WRRP Annual Report 2019
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Centre for Agro-Ecology and Development (CAED) Women's Reproductive Rights Program (WRRP) Discussion with women's network in Sisautia village in Sarlahi district Report # 5 July – December 2019 Women's Reproductive Rights Program (WRRP) Centre for Agro-Ecology and Development (CAED) P.O. BOX: 4555, Kathmandu, Nepal Phone: 01- 5180340, Khotang: 036-420729, Sarlahi: 046-521312 Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.wrrpnepal.org / www.Caed.org.np 1 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 4 2. BROADER CONTEXT ........................................................................................................................ 4 3. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS .................................................................................................................. 6 4. METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................................................. 8 MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................ 8 MCC MOBILIZATION .................................................................................................................... 8 5. LEARNINGS ..................................................................................................................................... 9 ADAPTATION OF THE LEARNINGS ..................................................................................................... 9 SUMMARY OF WHAT WORKED ..................................................................................................... 12 SUMMARY OF WHAT DID NOT WORK SO WELL ............................................................................... 13 6. ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................................... 14 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENT ................................................................................................................ 16 8. ANNEXES ...................................................................................................................................... 16 WRRP RESULTS CHAIN, 2019 DECEMBER ...................................................................................... 16 WRRP FO COMMON RESULTS CHAIN, 2019 DECEMBER ................................................................... 16 MCC PROGRESS INDICATORS, 2019 DECEMBER ............................................................................... 16 PHOTOS ................................................................................................................................... 17 MCC SELECTION CRITERIA CATEGORIZED INTO ELIMINATING CRITERIA, AND PREFERENTIAL CRITERIA ............. 22 WRRP TEAM, CNGOS AND ASSOCIATED MCCS IN DISTRICTS .............................................................. 22 WRRP COVERAGE MUNICIPALITIES AND RURAL MUNICIPALITIES AND FORMER VDCS ................................ 23 2 Abbreviations ADRA Adventist Development and Relief Agency ANC Antenatal Care ANM Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery ASRH Adolescent's Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights AYON Association of Youth Organizations Nepal BSS Bal Sewa Samaj BWSN Bagmati Welfare Society Nepal CAED Centre for Agro-Ecology and Development CNGO Collaborating Non-Government Organizations CPS Community Potter Society DEPROSC Development Project Service Centre DJSS Dalit Janjagaran Sewa Samiti FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FCHV Female Community Health Volunteer FO Fastenopfer FPAN Family Planning Association of Nepal GEC Girls' Empowerment Campaign HDF Halesi Development Forum HKI Hellen Keller International/Nepal I/NGOs International/Non-Government Organization IGA Income Generation Activities JSSN Jana Sewa Samaj Nepal LG Local Government MCC Model Couple Campaigners MHM Mesntrual Hygiene Management MoPP Madhesi Organization for Poor People NEWAH Nepal Water for Health NEWS Nepal Welfare Society NJYC Nawa Jyoti Youth Club NPR Nepali Rupees NRCS Nepal Red Cross Society NYPSS Nawa Yuba Phulpati Sewa Samaj ODF Open Defecation Free POP Pelvic Ogran Prolapse PRERANA Support Group for Participatory Development PTA Parent-Teacher Association RM/Ms Rural Municipality/Municipality RRN Rural Reconstruction Nepal RRPK Rastriya Rojgar Prawardan Kendra RUWA Rural Upliftment Women Association RYERC Rural Youth Empowerment and Research Centre SABAL Sustainable Action Resilience and Food Security SMC School Management Committee SRHR Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights SSC Social Service Club STJC Sagarmatha Tarun Janajagriti Club USAID United States Agency for International Development VDC Village Development Committee VCDC Village Community Development Center VDS Village Development Society WRRP Women's Reproductive Rights Program 3 1. Introduction Women's Reproductive Rights Program (WRRP), one of the undertakings of Caed, in its phase V (2018- 2021), has been taking up POP/SRHR and women's/girls' empowerment issues in Khotang and Sarlahi as base districts/ rural municipalities/municipalities and other areas as outreach districts/rural municipalities/municipalities with the support of Fastenopfer (FO). The primary goal of program is to end structural discrimination against women and girls and empower women and girls to enjoy equal rights and opportunities with improved quality of life. The program embraces multi-layer collaborative approach working with grassroots in isolated and disadvantaged areas, generating evidences in order to advocate the issues to local and provincial level governments. It is also engaged in widening the issues to outreach districts/rural municipalities/municipalities following evidence-based collaborative advocacy approach using evidences generated from grassroots in the base districts as the basis for advocacy and formulation of policies, strategies and plans. WRRP has been undertaken in 5 wards of 3 RM/Ms namely Godaita M (ward no 8 and 10), Kaudena RM (ward no 1 and 3) and Chakraghatta RM (ward no 8) in Sarlahi district and 4 wards of 2 RMs namely Aiselukharka RM (ward no 1 and 7) and Rawa Besi RM (ward no 4 and 5) in Khotang district. Among the covered wards, ward no 8 of Chakraghatta RM is taken as exemplary ward and ward no 3 of Aiselukharka RM is implemented with the funding support from other organizations and technical support of CAED. This report was compiled based on the acquaintance with the local/broader context, on-site observation of the events, interventions and the outcomes (progress), in-house discussions within Caed/WRRP team, on-site interactions with concerned stakeholders and community people, discussions during review, reflection, learning and planning meeting with CNGOs/MCCs and study of periodic reports of CNGOs and covered the period of July to December 2019. 2. Broader Context Provincial government in Province 2 tabled an increased budget of NPR 38.72 billion for the current fiscal year (FY 2076/77) compared to NPR 29.78 billion for the last year. In the budget speech it gave priority to education, health, and agriculture sectors. However, the government has been implementing ‘Educate Daughter; Save Daughter’ (Beti Padhau, Beti Bachau) program in all districts including Sarlahi to help girl children and adolescents increase access to education. It launched Daughter Education Insurance Program (Beti Shiksha Bima Karyakram) in all districts under which the government would provide NPR 125000 to every girl child born after 1 Magh 2075 when they attain the age of 20 years. For this, sum of NPR 500 will be deposited per month for each of the girls studying up to grade 8 in community schools. The government has focused on providing scholarship to daughters born in poor families. The Federal Government has provided with a grant of NPR 5 billion to Province 2 Government for implementation of the plan. Under ‘Educate Daughter; Save Daughter’ program, the government also distributed 14000 bicycles to girl students of grade 8 of community schools in all districts. In WRRP working area, a total of 221 adolescent girls from Godaita 8 and 10 and Kaudena 1 were provided with the bicycle. Province 2 government has also envisioned making the province open-defecation free zone within the next fiscal. It worked very actively to stop people defecate in open space. There were violent incidences when the police, in collaboration with local NGOs, went to the open-defecation area near villages early in the morning people were out with a Lota (toilet wash jug) for defecation, arrested and put the people while defecating into police van and took them to their village and presented them to other villagers that they were the people defecating in open space. Local people threw bricks and stones at police personnel appearing at the defecation areas during the time of defecation and an inspector of police was seriously injured while arresting and putting the defecating people into the police van. All RM/Ms covered by WRRP announced annual plan and budget for FY 2076/77 during their rural municipal/municipal council meetings. Godaita Municipality announced a budget of NPR 344 million for the FY 2076/77. It allocated NPR 1 million for strengthening health posts in each of the wards. Similarly, Kaudena and Chakarghatta Rural Municipalities announced budgets of NPR 174 and 207 million 4 respectively for FY 2076/77. They have allocated nearly 50%