Knowledge and Ins-tu-onal Systems in the Management and Coordina-on of Hydropower Social Safeguards: Hydropower Development in A@apeu Province, Lao PDR. Ms. Damdouane Khouangvichit Associate Professor Department of History and Anthropology Faculty of Social Sciences National University of Laos Ms. Vanida Khouangvichit Graduate Student Project Assistant
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Knowledge and Ins-tu-onal Systems in the Management and Coordina-on of Hydropower
Social Safeguards: Hydropower Development in A@apeu Province, Lao
PDR.
Ms. Damdouane Khouangvichit Associate Professor Department of History and Anthropology Faculty of Social Sciences National University of Laos
“Inter-ational safeg2ards systems do not always capt2re the interests of women and marginalised g8oups, such as ethnic minorities”
Cases of Transmission line to Pleiku Vietnam, Xekaman 1 Dam, Xekong 3 Upper Dam (more than 15 ethnic minori?es)
Low level of Knowledge of affected people about the project (TL)
Villages No Yes
Total
N % N %
Hatxanh 89
78.1 25 21.9 114
Namxuan 15 68.2 7 31.8 22
Phouyang 5 41.7 7 58.3 12
Phoukeua 9 50.0 9 50.0 18
Somboune 65 77.4 19 22.6 84
Total 183
73.2 67 26.8 250
- Unsuitable communication and consultation approaches
- Weak and inadequate socio –economic surveys & SIA ( SIA as AHIA)
Ethnic groups and women out of information flow ….. )
“My wife does nothing” I: What does your wife do in her daily routine? R: My wife? Nothing, she just (1)looks after my parents,(2) looks
after children, (3) prepares food, (4)fetches water, (5)collects vegetables, (6) collects fire woods (7) and fishes small fish from river, and just does something here and there, like (8) cleaning the house, (9) feeding the chickens and ducks. That’s all. Nothing important.
I: How about you, what do you do ? R: Many things, cutting wood, repairing and constructing house when