC1959


Johnny reports......

"Women constitute 51.6% of (Census 2001) the total population of Nepal. Their contribution to agricultural production is 60%. The share of total landholdings owned by women is only 10.8%. The average size of their land is just two thirds of that of an average male holding. Only 4% of households have female ownership of both house and land (census 2001). The Land Reform Commission has recommended that the government introduces comprehensive land reform measures, including increased women's rights in respect of land.

The Interim Constitution (2007) has provided equal rights to parental paternal property between men and women. However, there is a disparity between the legal recognition of a claim, its socio-cultural recognition, and enforcement of the claim. A woman may have a legal right to inherit property, but this may remain a paper exercise if the claim does not have socio-cultural legitimacy or if the law is not enforced. There is also a distinction between ownership and effective control of land. It is sometimes assumed that legal ownership carries with it the right of control, but, legal ownership may be accompanied by restrictions on disposal by socio- cultural norms and practices....."

Field Work II -  © John Calloway

Oh, did I mention he's a really fine photographer too?

His blog started out like this..................

Originally started as a blog for a photography course that I started in 2008, it began to have a momentum of its own, even after the course had ended. Music and photography have been constant companions throughout my life. Until November 2009 the day job took precedent over this blog, which accounts for the intermittent postings.
The intermittent nature is likely to remain the same, albeit for different reasons. As of March 2010 the content will begin to reflect my experience as a volunteer in Nepal with Voluntary Service Overseas, an independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. For those of you of a philanthropic nature, you can donate to the work of this organisation here.

Keep the dispatches coming JohnnyC1959...........