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National Network for Beijing Review Nepal (NNBN) Keeping the Beijing Commitment Alive… Nepal NGO Report on Beijing + 15 Convenor Bandana Rana Editors Pinky Singh Rana Dr. Gopal Krishna Shivakoti Samjhana Kachhyapati Organized by: Coordinated By: NNBN SAATHI Published By: National Network for Beijing Review Nepal (NNBN) First Edition: November 2009 Cover Design By: Anup Nasnani ISBN: 978-99946-995-7-5 This initiative was made possible by the generous support of The Foundation of Open Society Institute (FOSI) and The Asia Foundation (TAF). Table of Contents: Foreword: .............................................................................................................................4 Acknowledgement ...............................................................................................................6 Acronyms .............................................................................................................................8 Message of the President ...................................................................................................11 National Conference on B+15 Review ..............................................................................12 Women's Movement Honours Three Prominent Women Leaders ....................................15 B +15 Review - Present Status, Gains, Gaps, Challenges and Recommendations ............16 A. Women and Poverty ...............................................................................................17 B. Education and Training ..........................................................................................22 C. Women and Health ................................................................................................27 D. Violence against Women ......................................................................................31 E. Women and Armed Conflict ..................................................................................35 F. Women and the Economy ......................................................................................39 G. Women in Power and Decision making.................................................................44 H. Institutional Mechanism for Advancement of Women ..........................................47 I. Human Rights of Women ......................................................................................52 J. Women in Media....................................................................................................57 K. Women and Environment ......................................................................................59 L. The Girl Child ........................................................................................................64 Kathmandu Declaration .....................................................................................................69 Annex I. Glimpses of the Conference ................................................................................71 Annex II. Newspaper Clippings .........................................................................................72 Annex III. Network Members ............................................................................................73 Annex IV. Conference Preparation Committees ...............................................................75 Annex V. List of Participants.............................................................................................76 Foreword We are pleased to bring out an NGO Report on Beijing+15 Review prepared by National Network for Beijing Review Nepal (NNBN), a network that constitutes of 47 NGOs working in the area of women’s human rights. The network was born out of the passionate desire of key NGOs, who are involved in the Beijing initiative since the very beginning, to be a part of the review process. The Beijing Review provides an opportunity to examine the government’s effort, and those of other non-state actors, at implementing the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA). The report represents an attempt towards keeping the Beijing commitment alive whilst also reporting the efforts of government as well as non-government organizations and civil societies in realizing the commitment to the goals of equality, development, and peace for women. In doing so, the report recalls the 12 Critical Areas of Concern of the BPFA for women’s advancement, and traces the progress made, challenges faced, and forward-looking strategies revolving round the prevalence of the problem, key gains, gaps, and recommendations for future action. While preparing the report, a two-day national conference participated by multi- generational women and men gender activists from all over the country was organized. The main objective of the conference was to ensure a participatory process and seek input and recommendations from women representatives and gender activists in finalizing the report. Based on the assessment and review of the implementation of BPFA, the Kathmandu Declaration was prepared and adopted after extensive discussion. The Declaration prioritizes the issues of major concern requiring urgent attention in the context of Nepal in areas such as women's participation in peace process as per the UNSCR 1325 and 1820, poverty, migration, gender and climate change. This Kathmandu Declaration will serve as the guiding framework for the Women’s Movement for collective action in the coming years and also for urging the Government to address these pertinent issues with concrete action plans and policies in the coming five years. (for details refer to page 69) The women’s movement in Nepal has been extremely vibrant in the past few years and has successfully brought about significant policy and legislative changes. All this is due to women leaders who paved the way with their consistent struggle, passion and dedication to keep the women of Nepal vigilant, united and active. Hence, we considered the Beijing + 15 Review as the opportune time to recognize and honor three of these senior women for their immense contribution to the women’s movement. The Plaque of Honor bestowed on the women leaders Sahana Pradhan, Chandni Joshi and Professor Shanta Thapaliya by the highest dignitary of the country - Rt. Honourable President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, signifies the nation’s recognition of their valuable contribution to the women’s movement. The network has decided to continue with this trend and honor three women who have made significant contributions to the women’s movement every five years during the Beijing Review Process. Increasing presence, participation, and involvement of women in all sectors including political, legal, economic, social, and cultural along with their changing roles and responsibilities does indicate that our dream of ‘being equal’ is not an impossible one. All we need is unity, solidarity and the strong commitment to transform that dream into reality. Then the journey ahead will certainly show us a day when we can proudly display our equality and be able to enjoy our fundamental human rights to the fullest. At the threshold of the Beijing + 15 Review we look forward to a united, active and committed women’s movement nationally, regionally and globally in continuing our struggle for equality, development, justice and peace. National Network for Beijing Review Nepal (NNBN) Acknowledgements The Beijing +15 Review holds a lot of significance for women as it provides an important opportunity to examine the efforts of government, non-government organizations as well as civil societies in realizing the commitments to the goals of equality, development, and peace for women, and further for holding leaders and governments accountable. We did not want to miss such an opportunity and decided to initiate a participatory process in taking the review forward. We had lots of challenges ahead of us particularly in terms of resources and time constraints. But with the goodwill, confidence and support of several stakeholders we were successful in bringing out this report. My sincere gratitude to the Foundation of Open Society Institute and The Asia Foundation who, realizing the urgency to start the process, gave us a prompt response without needing us to go through the lengthy procedures of grant approval and agreed to support us in the entire review process and bringing out this NGO Report on Beijing+15 Review. My special thanks go to GTZ, TEWA and Hotel de l’ Annapurna for their generous support in organizing the national conference. My sincere thanks to all media institutions, media persons and journalists for their support in broadening the reach of the conference to a wider audience through their coverage, radio and television reports. Kantipur Televison deserves special thanks for the live telecast of the inaugural program of the conference Credit goes to all the network members for their confidence and trust in Saathi and myself, for the overall coordination work and for their active participation and input provided throughout the process. The working committee members also deserve special acknowledgement for their guidance and input. My very special gratitude to the report writing team who in spite of their busy schedule understood the urgency and promptly agreed to contribute to the report based on their specific expertise and knowledge. They are Babita Basnet, Chapala Koirala, Dr. Chandra Bhadra, Kamala Dhungel, Lily Thapa, Pinky Singh Rana,, Pushpa Ghimire, Sabin Shrestha, Salina Joshi, Saloni Singh, Shobha Gautam, Sumeera Shrestha, and Sumnima Tuladhar. The editor Pinky Singh Rana and
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