Transitional Justice from Women’s Perspective
National Consultation -21st September 2013 The official peace process has completed its seven years, but still lags behind in its commitment to establish sustainable peace in the country. It should be acknowledged that the political parties and the Government had endorsed it and showed its commitments by establishing Peace and Reconstruction Ministry, Peace Trust Fund. […]
End modern day slavery!
Author: Dr. Renu Rajbhandari Many female migrants live their lives within closed doors day in, day out, many with bruises on their bodies. Some even get murdered but these killings are marked as suicides by forensic doctors THE campaign against slavery started in 1837, with the British regime announcing, through the Slavery Abolition Act, an […]
Holistic Approaches to Realizing Women’s Rights; Ensuring Justice, Ensuring Rights: From victimhood to agency
National conference on violence against women January 6th-7th, Makwanpur, Hetauda, Nepal Introduction: Violence against women (VAW) has become pervasive within Nepal. Reporting of incidences of violence has, indeed, increased within recent years. However, it has been observed that the real rate of cases of VAW is also increasing. These rates are rising despite stakeholders’ involvement […]
Women on the move
Author: Renu Rajbhandari, Namita Nepal DEC 12 – Nearly 50 percent of all migrants are women. While previously women often migrated as “dependents”, they are now increasingly migrating as individuals. An increasing number of cases have pointed to the potential for female migrant workers to improve the living standard of their families. Based on research […]