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Child Protection The protection of children from abuse, exploitation and neglect is integral to their survival, growth and development. The consequences of violation of a child’s right to protection include reduced life expectancy, poor physical and mental health, re...
UNICEF, (2006)
Decentralised Planning for the Child Programme-Baseline Survey Report of Six Districts This report contains findings of a baseline study conducted by His Majesty's Government of Nepal in close cooperation with six District Development Committees and UNICEF. The purpose of this report is to generate district level knowledge in order to ...
GON- UNICEF, (2000)
Planning for the Child-Baseline Survey Report of Chitwan District-Decentralized Planning for the Children Programme This report contains findings of a baseline study conducted by His Majesty's Government of Nepal in close cooperation with Chitwan District Development Committee and UNICEF. The purpose of this report is to generate district level knowledge in order ...
GON- UNICEF, (1999)
UN Agencies Concerned That Children Are Again Used In Demonstrations United nations agencies are concerned that children are again being deployed by adults to participate in demonstration and rallies.worried that they are missing school, and we are not at all sure that they have the consent of their parents or guardia...
UNICEF, (2006)
Harnessing literacy as a development accelerator and a force for peace in Nepal Official statement to mark International Literacy Day, 8 September 2011 Literacy is a development accelerator and a force for peace in Nepal. However, too many people in the country still cannot read and write and hence not fully participate in the peace and development process. International Literacy Day is celebrated a...
UNESCO, (2011)
Nepal- Millennium Development Goals Progress Report 2010 At the onset of the new millennium, 189 world leaders from Member States of the United Nations made a historic commitment during the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000 when they agreed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with the ai...
UN, GoN, (2010)
Impunity Remains Major Obstacle to the Peace Process Five Years After Killing of Maina Sunuwar Tuesday will mark five years since the torture and killing of 15-year-old Maina Sunuwar by members of the former Royal Nepal Army. Despite a September 2007 Supreme Court ruling that police conduct an investigation and years of advocacy by the human r...
OHCHR, (2009)
Child Marriage In Southern Asia: Policy Options For Action Child marriage is not only a violation of a girl’s rights; it also seriously compromises efforts to reduce gender-based violence, advance education, overcome poverty and improve health indicators. Child brides in Southern Asia are often forced into e...
UNFPA, AFPPD, ICRW, (2012)
Why a Universal Child Grant Makes Sense for Nepal The Child Grant (CG) was introduced in 2009/10 with the primary objective of supporting better nutrition for children under 5 years of age. The CG transfers NRs. 800 every four months to the mother or caregiver of eligible children and was initially ...
UNICEF, (2016)
Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in Nepal-S/2006/1007 The report notes that although many of the reported violations occurred prior to the ceasefire between the State and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M),there are still serious abuses being perpetrated against children. A serious concern sinc...
UN, (2006)
United Nations Children's Fund The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) believes that promoting the rights of the child and caring for the world’s children form the very foundation of human development. Active in more than 190 countries, it uses its global authority to work wit...
UNAIDS, UNICEF, (2015)
Success Factors for Women’s and Children’s Health Nepal has made significant progress in improving the health of women and children and is on track in 2013 to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 (to reduce child mortality) and 5A (to reduce maternal mortality). This review provided an oppo...
WHO, (2015)
On the occasion of the 17th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Convention of the Rights of the Child OHCHR and UNICEF in Nepal appeal for the Government and CPN-Maoist to place the rights and wellbeing of children among their key priorities in the implementation of the peace process. On the eve of an historic peace agreement, there is an opportunity...
UNICEF, OHCHR, (2006)
SDG 4: Quality Education, Why Invest In Children? Evidence shows that brain development is the most rapid in the initial years of life. Every additional dollar invested in quality early childhood development programmes yields a return of between $6 and $17. #GirlsEducation #Rightsofthechild #HumanRi...
UNICEF, (2015)
Nepal Political Economy Analysis Briefing Note : Factors That Shape The Prioritization And Allocation Of Resources For Reproductive, Maternal And Newbron Health Nepal has made some dramatic and rapid progress in Reproductive Maternal Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH), despite being a low income country with high levels of poverty, difficult geography, and conflict. The Total Fertility Rate fell from 4.6 birth...
