Appeal-Women's Campgain for peace and consitution-Third Phase

शान्ति र शान्ति र संविधानका लागि महिला दबाव अभियान - तेस्रो चरण
महिला दबाव अभियान - तेस्रो चरण
सामाजिक न्यायमा आधारित नयाँ नेपालको जग समय सिमाभित्र नागरिकहरूको चाहना अनुरूपको संविधान निर्माण विना संभव छैन । सामाजिक न्यायमा आधारित नेपाल नबनेसम्म महिलामाथि हुने हिंसा र गरिने विभेदहरूको अन्त्य हुन सक्तैन । त्यसैले महिला अधिकार सुनिश्चितताका लागि क्रियाशील हामी महिलाहरू देशलाई रुपान्तरण गर्ने सबै आन्...दोलनहरूमा महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निर्वाह गर्दै आएका छौं ।

देशमा शान्ति निर्माणको प्रक्रिया पुरा गरी संविधान निर्माण गर्ने वचनबद्धताका साथ तेस्रो पटक बढाइएको संविधानसभाको समय सीमा सकिन लागेको छ । यो अवधिमा माओवादी सेना नेपाली सेनामा समायोजन र पुनस्थापनाका लागि सबै राजनीतिक पार्टिहरूद्वारा गरिएको सहमतीको हामी स्वाबगत गर्दछौं । यो उपलब्धीलाई ऐतिहासिक मान्दै हाम्रा राजनीतिक पार्टिहरू मिल्दा देशले निकास पाउन सक्छ भन्ने विश्वास गर्दछौं । त्यसैले अब राजनीतिक पार्टिहरू भित्र मतभेद, सत्तामोह जस्ता तत्वहरु जसले संविधान समयमा आउने अपठ्याराहरू आउन नपाओस् भनी राजनीतिक पार्टीहरूलाई खबरदारी गर्दछौं । अबको दिनमा राजनीतिक पार्टीहरू एकै ठाउँमा आई संविधान निर्माणमा एकजुट हुन अपिल गर्दछौं । राजनीतिकर्मी संविधानसभाका सदस्यहरू, राज्यका हरेक निकाय साथै सम्पूर्ण जनसमुदायहरूलाई अब हामी आ-आफ्नो ठाउँबाट राजनीतिक पार्टीहरूलाई एकजुट भई समयसिमा भित्र संविधानकोएकिकृत मस्यौदा सार्वजनिक गर्न दबाव सिर्जना गर्नका लागि आव्वाहन गर्दछौं ।

हामी महिलाहरू शान्ति र संविधानका लागि महिला दबाव अभियानको तेस्रो चरणको शुरुवात गरी आ-आफ्नो यो जिम्मेवारी निर्वाह गर्दछौं । हाम्रा निम्नानुसार मागहरू सम्बोधन गरी जिम्मेवार राजनीतिक पार्टीहरूलाई आफ्नो जिम्मेवारी निर्वाह गर्न अपिल गर्दछौं ।

१. शान्ति प्रक्रियाका बाँकी कामहरू चाँडै सम्पन्न गर्दै संविधान निर्माण र राष्ट्रिय सहमतिको
राजनीतिलाई अघि बढाउन २०६८ कार्त्तिक १५ गते राजनीतिक दलहरूले गरेका सात बुँदे
सम्झौता अक्षरशः पालना गरियोस् ।

२. सेना समायोजन, पुनःस्थापना, व्यवस्थापनका सम्पूर्ण चरणमा महिला, अल्पसंख्यक,
सीमान्तकृत र पछाडि पारिएका समूहको अर्थपूर्ण सक्रिया सहभागीता विशेष व्यवस्था गरी
सुनिश्चित गरियोस् ।

