Empowering People To Enjoy Their Right To Information For Greater Accountability Of Nepal's Power Holders February 2013-July 2016
The UNESCO Office in Kathmandu started the implementation of the 3-year project which is termed as Empowering people to enjoy their Right to Information (RTI) for greater accountability of Nepal’s power holders on 1 February 2013 and successfully con...
UNESCO, (2016)
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Brief on Work in Freedom Programme in Nepal
For many in Nepal, migration is an important alternative to the realities of home. People move long distances in pursuit of jobs for varying reasons ranging from economic aspirations or loss of habitat resulting from processes of economic transformat...
ILO, (2016)
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Written Statement: Submitted by International Commission of Jurists, a Non-Governmental Organization in Special Consultative Status
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) welcomes this opportunity to contribute to discussion of the human rights situation in Nepal, on the occasion of the adoption of its UPR outcome report by the Human Rights Council (HRC). In this submissio...
UN, (2016)
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From Protocol to Practice: A Bridge To Global Action On Forced Labour (The Bridge Project)
The objective of Bridge Nepal is to effectively eliminate traditional and modern slavery/forced labour systems and to significantly reduce contemporary forms of forced labour, which are often linked to human trafficking.
The project aims to put f...
ILO, (2016)
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Towards Gender Equality Through Sanitation Access
This discussion paper reviews the extensive literature on sanitation to show that inadequate access to this basic service prevents the realization of a range of human rights and of gender equality. We recognize that “dignity” is a highly culture- and...
UNWOMEN, (2016)
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Typology on Training for Gender Equality
The Typology on Training for Gender Equality is a classification of the types of training for gender equality: awareness-raising and consciousness-building, knowledge enhancement, skills training, change in attitudes/behaviours, and mobilisation for ...
UNWOMEN, (2016)
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Views of the Human Rights Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (115th session)
The author of the communication is A.S., a Nepalese national born in 1966. He submits the communication on his own behalf. He claims that Nepal has violated his rights under articles 7, 9 (1), (2) and (5), 10 (1) and 17, read in conjunction with arti...
UN, (2016)
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National Human Rights Commission’s Strategy Plan Support Project
This document is all about the invitation of UNDP which invites the interested candidate to submit a Proposal to this Request for Proposal (RFP) for the above-referenced subject.This RFP includes the following documents such as The Letter of Invitati...
UNDP, (2016)
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Children's Voices, Children's Rights: One Year After the Nepal Earthquake
Over one million children are estimated to have been affected by the earthquakes in Nepal on 25 April and 12 May 2015 which resulted in massive
destruction and the death of around 8,959 people. Children, who represent 40 per cent of the population,...
UNICEF, SAVE THE CHILDREN, PLAN INTERNATIONAL, WORLD VISION, TERRE DES HOMMES, (2016)
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Take a stand against gender-based violence - Youtube
Abstraction: November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Ending violence against women and girls is matter of human rights and ge...
UNFPA,Nepal, (2016)
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UNDP Support to the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Whilst the world in general has become more prosperous and more peaceful in recent decades, inequalities are growing in many countries and there remain significant pockets of extreme poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. Lessons learned fr...
UNDP, (2016)
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WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2016 OP-ED
On World Humanitarian Day the UN, with the partners, takes the opportunity to reflect on the dedication, sacrifice and hard-work of not only these actors and organizations but the individuals who have made a contribution to ending human suffering in ...
UN, (2016)
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Barriers to Women’s Land and Property Access and Ownership in Nepal
Land ownership is a significant indicator of wealth, power, political and social security in Nepal. Despite this, up to 25 per cent of the country’s population is estimated to be landless. Land reform efforts carried out by the Government of Nepal ha...
IOM, (2016)
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Legislative Provisions Regulating Women’s Access and Ownership of Land and Property in Nepal
Land is a scarce resource and hence contested. The demands to ensure land rights for everyone have come from all quarters. Yet, this valuable resource continues to be concentrated among the powerful, those with the means to do so, particularly men. I...
IOM, (2016)
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