Women Leadership Development
Since the inception in 2002, Jagaran Nepal has been continuously advocating for the women’s meaningful proportional representation in local governance and decision making. Jagaran Nepal is a pioneer organization working for women inclusion in politics and contributing for democratic governance and is able to reach more than 25 districts of Nepal including the most challenged Karnali zone in partnership with local organizations. It’s been working towards increasing awareness on human rights, women Facilitator conducting group orientation rights, democratic governance and sustainable to the participants regarding leadership peace. It has also been contributing to enhance and development. leadership of potential women leaders from different political parties, community and social institutions at different level. Jagaran Nepal has been continuously dedicated to organize discussions and forums to spread awareness among the general public about the importance ofequal women’s participation in the public sphere. To fulfill its aims and objectives, Jagaran Nepal is currently advocating and creating pressure for equal women’s participation in local governance, decision making level, and political party’s mechanism as well. In recent era, leadership development of women is core issue of Jagaran Nepal similarly capacity strengthening of elected women leader is a part Group photo of participants from the activity of O u Ssue. Now, we are working for all level of Women s Equal Participation in Politics women leader. Regarding the women’s political Decision Making and Good Governance participation, after the local, province and federal oarding capacity development of elected women leader by providing various level election, Jagaran Nepal is heading to focus capacity strengthening packages and educating them on law making process roles responsibility of elected leader and their confidence building as a leader. Through out the project, capacity strengthening of elected women leaders, we are working at different local Government naming Kailari Rural Municipality, Gauriganga Municipality and Panchadewal Binayak Municipality, with the aims to enhance their leadership and educate them on their thematic roles, their roles and input in gender friendly law making process as well as role of monitoring for its effective implementation. Similarly, leadership building of young women is also one ofthe thematic areas of Jagaran Nepal. Under this theme, we are going to coach, continuously educate and empower to community young women and provide different kinds of leadership skills. Now they are working as role model in the community.
Violence against Women
One of the thematic areas of Jagaran Nepal is violence against women and girls. Jagaran Nepal, since the beginning has been advocating for the elimination of violence against women. In coordination, collaboration and partnership with various national and international women’s rights organization, JN involves in community awareness, policy advocacy and violence survivors socio- economic and legal empowerment. Organization has involved in various national, local and sometinmes international meetings, gatherings and workshops and raises its concerns about eliminating violence against women and girls. Under this theme, Jagaran Nepal has one of the major and continuous task that is, documentation and analysis of the violence and discrimination cases. To support on elimination of violence against women’s and girls, violence against women (VAW) news collection, analysis and disseminate to the all level of related stakeholders on the forms of report, bulletin, news and articles. Similarly organizing different trainings, workshop orientation, participation in rally and mobilizing all form of media, jagaran Nepal is going to contribute in this issue. To support elimination and control violence against women, Jagaran Nepal has been working in close collaboration and co- ordination with different local, national as well as international networks for achieving its set goals. From the date of its establishment, it has been showing its solidarity and has been actively participating in different campaigns and initiatives of national and international networks working in field of all kind of discrimination against women, and women rights. Jagaran Nepal is working actively on the gender based violence, caste based discrimination and awareness campaign Group photo from International against harmful practices. To contribute the Human Rights Day 2019. issue, Jagaran Nepal has active participation in international day celebration, rally camping and memorandum submission.
Contemporary Issues
JN has been involved in advocacy for gender sensitive disaster risk reduction plans and policies. Immediately after the devastating earthquake on 25th April, 2015, JN massively involved in relief package distribution to the affected people as well as strongly advocated for initiating some specific programs for earthquake affected women and children. It implemented livelihood support program focusing earthquake affected communities. Community Resource Centre (CRC) and Habitat Resource Centre (HRC) has been built using Build Group photo taken during the hand over Back Better & Safer (BBBS) approach in Kavre and program of Community Resource Center in Dolakha district where various awareness programs, seminars, trainings are conducted. JN conducts periodically advocacy and lobby events either at national level or community level and advocates for the women’s participation and inclusiveness in the issues of climate change in coordination with Climate Change National Networks (to which JN is a member). Likewise, JN works in the fields of agriculture, food security , food sovereignty and right to food which are directly concerning the women and children. In affiliation with various national and international networks, it has been working in several advocacies, litigation as well as capacity building programs. Being an active member of National network on Right to Food, it has been conducting activities to fight against challenges such as food insecurity and has carried out activities by making the common citizens aware and giving financial empowerment to women so as to consume pure, healthy and quality food. Therefore, Jagaran Nepal has continuously advocating, lobbying in different national and international forums like Right to Food Network (RtFN) being active member, as well as in workshops and conference for promoting human rights to food especially which are directly related to women, their rights to food and health. Besides, it also uses advocacy tool like press meet, which is disseminated widely to pressurize the government for implementation of agriculture friendly policies, raising voices of vulnerable groups
Disaster and Climate Justice focus on Youth and Women
Jagaran Nepal has been working on disaster preparedness. humanitarian support by providing relief materials as well as providing psychosocial counseling to the traumatized victims of disasters. Jagaran Nepal’s working areas are earthquake affected area like Sindhupalchowk, Dolakha and Ramechhap from the beginning. Jagaran Nepal had developed program for support on Architecture & Development with the support of Cites Unies France (CUF) built three Community Resource Centers (CRC) in these districts. During the program, a special priority was given to vulnerable groups particularly women, children, and elderly people among those affected by the earthquake. Jagaran Nepal support to build community centers with aim to manage local level disaster and handover to the target community. Including CRC some equipment to use for rescue during disaster had been provided. Such as, mike (loud speaker), First Aid Kit Box, Stretcher, tripal (tarpaulin/canopy/tent) rope, pick, shovel, scissors, hand Shaw lever (iron), mat, hammer, buckets, axe, flex print of various useful telephone numbers As demanded by the local women group, 4 sewing machines to the most vulnerable . identified by the women group, were provided for income generation. Women’s group of community people was established with name of Jagaran Women group’s and they are using that community building to conduct their regular group meetings, conduct AGM and income generating trainings for women , support by local government and other stakeholders.