३. संविधानको एकिकृत मस्यौदा यहि मंसिर १४ गते भित्र सार्वजनिक गरियोस् ।

उक्त मागहरू पुरा गराउन सबैजनालाई आ-आफ्नो स्थानबाट दबाव सृजना गर्नुको साथै हाम्रो
अभियानलाई सहयोग गर्न अपिल गर्दछौं, शान्ति प्रक्रिया तथा संविधान निर्माणको सबै कार्य
समयमै पुरा गर्न राजनीतिक दल, नीति निर्णयमा रहेका व्यक्तित्व, नागरिक समाज, संचार माध्यम
र सम्पूर्ण नेपालीहरूलाई हार्दिक अपिल गर्दछौं ।

It is used during the press meet in Nov 16, 2011 at National Women Commission as well as Thali Ralley from Nov 17, 2011 from Mandella to Baneshor.

Women's Campaign for Peace and Constitution

Women's Campaign for Peace and Constitution

The Strategy formulation Workshop

 Babarmahal, Kathmandu,Nov 8, 2011

Objectives

·         To review and reflect the campaign II

·         To come up with way forward

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS

Total number of participants: 32, total women 31, men 1from Action Works Nepal-Bharat        Prasad Wasti

Total number of organizations: 11

Time: 11.00-16.00

Venue: AYON'S Office at Babarmahal, Kathmandu

Workshop materials: Action Works Nepal

Snacks: WOREC Nepal

Communication: Action Works Nepal and WOREC Nepal as discussed in Nov 1, 2011   meeting

Process:

1. Welcome and introduction: Kala Rai

2. Group work in four groups: Radha Paudel

                I.   Strengths of campaign phase II

             II.   Areas to improves from campaign phase II

          III.    Major opportunities from external environment especially political changes

          IV.   Major challenges from the external environment

3. Buzz session/small group work for Identified major activities for campaign: Radha

            The major activities has already shared in mail by Kala

4. Prioritize the activities and distribute the responsibility accordingly: Radha, Kala

5. Code of conduct: Laxmi Neupane

·         Punctuality

·         Response to email, enquirer for update, if there is gap in communication

·         Refer to campaign not for the organization

·         Shared Responsibility

·         Campaign's name; ` Women's Campaign for Peace and Constitution' Phase III

Close up

Sit in Hunger Strike for Peace and Constitution in Nepal

Action Works Nepal, has been contributing in the advocacy and networking for peace and constitution by august 31, 2011. AWON joined in round table discussion, interaction program, memrandum handover to major political parties, sit in Hunger strike along with women campgain for peace and constitution group, march and media mobilized rigrously. AWON also helps to disseminate the information about it through various networks.

WOMEN'S JOURNEY TO FOOD & HEALTH IN RURAL MUGU, NEPAL

‎(Below story says well about the need and relevance of (`Miteri gaun-Let's Live Together')
NEPAL - WOMEN'S JOURNEY TO FOOD & HEALTH IN RURAL MUGU, NEPAL

By Jin Ju - Asian Human Rights Commission AHRC

The blue sky is dazzling. Far off in the distance, being sharply shaken in a light airplane having only seven seats, passengers can see beautiful snowy mountains on the right side and the deep blue Rara lake on the left. Isolated villages are dotted amongst the valleys. This is Mugu, the most vulnerable and food insecure of Nepal’s 75 districts, despite receiving food aid for decades. When the passengers step on the ground, at an altitude of some 3,000 meters, Mugu women welcome them, expecting to carry their luggage. Some passengers suffer from altitude sickness, while others enjoy the natural beauty, a gift given by God.

Two helicopters arrived at about the same time as us, carrying rice from the World Food Program (WFP). Other women were waiting to carry these 50kg parcels of rice, food aid provided as a ‘work for food’ program. I wondered if the WFP was aware that a woman who may not eat enough rice or other food items today, is carrying 50kg of rice. Since the WFP launched its food aid in 2008, had the WFP ever thought of making a rice parcel smaller than 50 kilograms? Other women, regardless of their age, stare at you. Carrying heavy loads on their backs seems to be a punishment given by God.