UNICEF, (2015)
Nepal MDGs acceleration Framework Improving Access to Sanitation A few years away from the deadline of 2015, the MDG Acceleration Framework (MAF), as conceived and endorsed by the United Nations (UN), aims at accelerating and sustaining progress towards the MDGs’ achievement at the national level. The strategic ap...
UNDP, GON, (2012)
Combating child marriage in Nepal Combating child marriage in Nepal This video is about combating child marriage in Nepal through community empowerment under a global programme to promote the rights of adolescent girls to avert marriage and pregnancy, and enable them to achieve thei...
UNFPA, (2019)
Self-initiated marriage Many girls are waiting to claim their power and fulfil their potential. Let’s help them exercise their rights and realize their aspirations. Let’s invest in their health, education, skills and leadership. This video on self initiated marriage is par...
UNFPA, (2019)
Report of the Eighth Meeting of Health Secretaries of the Countries of WHO South-East Asia Region Kathmandu,Nepal, 16 – 18 April 2003 The Eighth meeting of the Health Secretaries was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 16-18 April 2003. The meeting reviewed the global threat posed by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and progress in the implementation of the Declaration on He...
WHO, (2003)
United Nations Children’s Fund Regional Office for South Asia GETTING TO THE ROOTS - Mobilizing community volunteers to combat Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders in Nepal For every child Health, Education, Equality, Protection ADVANCE HUMANITY Behind the endless vistas of its stunning Himalayan snow peaks lay a malady that had slithered around Nepal for centuries until the new millennium dawned. It tormented a number of people even though the symptom, common and ephemeral, was deemed an in...
UNICEF, (2003)
UNMIN Newsletter: Fact Sheet 7 (Children and Politics) Nepali law defines children as people below the age of 16 years while international law defines children as being under 18. Nepal ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990 and Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed...
UNMIN, (2008)
Planning for the Child - Baseline Survey Report - Kaski District In 1998 UNICEF in collaboration with National Planning Commission, Ministry of Local Development and UNDP, initiated thDecentralised Planning for the Child Programme (DPCP) in seven of 40 districts where the UNDP-assisted Participatory Dist...
GoN, NEW ERA, UNICEF, (1999)
Planning for the Child - Baseline Survey Report - Kavrepalanchowk District In 1998 His Majesty's Government of Nepal and UNICEF initiated the Decentralized Planning for the Child Programme(DPCP) in seven districts of Nepal. The DPCP is a collaborative effort of several government agencies,the National Planning Commission ,t...
GoN, UNICEF, New ERA, (1999)
Documenting the process of developing the Nepal Multi-sector Nutrition Plan and identifying its strengths and weaknesses Report of a research project his research report was commissioned by UNICEF in Nepal, which aims to document the process of development of the Multi-sector Nutrition Plan. The study was undertaken in November through December, 2013, using in-depth qualitative research methods fo...
UNICEF, European Union, (2017)
Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Empowered women contribute to the health and productivity of whole families and communities and to improved prospects for the next generation. Therefore, it is very critical to empower and capacitate women in general and poor women from the discrimin...
UNFPA, (2007)
A 10-Year Literacy/NFE Policy and Programme Framework Education is a key to development and an asset towards peace and social justice. It has a fundamental role to play in reducing poverty,exclusion, ignorance and conflict. Nepal is committed to Education for all, and its progress in primary education o...
UNESCO, (2000)
Assessment of Children and Young Persons in Prisons, Correction Home and Police Custody in Nepal Despite the ratification of several multilateral human rights treaties, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),and the enactment of the Child Rights Act, children who come into conflict in Nepal with the law face serious problems w...
UNICEF, (2006)
Decentralize Planning for the Child Programme Achham Districts Development Committee Nepal Nepal ranks at 144th out of 174 countries in terms of the Human Development Index (UNDP,1999).It is the poorest social sector performer in the entire South Asia region, the situation of children and women in worse. Nepal has ratified both CEDAW and C...
