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Partner
Organizations
Womens Federations
- Women's
Awareness Support Group (Mahila Jagaran
Sahayog Samuha), Rupandehi. It has 88
Women's Groups with 1188 women members.
It has its own office building at Kerwani
VDC of Rupandehi. It has established
a spices mill, from where they are raising
funds for their organization.
- Rural
Women's Awareness Organization (Gramin
Mahila Jagaran Sanstha), Kapilvastu.
It has 18 Women's Groups with 300 women
members. It has own small hut type building
at Motipur 4, Kapilvastu, from where
they run their office.
- Rural
Women's Awareness Organization (Gramin
Mahila Jagaran Sanstha), Rupandehi.
It has 33 Women's Groups with 621 women
members.
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Women Enlightening Service Group (Mahila
Jyoti Sewa Samuha), Nawalparasi. It
has 27 Women's Groups with 663 women
members. They are in the process of
building their own office at Makar VDC
of Nawalparasi.
- Foundation
Group for Women's Development (Mahila
Bikas Ka Lagi Aadhar Samuha), Okhaldhunga.
It has 42 Women's Groups with around
614 women members. It has own building
at Manedanda of Barnalu VDC in Okhaldhunga.
It has also been implementing agricultural
programs.
- Support
Group for Women's Development (Mahila
Bikas Ka Lagi Sahayogi Samuha), Okhaldhunga.
It has 31 Women's Groups with 458 women
members. It got the land and financial
support from VDC and WATCH to build
its own office building at Rangadip
of Okhaldhunga.
- United
Women's Awareness Group (Sanyukta Mahila
Jagaran Samuha), Kathmandu. It has 24
Women's Groups with around 425 women
members. It has its own office building
at Bhandarkharka, Chhaimale VDC of Kathmandu.
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United Women's Development Group (Sanyukta
Mahila Bikas Samuha), Lalitpur. It has
21 Women's Groups with 355 women members.
These
8 women's federations are located around
Nepal where WATCH works. These federations
work in backward communities and help
local women who have been shunned by society
and who occupy a lower rank on the social
ladder. And if there are arguments in
societies they go and act as peacemakers
and find out who caused the problems and
how to resolve them. They also have group
work where they organize income generating
activities. Nowadays they focus especially
on the Constituent Assembly and raising
awareness of the rural women and their
right to vote and be heard by the people.
With support of WATCH, Federations and
women's groups have received money from
VDC for development work Initially, they
went to the VDC Council to put pressure
on the council regarding the 33% women
presence in each level, then they asked
for the budget for their respective village
development community's and asked for
a budget for their group work like: water
mill, smokeless stove, awareness raising
in the constituent assembly and for IGA
etc.
They hold general assemblies once in a
year and electoral assembly once every
three years, they elect the executive
committee members and council members
from the assembly.
Sex Worker Organizations
- Jagriti
Mahila Sangh (JMS), Rupandehi. It has
around 700 members and has an office
at Butwal, Rupandehi.
- Jagriti
Mahila Sangh (JMS), Kathmandu. It has
around 450 members and has an office
at Dhobikhola, Kathmandu
- Jagriti
Mahila Sangh (JMS), Kapilvastu. It has
around 150 members and has an office
at Taulihawa, Kapilvastu.
These
organizations hold the annual general
assemblies once in a year and elect council
and executive members in every third year's
assembly.
These 3 groups are the Sex Worker organizations,
and they were formed so that the oppressed
women of Nepal who work in this business
can stand together against violence and
mistreatment. They also have to accept
to themselves that their profession should
not stop them from having self-esteem
and self-respect. And until they can do
that they shouldn't expect others to respect
them as well. The various activities of
these organizations have been to stop
oppression and violence, raise awareness
about the trafficking of women and helping
them recover from their experiences and
providing support for them, also implementing
programs that ensure safe and healthy
sex work. They also condone consistent
and proper condom use for safer sexual
behaviour.
People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLHA)
Organizations
- Asha
Jyoti Sahayog Samaj (AJSS), Rupandehi.
It has 65 PLHA members and has its office
at Butwal. It has 9 executive members
elected by the assembly.
- Asha
Jyoti Sahayog Samuha (AJSS), Kapilvastu.
It has 41 PLHA members and has its office
at Taulihawa. It has 9 executive members
elected by the assembly.
These
organizations are for the support of PLHA's
or people living with HIV and AIDS. Their
main objectives are to help support mentally
the HIV positive people as well as to
increase awareness about AIDS and prevent
social stigma and discrimination of the
HIV positive people. They also promote
economic independency for the PLHA's and
through income generating activities and
training, they mostly achieve this. They
also help organize lobbying and advocacy
activities to make sure these people are
not denied their rights and to provide
care and support activities for these
people to benefit from. Currently they
are involved in street processions and
street dramas portraying how life is for
PLHA's and how they should deal with certain
circumstances. They also help in the organization
of National Condom Day, World AIDS Day
and International Candle Light Memorial
Day.
Disabled
People Organizations
- Sagarmatha
Support Group for Disabled People (Sagarmatha
Apanga Sahayogi Samuha), Okhaldhunga.
It has 14 groups with 138 disabled members.
It has its office at Barnalu VDC of
Okhaldhunga.
- United
Disabled Development Center (Apanga
Ekikrit Bikas Kendra), Rupandehi. It
has 21 groups with 414 disabled members.
It has an office at Bangali, Devdaha
VDC of Rupandehi.
These
are the disabled peoples groups. WATCH
believes that disabled people make part
of the society as well and have a right
to be heard. Therefore if they organize
themselves they can fight for their rights
and, collect the money that all the districts
have set aside as a part of the budget
for disabled people. But many times they
don't know about this money, so if they
are organized and informed they can easily
have access to the funds that are rightfully
theirs. They advocate for the disabled
people who are oppressed throughout the
country because of their disabilities.
They also believe that nobody should be
allowed to discriminate against you because
of a physical disability, and that offensive
word for disabled people should not be
used by anyone.
Children
Groups:
WATCH has also supported the formation
of children's groups in its working area.
There is a total of 68 children's groups
with 1268 members. The children's groups
are doing activities like; sanitation
program campaigns in their village, they
are also advocating for the rights of
children and supporting those children
who are not able to go to school by convincing
their parents. Also, they organize different
competitions among child groups on special
days.
PAM/WATCH:
PAM, the national NGO was set up in 1991
under the dynamic leadership of the late
Parizat, the eminent writer, and human
rights activist.
It was founded in order to assist destitute,
socially deprived prisoners and their
dependents, to safeguard their human rights
and provide for the basic needs and education
of children in prison and in the community
as well.
PAM
is basically concerned with issues that
are related to human rights, prisoners,
causes of crime, its consequences and
solution. These issues transcend categories
of gender, culture, caste. PAM is concerned
more deeply with the helpless dependent
women and children of indigent prisoners
and is dedicated to their wellbeing.
Currently,
in collaboration with WATCH it has been
running a nestling home for dependent
children of prisoners at Erahity of Kathmandu.
There are altogether 20 children supported
by the nestling home. It supports them
for their education and housing.
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