We tried to look for strong boys to carry our luggage, but ended up handing over them to women and girls. There were no boys; only women and their daughters are willing to carry anything. We regretted not dividing our luggage in small bags. The biggest suitcase is given to a 35-year-old woman, a mid-size bag for her daughter, and a small bag for an old woman. The 35-year old-woman wanted to carry all the luggage to earn more money, confidently saying, “I used to carry more than this, I can carry all. No problem!” We suggested that for the price of three bags, she carry the biggest one only.

It was a steep and sometimes rocky path to the town of Mugu where we could find a place to stay. Mugu has no road for vehicles; your feet are the only means of transportation. While men can ride a horse, women are traditionally not allowed to do so. Beautiful pine trees surround the area, but the villagers do not appreciate them as they do not produce oxygen. We met another group of women on the way to headquarters carrying firewood collected from the nearby forest. Some said their load weighs around 80kg, requiring them to rest on the rocks from time to time. We walked for about three hours.


Another three to four hours by foot from the town is the Ruga village of the Ruga Village Development Community (VDC), where 118 households live. Most of them belong to Dalit communities. Unlike Dalits living in Nepal’s terai (plain area mostly located along the Nepal-Indian border), Dalits living in Mugu have some land for their house and cultivation, as the limited resources in the hill area are shared between the upper and lower castes. However, land here is less fertile than in the plains, and cultivation is totally dependant on rain.

While high caste groups are also poor and deprived of basic resources and rights, it is the Dalits who are the poorest in Mugu. In Ruga, some high caste families and individuals share the same living condition as Dalits. Regardless of their caste, all of them go to the temple together, and sit and chat together. There are some discriminatory customs against women, a few of which are only practiced by high caste villagers.

“Women wash their husbands’ hands and feet every morning and evening, and drink the water afterwards,” says one high caste man for instance. A Dalit man responds, “We don’t practice it, only they do.” They both laugh, as if it is not a big deal. Sitting behind men, women say nothing. It is common practice for women to be kept in isolation after giving birth—for five days after the birth of a son and 10 after the birth of a girl. Immediately after that, women go back to work. Women also have to stay at another place during their menstruation period. This is based on the belief that women pollute the ‘sacred’ while performing anything related to reproduction. Although this practice is being disappeared in Nepal, it is still practiced in remote areas.

“Did you bring medicines,” an old woman asked. When I said no, she asked, “Why did you come here then?” In fact, many women asked us if we had any medicine. One old woman showed me her stomach, asking for medicines for her stomachache and headache. I took out some herbal balm from my bag and applied it to her forehead and around her nose. What else could I do? The other women also asked me to apply the balm on their faces, which I did one by one. They seemed happy with it. They also wanted contraception to control the frequency of pregnancy, which they are unable to obtain. A few years back, some were given contraception by a female foreign doctor funded by an international agency, while others obtained it from a Nepali male doctor. The former was used successfully without any side effects, while the latter caused the women some discomfort. In accordance with their experience, the women therefore now prefer female foreign doctors for medical assistance.


Many women in the village have suffered the death of their infants. A 33-year-old Dalit woman lost two children prior to the two she has now, the first at the age of three months, and the second at six months. It is not difficult to understand why they died—her poor living condition provides her with insufficient nutrition, particularly during pregnancy. Rice and roti (local wheat bread) are all that she eats. Even then, she cannot eat her preference of locally produced rice, but only manages to buy cheaper Japanese rice distributed by the Nepal Food Corporation (NFC) at a subsidized price. Most of the women suffer from vomiting or breathing difficulties through the consumption of Japanese rice. The women can only harvest a little local rice, millet, wheat, or beans from their own land. It is particularly difficult to cultivate green vegetables and rice due to limited water resources; they are completely dependant on rain.

Furthermore, this Dalit woman did not have a well-trained midwife who could help her during her labor at home. There are many cases where a woman’s first or second child died early on. Another woman said she lost five of her children, all of whom died of diarrhea. Eight to ten children are dying of diarrhea, pneumonia, or malnutrition-related sicknesses every year, the women noted. They also observed that their children get sick with vomiting or diarrhea when they try to breastfeed immediately after returning from field work. The women assumed that it could be due to the hot temperature of their milk.