UNICEF, (2000)
Costing the Child Grant Expansion in Nepal The Government of Nepal introduced its Child Grant in 2009/10 with the primary objective of supporting better nutrition for children under five years of age. Like other social security schemes implemented by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local ...
UNICEF, (2016)
Nutritional Impact of the Child Grant - An Evidence from Karnali Zone, Nepal Nepal has achieved significant progress in poverty reduction since 2004, the nutritional status of children remains as a major concern (World Bank 2014). According to the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey in 2011 (NDHS), 29 per cent of children und...
UNICEF, (2014)
इम्जाकाे झस्काे वातावरण विनाशले पृथ्वी र यहाँ बस् ने जीवजन्तुलाई धेरै प्रकारले प्रभाव पादै छ। विभिन् ठाउकाे जलवायुमा परिवर्तन आएको छ। जाडो ठउँमा गर्मी बढेको छ। पानि नपने ठउँमा पानि पने थालेकाे छ। हिमालमा हिउँ र हिमनदी पग्लेर एकतिर बाढी अाउने र अकाेतिर नदिनाला सुक्ने...
-UNDP, (2018)
नागदहका माछा वातावरण विनाशले पृथ्वी र यहाँ बस् ने जीवजन्तुलाई धेरै प्रकारले प्रभाव पादै छ। विभिन् ठाउकाे जलवायुमा परिवर्तन आएको छ। जाडो ठउँमा गर्मी बढेको छ। पानि नपने ठउँमा पानि पने थालेकाे छ। हिमालमा हिउँ र हिमनदी पग्लेर एकतिर बाढी अाउने र अकाेतिर नदिनाला सुक्ने...
-UNDP, (2018)
रङ्गीन विष वातावरण विनाशले पृथ्वी र यहाँ बस् ने जीवजन्तुलाई धेरै प्रकारले प्रभाव पादै छ। विभिन् ठाउकाे जलवायुमा परिवर्तन आएको छ। जाडो ठउँमा गर्मी बढेको छ। पानि नपने ठउँमा पानि पने थालेकाे छ। हिमालमा हिउँ र हिमनदी पग्लेर एकतिर बाढी अाउने र अकाेतिर नदिनाला सुक्ने...
-UNDP, (2018)
OHCHR-­Nepal and UNICEF-­Nepal Joint Press Release 15 September 2006 UN agencies concerned that children are again used in demonstrations KATHMANDU, September 15: United Nations agencies are concerned that children are again being deployed by adults to participate in demonstrations and rallies. “We are worried about their safety, we are worried that they are missing school, and we ...
UNOHCHR, UNICEF, (2006)
OHCHR-Nepal calls for an end to CPN-Maoist abuses, releases report OHCHR-Nepal today publicly released a document setting out its major concerns regarding human rights abuses committed by CPN-Maoist cadres since its ceasefire declaration of 26 April.The 8-page document was delivered to the CPN-Maoist on 11 September...
UNOHCHR, (2006)
South Asia Booklet on Child-relevant Socioeconomic Indicators The social indicators in this collection are well-established. Some economic indicators are selected to show the performance of the economy as a basis for the capacity of the country,and families, to provide for children. #Children #EconomicIndica...
UNICEF, (2006)
Violence Against Children in Nepal Corporal punishment and other acts that humiliate children (including verbal humiliation) are accepted practice in Nepal, in both schools and in home and are used as means to modify the behavior of children. The majority of educated people in Nepal a...
UNICEF, CIVICT, (2006)
Violence Against Children in Nepal In 2002, a pioneering study was conducted by CWIN and Save the Children Norway- Nepal (SCNN) among school children and out-of-school children in order to identify; their level of understanding of child sexual abuse; and the prevalence of child sexual...
CWIN, UNICEF, (2006)
Karnali Drought Response Standard Project Report 2016 - World Food Programme in Nepal, State of (NP) Geography plays a critical role in determining the degree of food insecurity in Nepal.Nepal was ranked as ‘serious' on the 2015 Global Hunger Index. The remote and mountainous Mugu and Jumla districts of Karnali are particularly vulnerable, with lim...
