Karuna Bajracharya
Biographic Data
| ID | 8965330 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karuna Bajracharya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karuna |
| FAMILY NAME | Bajracharya |
| SIGNATURE | BAJRACHARYA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | United Nations Foundation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Heat behind the hearth
Household energy research and clean-cooking policy have mainly treated biomass cooking as a problem of smoke exposure, while giving less attention to the heat generated by open fires and rudimentary stoves. This article examines that neglected burden through the concept of thermal labour: the embodied, temporal, and socially organised work of preparing food under prolonged cooking-zone heat. The study focuses on Dalit women in Madhesh Province, N…
Negotiating household heat
Introduction: Household cooking with solid fuels exposes women to prolonged indoor heat levels that routinely exceed internationally accepted occupational safety thresholds; yet, this exposure remains largely absent from climate-health analyses. This perspective article introduces the concept of thermal labor-the physiological strain, time cost, and health risks associated with performing domestic work under chronically elevated kitchen temperatu…
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Negotiating household heat
Introduction: Household cooking with solid fuels exposes women to prolonged indoor heat levels that routinely exceed internationally accepted occupational safety thresholds; yet, this exposure remains largely absent from climate-health analyses. This perspective article introduces the concept of thermal labor-the physiological strain, time cost, and health risks associated with performing domestic work under chronically elevated kitchen temperatu…
Heat behind the hearth
Household energy research and clean-cooking policy have mainly treated biomass cooking as a problem of smoke exposure, while giving less attention to the heat generated by open fires and rudimentary stoves. This article examines that neglected burden through the concept of thermal labour: the embodied, temporal, and socially organised work of preparing food under prolonged cooking-zone heat. The study focuses on Dalit women in Madhesh Province, N…
Caste (2 works) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (2 works) · Energy and Environment Impacts (2 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 work) · Business (1 work) · COVID-19 impact on air quality (1 work) · Economic growth (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Energy poverty (1 work) · Environmental health (1 work)