Additionally, the supplement nutrition powder distributed by the WFP does not seem to suit the children. Women were provided with three parcels of it, each containing 90 bags of 10 grams each in December 2010, to be fed to the children after being mixed with rice. As a result of consuming this however, the children suffered from vomiting or diarrhea. Mothers who visited the District Health Centre (DHC) were given free medicines, but complained that the medicines were bad. This reflects the DHC’s lack of credibility, and that women are not instructed how to keep the medicines properly.

Despite all the problems women face, no one consults with them and nothing is accurately reported. One can assume that the situation of remote areas must be worse than found in Ruga village.

The health worker attached to the health post comes once a month to give polio injections to the children. At the District Health Centre, we met a senior Auxiliary Nursing Midwife (ANM) Mrs Saroja Chimire who has been working in Mugu for the last 18 years. The other staff include one senior health officer, one senior midwife, two junior assistants who joined last year, and one social health worker from UNICEF. Only the two senior staff are from Mugu, the rest are from elsewhere. As the officers only keep medical records of patients who come for treatment, no one knows how many children or women die of water bone diseases or other sicknesses associated with malnutrition. UNICEF Nepal suggests that half of the country’s children are undernourished, and the local staff of UNICEF Mugu asserts that 7-8 percent of the children are severely malnourished in Mugu. However, there is no precise data presenting the real picture.

We saw a few patients lying in beds, and were told that some pregnant women give birth at the DHC. When pregnant women visit the DHC four times a year, they are entitled to 400 Nepali rupees (USD 5), while those who give birth there get 1,500 Nepali rupees (USD 20). The DHC health officers hold seminars on mortality, pregnancy, and nutrition targeting mothers. They aim to reduce mother mortality by encouraging mothers to come to public health institutions for delivery or other medical treatment. The biggest obstacle for women in accessing such institutions is the total absence of transportation. It is almost impossible for mothers who have serious medical issues to come to the DHC on foot. For the same reason, mothers cannot bring their malnourished children to the DHC for treatment.


The villagers of Ruga go to the DHC located at the nearby headquarters instead of the village health post farther away, which requires five hours of walking uphill to reach. Unless it is urgent, villagers find it difficult to go to the public health institutions. Even then, it takes a couple of hours to reach from the villages located near the headquarter zone, and some days to reach from the remote villages. Although the medicines and treatments are free, the physical distance is the biggest challenge. Furthermore, there has been no doctor posted at the DHC for the past five months; the previous doctor left for personal reasons and no replacement doctor has yet been posted. The patients who require surgery are referred to the hospital in Nepalgunj, which the villagers have to fly to.

Not just medical officers, but all government officers working in Mugu are from other districts. Their term is very short, one to two years, which means they leave before truly learning about Mugu. The remote and undeveloped nature of the district requires these officers to be paid compensation as an incentive, while their short term status encourages them to engage in corruption. This causes further distress to young villagers; the village’s one college bears 200 students every year, who find it difficult to find jobs in Mugu, while government and public jobs are filled by external officers.

One good leader can make a considerable difference. The senior ANM’s daughter who currently studies at a university in Bangalore says, “I want to go back to Mugu to work for the Mugu people after finishing my studies.” While many youngsters today want to go to big cities or abroad, she on the contrary, expresses her dream of becoming a doctor in Mugu. She is likely influenced by her parents, who worked together in Mugu for many years. Her father was also a medical officer in Mugu, but was an alcoholic, and died as a result. “I love my father. He drank every day but gave the poor villagers whatever he had in his hands. That was his character. He was not possessive and lived like the river. I also want to live like the river. I will take whatever comes to me in my life,” she says.

We promised to support her, encouraging her to do her best to be a doctor in the future. One day, you will see a lovely and warm-hearted female doctor sitting in the DHC office in Mugu or walking around the remote villages looking after the poor villagers who need medical treatment. She will perhaps make the necessary changes for mothers and children in Mugu.