WFP, (2016)
Parents Mind Set of Education Investment for Daughters The Nepal Ministry of Education’s data reveal that 95% of children are enrolled in primary schools with gender parity! It is therefore likely that Nepal is going to achieve the Millennium Development Goal on promoting gender equality (Ministry of Edu...
UNICEF, (2013)
लिटिल डायनाे वातावरण संरक्षणकाे महत्व नबुझनाले वा यसबारे हेलचेऋ्याइँ गनाले मानिसले वातावरण बिग्नने, बिगानेे काम अाफै गदै छ। बन जङ्गल विनाश हुदै छ। बाढी, पहिराे, भूक्षय, मरभूमीकरण तीव रुपमा भइरहेकाे छ। धुलाे, धुवाँ र विभिन् प्रकारका ग्यासबाट वायुमण्डल दूषित हुदै छ...
-UNDP, (2018)
HUMAN TRAFFICKING, HUMAN RIGHTS AND MIGRATION NHRC/ONRT and OHCHR Training in Dhulikel , Nepal December 20-­23, 2006 Presentation by Lena Sundh The crime of human trafficking is a serious global challenge facing human rights today.Trafficking represents the denial of all those human rights which make for a life of dignity, including the right to mobility, freedom from violence and abuse, se...
UNOHCHR, (2006)
Commission on Human Rights The Government and its security forces have shown good cooperation to OHCHR-Nepal in terms of access and availability, and have responded to communications, although some responses have fallen far short of the information requested. The Communist Par...
UNOCHA, (2006)
United Nations Children’s Fund Revised country programme document Nepal (2008-2010) Nepal has a population of over 27 million, of which 16 per cent is urban and 45 per cent under 18 years. Its physical geography ranges from the southern terai plains at less than 100 m to the northern high mountains that rise to 8,850 m. Due to limit...
UNICEF, (2007)
A PROFILE OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN NEPAL NEPAL MICS 2014 FURTHER ANALYSIS REPORT ON ADOLESCENTS In an increasingly globalized and connected world, Nepali adolescents face a number of key and unique challenges to realize their full potential. Based on findings from the latest round of the Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), this rep...
UNICEF, (2016)
CHILD-CENTRED RISK ASSESSMENT - Regional Synthesis of UNICEF Assessments in Asia Disaster risk is a function of hazard, vulnerability, exposure and capacity. It is time and place-specific, leading to potential losses in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is a systematic approach ...
UNICEF ROSA, (2014)
SMALL AREA ESTIMATION OF FOOD INSECURITY AND UNDERNUTRITION IN NEPAL Poverty, food insecurity, under nutrition and morbidity in Nepal are characterized by regional variation.Factors such as proneness to natural disasters, distribution and quality of land, access to education and health facilities, level of infrastruct...
GoV, WFP, (2014)
In Their Own Words... Nepal The Lives of Young Stone Crushers Samjhana Rajbansi, a 14-year-old student, has been crushing stone for the last five years with chores in the household, herding, and working as a stone crusher. Their family of six is striving to earn enough to cover the everyday basic needs as well ...
ILO, (2006)
Obstetric Fistula Every day, almost 800 women die from pregnancy complications. For every woman who dies, 20 or more are injured or disabled. One of the most serious injuries of childbearing is obstetric fistula, a hole in the birth canal, caused by prolonged, obstruc...
UNFPA, (2011)
Statement on The International Day to End Obstetric Fistula by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General an Executive Director Of UNFPA, The United Nations Population Fund The theme of this year International Day to End Obstetric Fistula Tracking Fistula Transforming Lives,reflects an important step forward in eradicating this preventable condition,which affects an estimated two million women and girls To treat fistula...
UNFPA, (2014)
Despite progress, 180 million children face bleaker prospects than their parents – UNICEF UNICEF is commemorating World Children’s Day, which marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, with global children’s 'take-overs', high-profile events and other activations of children in over 130 countries t...
