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Stragetic Direction  >>  Voilence Against Women in Politics Program (VAWIP)
 

Goal

  • To create an enabling environment for establishing democratic practices for the inclusion of marginalized women in political decision- making processes in Nepal

Objectives

  • To promote greater qualitative participation of diverse groups of women in politics in South Asia
  • To promote accountability and transparency among political parties in South Asia.

Target Group

Women in Politics, political parties, civil society and the media

Area coverage

  • Eastern Development Region - Siraha and Udayapur
  • Central Development Region - Chitwan and Makwanpur
  • Western Development Region - Kaski and Rupandehi
  • Mid Western Development Region - Banke and Bardiya

Achievements

  • Enhanced collaborative relation with the regions, district development forums and local watch group members.
  • Close linkage established among the organizations working on VAW.
  • Close linkage established among all-political parties and leaders.
  • This issue has been raised and discussed by the political parties as well as by the women's unit of the political parties.
  • Assurance from the election commission to make gender friendly code of ethic.
  • The political parties have started to make their manifests gender friendly to some extent.
  • Most of the political parties increased the number of women candidate for Constituent Assembly election.

 

 
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