Action Works Nepal joins the United Nations’ effort to end gender violence.

VOTE to Say NO - UNiTE to End Violence Against Women




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Abstract:

Up to 70% of women experience violence in their lifetime. This is intolerable: it can, and must, be stopped. Action Works Nepal joins the United Nations’ effort to end gender violence. Contribute to fighting this scourge by voting to Say NO - UNiTE to End Violence Against Women.


Article:

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The campaign is now in the voting stage. The over 2,700 entries from 40 European countries will be judged both by a jury of experts and by the worldwide internet community of every individual who wants to get involved.


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Accordingly, one of the three prizes will be allocated to the most publicly voted campaign. Until July 31st, everyone from around the world can go online and vote for her/his favorite ad.

Action Works Nepal has responded to the global call to make ending violence against women a top priority worldwide. Get involved! Your vote will pick the finalists -- and will count as an action to fight a cruelty that affects women from all over the world, regardless of their social status or of the level of development of their country.

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Minefield Problems Remain

http://www.spotlightnepal.com/Others.aspx

Minefield Problems Remain

By RADHA PAUDEL
The Comprehensive Peace Accord (2006) had clearly mentioned that “the government army and the Maoist PLA shall assist each other to mark landmines and booby traps used during the time of armed conflict by providing information within 30 days and defuse and excavate the same within 60 days.”

We civilians do not know much about the nature of landmines, their impacts and what policies are there regarding them. People don't care about this unless these explosives cause immediate loss to them. But according to INSEC, 78 persons were killed and 395 others were injured by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) during 2006-2011.

Both Nepal Army and Maoist PLA used the landmines as a strong defense strategy during the decade of insurgency. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were used massively everywhere, especially in places like Kalikot, Jumla, Dang, and Arghakhachi where exchange of firing occurred.

In all, Nepal Army planted 275 explosives and Maoist PLA 52, 617. As part of implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Accord, the government declared Nepal a mine free country in June 14, 2011. Phulchoki of Lalitpur was called the last site for clearance of the anti-personnel landmines. Nepal also announced that it is the second landmine free Asian country.

Unfortunately, two days after the declaration, on June 16, this writer was in Manma, Kalikot asking for help to the victims of landmines. A bomb blast occurred in Phuhemahadev village of Kalikot. A 16-year boy, named Ananda Pandey, was injured severely while he was in his maize farm. He was brought to Bir Hospital and transferred to teaching hospital in June 26. He lost one of his eyes completely, and another eye had injuries. He lost fingers, suffered broken arms and had severely damaged mouth, nose, forehead, and chest. Now, he is getting surgery and treatment in the teaching hospital where Action Works Nepal (AWON), a non-governmental organization working for Karnali, is taking care of him under Miteri Gaun (Let's Live Together) campaign.

In this scenario, the government still needs to consider landmines as a serious concern for the following reasons; i) the civilians do not have access to information about the policies and systems, ii) no access to well equipped health institutions, iii) poor mechanism to respond to the survivors of landmine accidents. Thus, the government should continue to educate the people for taking consideration of nearby cantonments, barracks and areas of cross firing. The government also should ensure the system is in place to take care of survivors fully even after the declaration announcing the country as landmine free. Otherwise the risks are there that more negative impacts occur. For example, if Ananda had got immediate treatment (such as by rescuing him via a helicopter) and treatment, he wouldn't lose his vision. In this connection, provisions of free health treatment matters little. The needful action always matters, therefore, the government should be serious to serve landmine survivors. In a landmine free country, there should not be more people suffering like Ananda. Never Again

सार्वजनिक यातायातमा महिला माथि हुने हिंसाकावारेमा नयाँ वहसको थालनी

सार्वजनिक यातायातमा महिला माथि हुने हिंसाकावारेमा नयाँ वहसको थालनी

Public Transportation and Gender Based Violence

Briefing Note: Interaction Program with Policy Makers

Public Transportation and Gender Based Violence (GBV)

June 3, 2011

Organizers: Action Works Nepal and OUTLINE Media Pvt.Ltd.