UNICEF, (2017)
खाैराे बकुल्ला वातावरण विनाशले पृथ्वी र यहाँ बस् ने जीवजन्तुलाई धेरै प्रकारले प्रभाव पादै छ। विभिन् ठाउकाे जलवायुमा परिवर्तन आएको छ। जाडो ठउँमा गर्मी बढेको छ। पानि नपने ठउँमा पानि पने थालेकाे छ। हिमालमा हिउँ र हिमनदी पग्लेर एकतिर बाढी अाउने र अकाेतिर नदिनाला सुक्ने...
-UNDP, (2018)
Statement By: UNICEF and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal - "Keep Children Free from Harm". There are alarming and confirmed reports of children participating in violent protests and bandhs. In Nepalgunj, for example, on 3 and 4 February, a considerable number of children aged between seven and fifteen years old, some of whom carried sticks...
UNICEF, OHCHR, (2008)
Promoting The Health Of Left-Behind Children Of Asian Labour Migrants: Evidence For Policy And Action Despite the political discourse on migration becoming an important issue in the global development agenda, the mental and physical health implications for left-behind children of migrant workers have received less attention. And the current evide...
IOM, MPI, (2015)
OHCHR­Nepal UNICEF­Nepal Joint Press Release On the occasion of the 17 Anniversary of the Adoption of the Convention of the Rights of the Child This is the joint press release of OHCHR and UNICEF in Nepal which appeals for the Government and CPN ­Maoist to place the rights and wellbeing of children among their key priorities in the implementation of the peace process. OHCHR and UNICEF are w...
OHCHR, UNICEF, (2006)
Investigating the Worst Forms of Child Labour No. 2 Nepal Trafficking in Girls With Special Reference to Prostitution: A Rapid Assessment The exploitative practice of child labour has come to be recognized as a major socio-economic problem. Child labour jeopardizes children’s potential to become productive adults, robbing them of their health, their education and their prospects for a ...
IPEC/ILO, TU, CDPS, (2001)
WFP Nepal Country Brief The Country Programme (CP) supports the Government of Nepal in enhancing the food and nutrition security of vulnerable communities and increasing resilience to disasters.The CP covers four areas: 1. Livelihoods creation provides seasonal employment ...
WFP, (2016)
UNESCO Condemns Placement of Explosives at Kathmandu Schools. UNESCO strongly condemns the planting of multiple Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and suspicious objects near school buildings around the Kathmandu Valley, out of which three exploded in the early morning of 20 September 2016. “It is unacceptabl...
UNESCO, (2016)
UNICEF Condemns the Bomb Incidents at Schools in Kathmandu UNICEF condemned the placement and explosion of bombs at more than half a dozen schools in Kathmandu Valley today. According to reports, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and suspicious packages were placed in at least eight schools, and two of the...
UNICEF, (2016)
युनिसेफद्वारा काठमाडौँ उपत्यकाका विध्यलयाहरुमा भएको विष्फोटको भत्सर्ना युनिसेफले आज काठमाडौँ उपत्यकाका आधा दर्जनभन्दा धेरै विध्यालयमा बम राखिएको र बिस्फोट गराईएको घटनाको भर्त्सना गरेको छ। खबरहरुको अनुसार , कम्तिमा आठ वटा विध्यालयमा विस्फोटक पदार्थ र संकास्पद वस्तुहरु राखिएको थियो जसमध्ये दुइ विध्यालयमा बिस्फोट भई भौतिक...
UNICEF, (2016)
The Linkage Between Women's Emloyment, Family Welfare And Child Labour in Nepal Current policies and programmes tend to address separately the problems of women’s employment and those of child labour. On the one hand, efforts to promote women’s employment often do not go on to address related factors, such as how empowerment can...
ILO, (2010)
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NEPAL Statement to the Press Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the General Assembly Ian Martin Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal The first Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the General Assembly on the human rights situation and the activities of her Office in Nepal was released in New York during Dashain. We have a Nepali translation of the Report available h...
UNOHCHR, (2005)
Internal Trafficking Among Children and Youth Engaged In Prostitution The present study Internal Trafficking Among Children and Youth Engaged in Prostitution attempts to identify the causes and elements of trafficking among children and youth engaged in prostitution in the Kathmandu Valley. The study, under the ILO...
