ABSTRACT The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, or the Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006, recognizes tribal women’s rights to own land equal to those of men. In exploring whether women’s rights to forest land and resources has led to their improved socio-economic status, this paper examines two key facets of the process of empowerment—“access to resources” and “women’s agency.” As access to resources required to meet household and other needs, such as water, cooking fuel, or health facilities have remained poor, access to land under the Act has been able to make only a marginal difference to the economic status of the women who have received plots. But the new found confidence of women for no longer being considered asset-less was clearly evident; this was especially true for widowed women. By gaining land ownership, women have begun questioning entrenched social practices such as polygyny. While the Act has failed to encourage women to participate in the public domain actively, the improvement in their social engagements and mobility has been attributed to training and access to information, facilitated by community based organizations.

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通过 2006 年在拉贾斯坦邦南部的《森林权利法案》赋予部落妇女权力

摘要 2006 年《在册部落和其他传统森林居民（承认森林权利）法》或《2006 年森林权利法》(FRA) 承认部落妇女拥有与男性平等的土地的权利。在探讨妇女对林地和资源的权利是否改善了她们的社会经济地位时，本文考察了赋权过程的两个关键方面——“资源的获取”和“妇女的能动性”。由于获得满足家庭和其他需求所需的资源，例如水、炊事燃料或医疗设施的机会仍然很少，根据该法案获得土地的机会对那些拥有土地的妇女的经济地位仅产生微弱的影响。收到地块。但是，女性不再被视为无资产的新信心是显而易见的。对于寡妇来说尤其如此。通过获得土地所有权，女性开始质疑一夫多妻等根深蒂固的社会习俗。虽然该法案未能鼓励妇女积极参与公共领域，但她们社会参与和流动性的改善归功于社区组织推动的培训和信息获取。