Introduction: In general, 50% passengers are women. In Public Transportation, women, men and Transgender encountered with various forms of discrimination and violence. However, women are facing and struggling more due to patriarchal, feudal structure and system with us (87% women faced violence in Delhi, 2010, UN women, JAGORI…..).

Forms of discrimination and violence experienced in Nepali context:

1.    Women with bag, kid, disability, student, short heights not able to get on and off as their choice or station

2.    No reserved seats for women, disability, short heights, if provisioned in some cases but not implemented at all

3.    No space for stand at all. No bars, ropes, stands for standing

4.    Not allow to hold two places for standing

5.    Pieces of poems, slogan, statements, stickers, posters, cartoons etc put at door, ceiling, wall etc of the vehicles

6.    Conductors hold strongly at the arms, back, hand while get on/off where there is no need to supposed

7.    The conductor, driver or men passengers make funs, jokes, chat about bed scenes, blue films which are directly focused on sex and sexuality with the reference of women's cloths, structure. Usually following points are come across;

·         Mujhi (refer to private parts)

·         Mother fucking

·         Wow! How beauty, I am dying for such girl friend

·         Sat! what a hard this break like penis during sex

·         Oh! Can I get such a lady by tonight

8. Men passengers, conductors create opportunity e.g. act as fall in sleep for sexual abuse by

·         Touching body parts mainly breast, axilla, ear, back, cheeks etc

·          Pinching/punching

·         Rubbed genital part, erect penis and show aggressiveness, shouted with vulgar words, act like drinking

·         Shouted to women if she try to defense by saying use car !marriage with rich, why did you wear such a sexy dress or looking so sexy

·         Occupy more space in seat by spreading legs

·         Create embarrassing environment by touching genitalia

9. Very limited women driver and conductor or employees

10. The rental rate also claim more, do not or denial to return or need to request to back

11. Unnecessary debate or discussion while women show her identity card for discount if she has with kids, looks simple or adult by saying

·         Do anyone go to college with 2-3 kids?

·         Is it of daughter or mother, ha ha !

·         Oh ! nowadays intellectual go to college at the age 40 years

12. Pick pocketing inside the vehicles, and during get on/off

13. Ask many cross and unnecessary questions while checking by security personnel

14. Making funs, jokes, connect with circus etc to transgender especially male to female (MTF)

Affect/Impact

Short term

·         Extreme Stress

·         Depression

·         Dropping schools/work

·         Denial to go outside home

Long term

·         Low productivity (study, work)

·         Poor quality of life

·         Cost/expenditure increase in case of health related problems

·         Burden for family, society

Current Policies and Practices related to GBV and Public Transportation

1.    Code of conduct for Public Transportation, March 8, 2011

2.    National Plan of Action 1820

3.    GBV unit operationalize through Prime minister's office

4.    + ++ women's right

Media Coverage

1.    New Spotlight (Radha Paudel, October, 2010)

2.    News coverage by ekantipur, Himalayn news while launching code of conduct

Questions for Stakeholders for TODAY?

What should be done: immediately and long run?

Do we have some obligations?

Prepared by:

Radha Paudel,

MDM, MA,MEd,BN

President, Action Works Nepal,

email: rpaudel456@gmail.com,

URL:www.actionworksnepal.org

Solidarity to Women's Campgain for Progressive and Democratic Constitution, , May 28, 2011,Nepal

Dear Collegues,

Today is the precious day in the history of Nepal as well as histroy of women's right movement. The date for drafting new constituion is extended last year where two years was the initial deadline for that. Due to unaviodable circumtances among and within political parties, the new consitutional couldn't prepared so extended last year.

Unfortunately, political parties again enagaged in their political issues, game of power but not in process of constituional drafting.