ILO, (2002)
UNICEF Nepal Working Paper Series - Cost of Infaction Child and Adolescent Marriage in Nepal Nepal’s transitioning population pattern has produced favorable demographic conditions characterized by declining dependency ratios and expanding working age population. This demographic environment represents a window of opportunity for Nepal's long...
UNICEF, (2014)
Country Programme Action Plan 2018-2022 The Basic Cooperation Agreement (BCA) concluded between the Government and UNICEF on 21 February 1996 provides the basis of the relationship between the Government and UNICEF. This CPAP for the period of 2018 to 2022 is to be interpreted and implemen...
GON, UNICEF, (2018)
National Workshop on EFA Goal of Early Childhood Development clarifying The Concept And Policy Guidlines A National Workshop on Meeting the EFA Goal of Early Childhood Development: Clarifying the Concept and Policy Guidelines was organized jointly by the Department of Education, Ministry of Education and Sports and UNESCO Country Office, Nepal from 21 t...
GoN, UNESCO, (2003)
Winning People’s Will For Girl Child Education: Community Mobilisation for Gender Equality in Basic Education-A Case Study Nepal’s approach to education is changing and recent developments towards increasingly child-friendly education, and inclusive schooling are encouraging. The growth in NFE initiatives has allowed for greater access to education for many people tradit...
UNESCO, (2005)
What’s the Difference? This report describes an early childhood program in Nepal and the dramatic effects it has had over just a few years, not only for young children, but for their families and communities. It looks in particular at the impact the program has had on chil...
UNICEF, (2003)
Bulletin of the World Health Organization - Modelling the Effectiveness of Financing Policies to Address Underutilization of Children’s Health Services in Nepal Reference: Pokhrel, Subhash; Hidayat, Budi; Flessa, Steffen; Sauerborn, Rainer (2002). Bulletin of the World Health Organization - Modelling the Effectiveness of Financing Policies to Address Underutilization of Children’s Health Services in Nepal, W...
WHO, (2005)
“Protect the Rights of Children” The United Nations'Children Fund(UNICEF) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal(OHCHR-Nepal) are increasingly concerned about the use of children in demonstrations by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) which...
UNICEF, UNOHCHR, (2010)
Policy Advocacy And Partnership For Childrens Rights This report presents the progress and lessons learned from two years of new initiatives around the world that would not have been possible without the support of donors. The increase in thematic funding has allowed the area of Policy, Advocacy and Pa...
UNICEF, (2007)
Nepal’s Every Newborn Action Plan Government of Nepal Ministry of Health 2016 The intrinsic link between the survival and health of newborns, stillbirths and the survival, health and nutrition of all women of reproductive age, including before, during, between and after pregnancy is clear. The Nepal's Every Newborn Action Pla...
GoN, UNICEF, WHO, (2016)
Organization Quarterly Progress Updates Gorkha October 2016- December 2016 District Development Committee Gorkha Prepared by UNDP Gorkha Recovery and Reconstruction Coordination Forum After the April 25,015 earthquake, ECO-Nepal has been implementing humanitarian actions and interventions in various VDCs of Gorkha in assistance/partnership of Dan Church Aid (DCA). Nepal Earthquake Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (3R) proje...
GoN, UNDP, (2016)
Organization Quarterly Progress Updates Gorkha October 2016- December 2016 District Development Committee Gorkha Prepared by UNDP Gorkha Recovery and Reconstruction Coordination Forum After the April 25,015 earthquake, ECO-Nepal has been implementing humanitarian actions and interventions in various VDCs of Gorkha in assistance/partnership of Dan Church Aid (DCA). Nepal Earthquake Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (3R) proje...
GoN, UNDP, (2016)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Board Second Regular Session 2017 12-15 September 2017 Comments by the United States UNICEF Draft Country Programme Document, Nepal, 2018-2022 One of the key considerations for a successful health program is timely procurement and efficient supply chain management, particularly for child health products, including vaccines. They may also want to engage and play a stronger role in the public...
