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"Ensuring recognition of sexual violence as a tool of conflict in the Nepal peace building process through documentation and provision of comprehensive services to women and girl survivors"
Abstract:
The project aimed at ensuring recognition of sexual violence as a tool of conflict in the Nepal peace building process by documenting conflict-related sexual violence incidents by providing comprehensive services to women and girl survivors. The incidents of sexual violence have not been officially recognized by the Government, and survivors remain silent and continue to suffer from physical and psychological effects of the violence. Survivors of sexual violence often face ostracism. The project used reproductive health camp as an entry point to document potential cases of survivors of SGBV. These camps offered an environment where confidentiality and safety are ensured and survivors can access psycho-social and legal counselling services in addition to medical services. During the project period, over 36,471 women and girls have benefited from mobile reproductive health camps in 14 of the most conflict affected districts of the country. The project deployed two multi-disciplinary teams comprising of six different NGOs to conflict affected areas. Each team conducted mobile reproductive health camps (6 days initially and follow-up camp for 4 days) in two VDCs of each district. Clients and survivors who participated in the camps were referred to various services based on their needs, encompassing psychosocial and legal support, shelter and rehabilitation and uterus prolapse surgeries. Women#conflict#survivors#sexual harassment#genderviolence#
Publisher: UNICEF Type / Script:
Annual Report  in  English
Keywords:
 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, RAPE, RAPE VICTIMS, SEX CRIMES, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, FORCED PROSTITUTION
Thematic Group:
UNICEF, (2012)
Thesaurus:
14.02.01 - Discrimination
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