May 28, 2011, today, Constituional Assembly supposed to promulgate the new constituion. But the situation is totally reverse. Thus, the date has to extend again. But there are schools of thoughts. Specially, progressive and democratic group like to extend the date with few conditions; demonstarte the activities carried out so far, reasonable action plan for accomplishment of the remaining tasks and ensure the women's right related with dalit, karnali, Madeshi, Janjati, Third Gender, diable  and so on....

In this connection, Action Works Nepal participated actively in the campgain and express its solidarity. You can follow the pictures in facebook of AWON.

Today is the 45 th day of the campgain where morethan fifty organizations, activists, networks,alliances, organizations also express solidarity and participate in various way. Campgainers, activists represnt across the country, ethinic groups, occupation. It is really inclusive at any perspetives.This campgain will be continue either extended or not for the monitoring of government as well as constituional assembly in coming days.
You can follow the pictures at
http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.203452076363129.45135.164325856942418 where cover the since beginning. It is also widely covered by national and local print, online, radio, Television media in both English and Nepali. Dr Renu Raj Bhandari, Advisor, WOREC is leading the campgain.

Hopefully, we, all Nepali, will get our demand (extention of the date at least for six month) within next three hours. Campgain will change its scope and modality definately. However, AWON would like to thank to all supporters, leaders, campgainers, OUTLINE Media team and AWON team and all for their persistent hardwork, passion and commitment and looking forward as usual support in coming days.
Regards,
AWON Team !
May 28, 9.35 PM, Baneshor, Kathmandu, Nepal

I, Radha Paudel, President of Action Works Nepal (AWON) is going to Jumla for monitoring the ongoing activities as well as expanding networking and partnership with other organizations. Indeed, this visit is planned near a month ago. But it seems so rush decision due to unable to get flights on it. To thoes who do not aware about the geographic tragedies and the politics/internal dynamic of the flights, they though that AWON team are unprofessional. But we know the reality because we are exposed with this corrupted system since 2001. Now, it is beoming more difficult for civilians due to lack of connections and affordability. My godness, the Nepalgung to Jumla (one way flight cost is NRS 8170). Is it pro-poor startegy? It is not affordable, accessible even for AWON who are working on voluntary basis. We afraid that the corrupted system trying to discourage to us in working in such area.

BUT, we are still optimistic. Since, arrival at Nepalgung, start to advocate about the AWON. Possibly expand the working area; other districts of karnali, as vision by AWON and also exploring the partnership. The reponses are both positve and negative. Most of the people do not belief that we are working in volutarily. If not, they can come and analyze our activities so far we achieved, source of income and expenditure. Obvisouly, we are following our practices for ensuirng governance as our policy.

Anyway, one day, we will get cheaper price flights as well as will construct the motorable road sin karnali and Karnali will be reached as AWON visioned.
Good night from karnali hotel, Nepalgunj, Bake, April 26, 2011.

Dear Friends,

Nepal is in process for restructuring and drafting the constitution. Now, Nepal has very limited days 32 days left as per mandate of constitutional assembly. Unfortunately, political leaders are not position to fulfill their commitment. Thus, women leaded organizations are pressurise to them by various advocacy activities such as Dharna, strike, flyers etc. In this connection, Action Works Action (AWON) also participates in this process at national level and district level. Here, the some photos are attached, through this link http://www.onsnews.com/index.php?pagename=gallery&gid=1466

In facebook of AWON, message is displayed in following link http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Action-Works-Nepal/164325856942418

Dear Friends,

Nepal is in process for restructuring and drafting the constitution. Now, Nepal has very limited days 32 days left as per mandate of constitutional assembly. Unfortunately, political leaders are not position to fulfill their commitment. Thus, women leaded organizations are pressurise to them by various advocacy activities such as Dharna, strike, flyers etc. In this connection, Action Works Action (AWON) also participates in this process at national level and district level. Here, the some photos are attached, through this link http://www.onsnews.com/index.php?pagename=gallery&gid=1466

In facebook of AWON, message is displayed in following link http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Action-Works-Nepal/164325856942418