UNICEF, (2017)
Humanitarian Action for Children On 25 April 2015, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale struck Nepal with its epicentre 80 km east/northeast of the capital Kathmandu in Gorkha District. On 12 May, Nepal was hit again by a magnitude 7.3 aftershock with its ...
UN, (2015)
UNICEF reiterates calls to halt Inter-country adoptions in Nepal UNICEF has endorsed the findings by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference delivered to the Government of Nepal today – to suspend inter country adoptions here. The report on Inter-country adoption in Nepal follows an invitation by the Governm...
UNICEF, (2010)
Migration Health Center An IOM medical practitioner shares a light moment with a migrant child vising IOM migration health center. IOM Nepal provides support to the Government of Nepal and Nepali migrants both in terms of access to high-quality health services and promote e...
IOM, (2018)
School inside Camp in Eastern region Bhutanese refugee children attending school inside camp in Eastern region. IOM facilitated resettlement process of over 113,000 Bhutanese refugees by the end of December 2019. #UN #UNNepal #IOM #Butaneserefugee #Easternregion #IOM #SDG #Resettlemen...
IOM, (2014)
Press Release: United Nations, Government of Nepal and UCPN-M sign action plan for discharge of Minors Disqualified from the Maoist Army The UCPN-M has been listed as a party to conflict recruiting and using children in five Annual Reports of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict. The party needs to fully comply with the Action Plan in order to be removed from this list...
UNMIN, UNICEF, (2009)
बाल विवाह अन्त्यका लागी राष्ट्रिय रणनिति, २०७२ बिबाह गर्ने वा नगर्ने बिषय प्रत्येक व्यक्तिको नैसर्गिक अधिकार हो । मानव अधिकारको दृष्टिकोणबाट आफुले रोजेको व्यक्तिसंग बिबाह गर्न पैने र आफनो भबिष्यको मार्गचित्र तय गर्न प्रत्येक नागरिकको हक अधिकार सुनिश्चित हुनुपर्द छ ।यसका लागि प्राय सबै मुलुकहरुको ...
UNOHCHR, (2013)
बालबालिका र राजनिति नेपाली कानुनले १६ वर्ष भन्दा कम उमेरकालाई बालबालिका मानेको छ भने अन्तराष्ट्रीय कानूनले १८ वर्ष भन्दा कम उमेरकाहरुलाई बालबालिका मान्छ। नेपालले बालअधिकार महासन्धिलाई सन १९९० मा अनुमोदन गर्नुका साथै सशस्त्र द्वन्द्वमा परेको बालबालिका सम्बन्धी एच्छिक आले...
UNMIN, (2007)
DDC/VDC/Municipality Information Booklet for the Rights and Development of Children and Women Information Booklet Development objectives of the state can not be attained without direct involvement of local government representatives in affairs that affect the daily lives of people. Therefore in order to educate and sensitive local government representatives on h...
UNICEF,ASSOCIATION OF DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES OF NEPAL(ADDC/N), (1996)
Secretary General’s Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict The report covers compliance and progress in ending six grave violations against children by parties to armed conflict: recruitment and use of children,killing and maiming of children, rape and other grave sexual violence, abductions, attacks on scho...
UN, (2009)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict visit to Nepal to finalize the release of minors from Maoist army cantonments The focus of the visit will be on ensuring progress in the discharge of nearly 3,000 Maoist army personnel verified as minors during the United Nations-led verification process completed in December 2007. The children should all have been discharged ...
UN, (2009)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict: Press Conference in Kathmandu (5 Dec 2008) It is my pleasure to introduce to you Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. It’s a post that Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed her to in April 2006 and Secretary-general Ban Ki...
UNMIN, (2008)
Visit of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict During the visit, Ms. Coomaraswamy will ascertain first hand the impact of the conflict on children. She will pay particular attention to the issue of the release and the reintegration of former child soldiers as well as the current use of children b...
UNMIN, (2008)
World Health Organization 2014: A Wealth of Information on Global Public Health Highlights: 1. Between 2000 and 2012, measles deaths worldwide have been cut by almost 80% – from 562000 to 122000 deaths. 2. Human African trypanosomiasis (commonly known as sleeping sickness) is at its lowest level in 50 years, with fewer than 10...
