60 61 Government of Nepal Phone : 00977-1-4420541 MINISTRY OF HOME Fax : 00977-1-4412602 POLICE HEAD QUARTERS E-mail : [email protected] Crime Investigation Department Kathmandu, Nepal Message from the Project Director It is indeed a pleasure for me to bring out the progress report of JFPR 9135-NEP Project for the second consecutive period. It has been a very challenging work to run this project amid diff erent diffi culties and hurdles. Never the less the project teams carried it throughout in an extremely excellent manner. I appreciate the hard work put together by the core team and the teams of fi ve district offi ce including WCSC District Network Committees. Th ey put up a great deal of hard work to eff ective implementation of the project for achieving good results. Th e project work thus has come to a successful conclusion for the second year, July 2013 according to its targeted projection. Joint eff orts of the team and stake holders must be commended and on behalf of Criminal Investigation Department and Nepal Police Organization, I would like to thank all those for their meaningful contribution to this project. Th e project is proceeding towards its designated goals and it has started to show positive outcomes at the community level within short period. Given the positive outlook, I strongly believe that the project will run effi ciently and reach to the successful conclusion. I am sure that the Core team of the project, including Project Manager/ DIGP Ms Bimala Th apa, along with the teams of District Police Offi ce and WCSC District Network Committee will continue to contribute to the work of this project. I would like to advise the related teams to work hard and contribute more eff ectively to make the project successful. As a Project Director I would like to assure my full cooperation and support to the teams concerned, when necessary. I have profound sense of conviction that good collaboration and coordination yields positively, for its success. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Inspector General of Police Mr. Kuber Singh Rana for his sagacious guidance to implement the project in such eff ective manner. My sincere gratitude goes to Asian Development Bank for the support provided to Nepal Police in the execution of the project, establishing Women and Children Service Centers. I pledge utmost cooperation in all fronts for the success of this project and wish best to all those associated with it. Th ank you. Dinkar Shamsher J.B. Rana Project Director/ Additional Inspector General Police Headquarters Crime Investigation Department Kathmandu, Nepal 55 Government of Nepal Phone : 00977-1-4414745 MINISTRY OF HOME Fax : 00977-1-4415594 POLICE HEAD QUARTERS E-mail : [email protected] Crime Investigation Department (Directorate of Women and Children Service ) Kathmandu, Nepal Acknowledgement Considering diversity of GBV, Establishing Women and Children Service Centre Project (JFPR 9135) has been initiated under Nepal Police as an effort for the establishment of comprehensive and integrated GBV response mechanism in the targeted districts and increment in the use of GBV prevention services by women, men and children. Establishing Women and Children Service Centers Project JFPR 9135 has been implementing under Nepal Police headquarters, Crime Investigation Department/ Directorate of Women and Children Service since end of 2010. Therefore it is essential to share the outputs and outcomes of the project to stakeholder on periodic basis. Realizing this fact this Project Progress Report July, 2013 has been published second time. This publication of the project progress report contain major progress made under the components of the project up to the 30th June, 2013. Any opinions, fi ndings, outputs and outcomes expressed in this publication are those of the experience of the project. Let me take the opportunity to thanks to District Police Offi ce, WCSC District Network Committee, and WCSC Sub-Network Committee of project districts for their dedication and contribution for the effi ciently implementation of the project activities. They are inspirational service providers and contributors to victim women and children affected by violence, who are working exceptionally hard for access to justice of these victims. I am satisfi ed with the project activities as I have directly seen the positive effects at the community level as envisaged in the project. Even though, efforts has to be made still more in order to achieve desired results of the project to reduce violence against women and children in collaborative manner. My special thanks goes to Mr. Kuber Singh Rana, IGP and Mr. Dinkar Shamsher J.B.Rana, project Director/AIGP for constantly providing me inspirable and precious guidance in terms of project implementation in profi cient manner. I never forget the entire support received from the project team of ADB Headquarters and NRM for the project. My sincere gratitude goes to Mr. Sunsup Ra, Director, Ms. Gi Soon Song, Project Offi cer and Ms. Cecilia Bantugon, Sr. Social Development Offi cer for their tired less efforts for the project. Besides, many thanks to Mr. Kenichi Yokoyama, Country Director, ADB/ NRM and Mr. Madhusudhan B.Shrestha, Associate Finance controller, ADB, NRM for providing indispensable support for the disbursement process. Likewise, my sincere thanks to the Grant Implementation Unit team for their contributions as obligatory to the project implementation. Furthermore, thanks to my WCSD team those are directly and indirectly assisting in the project implementation process. In addition, I would like to thanks Mr. Lalit B. Chand, Account Offi cer and his team for their support on fi nancial management of the project. Last but not the least I would like to express my thanks to the project team Ms. Sulochana Shrestha, Project Coordinator for her foremost contribution on management, implementation and coordination of the project and for preparing this Project Progress Report, July, 2013. And Mr. Prakash Raj Shiwakoti, Project Engineer for his contribution on the implementation of civil works of the project. Thank you all for making this a truly collegial experience. Without you this publication could not have been published. Bimala Thapa Project Manager/Deputy Inspector General Police Headquarters, Crime Investigation Department Directorate of Women and Children Service Kathmandu, Nepal ACRONYMS JFPR : Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction WCSC : Women and Children Service Centers WCSD : Women and Children Service Directorate VDC : Village Development Committee DDC : District Development Committee PHQ : Police Headquarters ADB : Asian Development Bank NRM : Nepal Residence Mission FY : Fiscal Year NRS : Nepali Rupees US$ : United State Dollar DPO : District Police Offi ce GOs : Government Organizations NGOs : Non-government Organizations INGOs : International Non-Government Organizations MOHA : Ministry of Home Aff airs MOF : Ministry of Finance VAT : Value Added Tax DFID : Department of International Development GBV : Gender Based Violence EA : Executing Agency IA : Implementing Agency SOP : Standard Operating Procedures TABLE OF CONTENTS A INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................1-2 B PROGRESS MADE UNDER THE PROJECT Component 1: Civil Society Consultations prior to establishing women and children service centers ....................................................................2-13 1.1 Civil Society Consultation Workshop ...............................................................2 1.2 Base line Survey on crime/violence against against women and children ...5 1.2.1 Major Findings of the Base line Survey ...............................................6 1.2.2 Conclusions and Recommendations of the Baseline Survey ...........8 1.3 Information Campaign: .......................................................................................8 1.3.1 Radio Drama in Nepali, Bhojpuri and Maithili Language ...................8 1.3.2 Tele Film in Nepali, Maithili and Bhojpuri ............................................8 1.3.3 Video Documentary on WCSC Service .............................................10 1.3.4 Public Awareness Flex ........................................................................10 1.3.5 Public Awareness Posters ..................................................................11 1.4 Strategy of Women and Children Service Center ..........................................12 1.5 Impact Evaluation of the project ......................................................................12 Component 2: Establishment of Women and Children Service Centers ...................13-18 2.1 WCSC Building of Bara ....................................................................................13 2.2 WCSC Building of Dhanusha ...........................................................................15 2.3 WCSC Building of Rautahat .............................................................................16 2.4 WCSC Building of Doti .....................................................................................17 2.5 WCSC Building of Jumla ..................................................................................17 2.6 WCSD Building at PHQ, Kathmandu ...............................................................18 Component 3: Capacity Development ...................................................18-25 3.1 Rapid Training Need Assessment ...................................................................18 3.2 Development