| Beneficiary
/target groups:
The project will reach about 7,100 women as direct
beneficiaries and focus to ethnic groups, Janajatis, Dalits, and
freed Kamaiyas. Similarly, conflict victims/displaced, poor single
women (widow), Haliya, people living with HIV/AIDs and religious
minority will be given priority within these categories of people.
These groups of people are highly excluded from social, economical
and political empowerment due to imbalance in gender relations,
caste discrimination/segregation, in access to basic services/facilities
and other forms of social-cultural discrimination
Project
goal and objectives:
The project Goal is “to contribute to the
peace building and transformation process leading to protection,
promotion and respect for Poor Vulnerable and Socially Excluded
(PVSE) women’s rights by the state, society and rights holders
themselves, in 10 districts of Nepal by the end of June 2010.
Following intermediate objectives have developed to meet the project’s
goal.
i) |
PVSE women’s rights issues reflected in
the new constitution |
ii) |
Improved socio-political environment and social harmony
to protect, promote and respect the rights and roles of PVSE
women. |
iii) |
Women’s rights networks and peace committees engaged
in peace building processes at local and national level |
Expected
output: Following are the expected outputs from the project’s
interventions:
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6,000 men and women oriented on CA from PVSE
group. |
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1,125 PVSE women oriented on peace building, social harmony
and negation skill |
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30 local facilitators trained on psychosocial care, and
trauma counselling |
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2,500 PVSE women enrolled in REFLECT centres and enhanced
their knowledge on rights, advocacy and good governance |
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300 LRP/facilitators trained and mobilized. |
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2 types of training /advocacy materials developed and disseminated
to 10,000 PVSE women their spouses, political leaders and
network members. |
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3,600 PVSE women interacted with political leaders and media. |
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50 women trained and involved in local media |
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20 project facilitators trained and mobilized by women networks. |
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300 advocacy initiatives at local and national level on
CA and peace building initiated by PVSE women, women networks/alliances
and forums at local, district, regional and national level. |
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250 conflict victim’s women received psychosocial
care and legal services. |
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120 PVSE groups received matching funds and developed linkages
with other agencies to involve in income generating activities |
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Women peace committees active in identifying reintegration
initiatives and implemented. |
Project Interventions:
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100 events of social mapping/ Well being ranking |
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80 events of orientation on Constituent Assembly |
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45 events of peace building, social harmony and negotiation
skill (3 days) |
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One event of psychosocial/trauma counseling, mediation skill
training |
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Conduct 100 REFLECT classes (Peace Promotion Center) focusing
to PVSE women |
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10 events of training for Local Resource Persons (LRPs)/facilitators
(one each from 300 working VDCs/municipality or cluster |
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Produce 2 sets of training, advocacy materials/manuals |
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90 interactions workshop conducted for PVSE women groups
with political leaders and media at local and district level
on their issues/agenda (CA, peace, etc.) |
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Two events training for local women media persons |
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Support to local NGOs/Distirct level women networks to recruit
10 NGO Coordinator and 20 community facilitators |
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Two events of review/sharing meeting with national level
stakeholders |
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Psychosocial care, trauma counseling, community level mediation
and legal services provided to at least 250 women |
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Community facilitations in social integration at least to
100 conflict victims |
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Support matching funds to 120 PVSE women group and develop
linkage with other supporting institutions for income generation
activities. |
Partner’s Name and Address:
1 |
PEACEWIN, Bajura |
2 |
Chhabisa Gramin Chetanalaya, Bajhang |
3 |
SEBAC, Achham |
4 |
EDC, Doti |
5 |
Tharu Mahila Manch, Kanchanpur |
6 |
FAYA Nepal, Kailali |
7 |
Radhakrishna Tharu Janasewa Kendra, Bardia |
8 |
Fatima Foundation, Banke |
9 |
Humen Welfare and Environment Protection Center, Dang |
10 |
Social Welfare Center, Surkhet |
Besides above NGOs, 10 District level Women Rights Forum/Women
Advocacy Forums are also collobarative partners.
Lessons Learned from previous projects:
• |
CARE Nepal implemented the POWER project, Strengthening
the Role of Civil Society and Women in Democracy and Governance
(SAMARPAN) and UJYALO-Peace building project which focused
on the gender interests and rights of women, including the
development of their advocacy skills in the mid and far western
regions of the country. |
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Significant positive changes in the understanding of gender
roles and responsibilities have taken place among the local
women leaders and their family members from POWER, SAMARPAN
and UJYALO projects. |
Based on the above lessons learnt following recommendations
have been considered to design this project:
• Strengthening linkage and coordination among
existing women networks at local and national level
• Developed a basis for community empowerment in general.
• Change in target group and focus PVSE women
• Mobilize social mobilizer at VDC level
• Enhancement of empowerment and income capability of PVSE
women.
• Enhance socio-political transformation at bottom level
through their active participation and awareness.
• Capacity building and facilitation support to women networks
to reach PVSE women.
Project strategy and major stakeholders:
Issue and target focused
Building on past achievements
Create local allies and support groups
Partnership approach
Micro to Macro linkage
Influence political actors
Linkage and coordination with other initiatives
Major stakeholders:
Women Networks
Political Parties
Other Supporting organizations/Alliances such as District Development
Committees, Village Development Committees, Women Development
Office and Local NGOs.
Challenges:
Limited resources and high coverage.
Integration of Gender and Peace Building issues in other programs/projects.
Linkages of grass root PVSE women with higher level women networks
and policy level stakeholders.
Assure the participation of PVSE women at decision-making level
of political and social sphere.
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