WHO, (2014)
Schools as Zones of Peace The UN System in Nepal expresses its deep concern at the increasing number of attacks on schools by some youth activists that are endangering the lives of children and jeopardising their right to education. In May 2011 the Government of Nepal endorse...
UNICEF, UNESCO, (2011)
ENDING CHILD MARRIAGE IN NEPAL In 12 countries with some of the world’s highest rates of child brides, UNICEF and UNFPA have joined forces through a Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage. For the first time, existing strategies in areas like health, child pro...
UNICEF, UNFPA, (2016)
Innovathon Nepal NCO May 2015 Over the last few decades, Nepal made significant advancements in social development despite its ongoing socioeconomic complexities and geographical challenges.The data visionary and global health expert, Hans Rosling quoted in his recent visit to Ne...
UNICEF, (2015)
Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014 he Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out in 2014 by Central Bureau of Statistics, Government of Nepal, as part of the Global MICS Programme.Technical support was provided by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF...
UNICEF, GoN, (2015)
UNICEF Child Protection Earthquake Response April - May 2015 Six weeks have passed since a 7.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged Nepal on April 25 2015. Since then, the country has experienced hundreds of aftershocks, including aftershocks with a magnitude of 7.3 and 6.3 on 12 May. These earthquakes and aftershocks...
UNICEF, (2015)
Statement to the Press:Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary General in Nepal (18 February 2008) I am deeply concerned at incidents in several towns and other locations in the Tarai which have resulted in one death and many serious injuries. In a number of places across the eastern, central and mid-western Tarai, OHCHR and UNMIN teams were pres...
UNMIN, (2008)
Assignment Report on the Public Health Nursing and Training Aspects of the Integration of Maternal and Child Health Services Reference: Miss Stubbs, B.J. (1968). Assignment Report on the Public Health Nursing and Training Aspects of the Integration of Maternal and Child Health Services, Nepal (WHO Project: Nepal 0008), WHO.URL-http://apps.who.int/iris/ This report deals wi...
WHO, (1968)
यु यन वोमन unwomen लैंगिक समानता र महिला शाशातिकरनका यु यन वोमन लैंगिक समानता र महिला शाशातिकरनका लागि सयुता रासत संघको निकाएको रुपमा यहि २०११ जनुर्वरी १ देखि सनाचालन आउदै छ । सयुत रासतसघ महासभाको जुलाई २, २०१० को बैठकले बिस्वबयापी रुपमा महिला तथा बालिकाहरुका आवयेकतालाइ पुरा गर्ने कार्यलाइ तिबता दिन ...
UNWOMEN, (2011)
Decentralised Planning for the Child Programme : Baseline Survey Report : Humla District Nepal ranks at 144th out of 174 countries in terms of the Human Development Index (UNDP, 1999). It is the poorest social sector performer in the entire South Asia region, the situation of children and women is worse. Nepal has ratified both Conventio...
UNICEF, GoN, MSI, NEW ERA, (2000)
Decentralised Planning for the Child Programme : Baseline Survey Report : Kaplivastu District Nepal ranks 144th out of 174 countries in terms of the Human Development Index (UNDP, 1999). It is the poorest social sector performer in the entire South Asia region, the situation of children and women is worse. Nepal has ratified both CEDAW and CR...
UNICEF, GoN, MSI, NEW ERA, (2000)
Living a Dignified Life The UNAIDS Representative to Nepal and Bhutan had the pleasure today,Wednesday 12 March 2014,of welcoming Carolyn Miles, President and Executive Director of Save the Children to the UNAIDS Country Office in Kathmandu.She was accompanied by Tara Chet ...
UNAIDS, (2014)
National Plan of Action for Children, Nepal (2004/5-2014/15)-Approved by the Council of Ministrys, Government of Nepal, on 3 September 2012 and Implimented The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) on 20 November 1989. It sets out the legal, political, financial, social and cultural rights of children. In response to an ...
GoN, UNICEF, (2012)
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