Reports and Analysis

Over the past two decades, legal reforms have transformed the landscape for gender equality in Nepal, ensuring greater economic security for women, increased legal protection from violence, improved safeguarding of their sexual and reproductive rights and amplification of their voices in decision-making.1 Many challenges, however, still remain and the translation of legal equality into substantive equality for all women and girls in Nepal is yet to be realized.

The manual "Common standard on institutional framework for monitoring media rights violation" (प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता हननको अनुगमनका लागि संस्थागत ढाँचा सम्बन्धी साझा मानदण्ड) which has been prepared in consultations with national and international stakeholders will help organizations improving media rights violation monitoring mechanisms and bring uniformity in the way they work.

यो सहयोगी सामग्रीले किशोरकिशोरीहरुका यौन तथा प्रजनन् स्वास्थ्य सेवाका लागि पैरवी गर्न आवश्यक पर्ने सूचना र मार्गदर्शन प्रदान गर्दछ । यसले किशोरकिशोरीहरुको समावेशी यौन तथा प्रजनन् स्वास्थ्य कार्यक्रम तर्जुमा र कार्यान्वयनमा समेत सहयोग गर्दछ । विपद् वा त्यसपछिको अवस्थामा किशोरकिशोरीहरुका आवश्यकताप्रति सरोकारवालाहरुलाई उत्तरदायी बनाउन र यौन तथा प्रजनन् स्वास्थ्य कार्यक्रम कार्यान्वयन सुनिश्चित गर्न के-कस्ता काम गर्न सकिन्छ भन्ने कुरामा मार्गनिर्देश गरिएको छ । विपद्को बेलामा किशोरकिशोरीहरुका यौन तथा प्रजनन् स्वास्थ्य आवश्यकता पूर्ति भएको कुरा सुनिश्चित गर्दै यस सेवालाई विपद्को अवस्थामा प्रदान ग

यस परिवार नियोजनका ग्राहक र सेवा प्रदायकका लागि निर्णय सामाग्री, नेपाली संस्करण, २०७१ भित्र परिवार नियोजन सेवाहरु, गर्भनिरोध विधिहरु, परामर्श, निर्णय प्रक्रिया र प्रशिक्षण सामाग्रीहरु छन् ।

This book is an outcome of the four months-long study into the state of journalism curricula of the universities of Nepal. The overall objective of the study was to analyze existing curricula of all three universities by comparing them with the indicators developed by UNESCO. The study reveals that the curricula of all three universities were found to be more theory oriented with minimal practical applications, with majority of text books and resource materials were found to be available in English. Very few books and materials authored by Nepali writers have been published.

Using a dataset of 3,750 children in Karnali zone and econometric models, the study investigates the association between the actual amount of the Child Grant (CG) received and nutritional status of children in Karnali zone, Nepal. It was revealed that higher amount of CG is associated with reduction in underweight and severe wasting. For instance, the prevalence of underweight decreased from 42.5 per cent for non-recipients to 34.5 per cent for children who received the full amount of CG, a decrease by 8 percentage points (18.8 percent).

In Nepal, UNV supported the Government-managed National Development Volunteer Service (NDVS), as part of a large UN Joint Programme Fund for the Local Governance and Community Development Programme – Phase I (LGCDP-I). This type of intervention is referred to as a nested project, a project which builds capacity of volunteers and/or volunteer managers in a particular area or sector, as part of a wider (non-UNV) project

“From 2014 through 2017, we need to change the game for women and girls and go much further ahead. This can be done by fully implementing the many good resolutions, conventions, laws and plans that we already have, and moving the women’s agenda from the sidelines to the mainstream. This requires a combination of political and financial will.” “Together, I believe we can be game-changers. Together with the women and girls, men and boys of the world, we can make the 21st century a century for women, with change that is irreversible, that will not only benefit women, but all of humanity.”

Sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence in public spheres are an everyday occurrence for women and girls around the world – in urban and rural areas, in developed and developing countries. In Nepal, the issue of safety of women in public places has not been examined or addressed as a serious issue. In other parts of the world, women's safety has been addressed as an issues of women’s rights and empowerment. The women's safety audit (WSA) has been one important tool to understand the nature and causes of lack of safety in public places.

This report presents the results of a survey of individual, institutional, legal and policy responses to experiences of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Nepal. Through a detailed understanding of the experiences of 6 women who have suffered violence, we have reviewed how and where women seek care and support, and explored reasons for not seeking care. We have reviewed the mechanisms for institutional accountability, collaboration and co-ordination, and have engaged with multiple stakeholders to understand the barriers and opportunities for improving institutional responses.