Local Initiatives
Name: Women’s Resource Centre (WRC)
During the aftermath of the Sri Lankan Civil War (1983-2009), thousands of war widows became the…
Read More >Name: Towards Responsive Citizens
Women’s participation in the political processes is key to sustaining peace in Sri Lanka. Women, however,…
Read More >Name: The Alternative Bridge to Community Development
According to government figures, over 52% of the population in northwestern Mindanao in the Philippines live…
Read More >Name: Kadtabanga Foundation for Peace and Development Advocates
The Mindanao conflict that lasted over two decades had a profound impact on the lives of…
Read More >Name: Umang Development Foundation (UDF)
Over 40% of women who have been married in Pakistan report experiencing intimate partner violence. Punjab,…
Read More >Name: The Awakening
There is a clear gendered dimension to extremism. Women are often targets of violence, and extremism…
Read More >Name: Society for Mobilization Advocacy and Justice (SMAAJ)
'Honour' killings are among the most heinous forms of institutionalized violence women face. In Baluchistan, one…
Read More >Name: Peace and Justice Network (PJN)
Haripur District is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Like other districts in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas,…
Read More >Name: Management and Development Foundation (MDF)
Women were encouraged to play a greater role in the electoral process during the last local…
Read More >Name: Community for Common Good
Electoral processes are one of the most fundamental ways citizens take part in shaping the political…
Read More >Name: Natural Aceh
In Indonesia, the 2005 Peace Agreement ended conflicts between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh…
Read More >Name: The Asian Muslim Action Network Foundation (AMAN)
In March 2014, Indonesia launched its "National Action Plans for the Protection and Empowerment of Women…
Read More >Name: Women and Peace Studies Organization (WPSO)
The Women and Peace Studies Organization (WPSO) in Afghanistan was established to advocate for women leaders…
Read More >Name: Radio Azad
The province of Balkh lies in northeast Afghanistan bordering Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. As elsewhere in the…
Read More >Name: Women’s Progress Centre (WPC)
In Kanchanpur, Nepal many men migrate for work leaving behind women and children. While internal migration…
Read More >Name: Sankalpa Community Based Rehabilitation
Gadi municipality, located in the Sunsari district, was heavily impacted by the decade-long conflict in Nepal…
Read More >Name: SAMABESHI Foundation (SF)
Dalit people are stigmatized as 'polluted', 'impure', and 'untouchable'. Dalit women are further stigmatized because of…
Read More >Name: Rural Development Centre, Nepal (RDC)
Rautahat District, Nepal are composed of communities that are made up of Muslim and Hindu populations and…
Read More >Name: Rural Community Development Services Council (RCDSC)
The Dalits and Muslim communities in Nepal are among the most marginalized and economically vulnerable populations…
Read More >Name: Radha Paudel Foundation (RPF)
The historic 2017 local elections in Nepal resulted in many women attaining leadership positions for the…
Read More >Name: Protection Nepal – Kalaiya
The Bara district of Nepal has remained a hotspot for ethnic and religious conflict, and new…
Read More >Name: Panchami UNESCO Association
In the 2017 Nepal local elections, parties had to ensure that 20% of those elected to…
Read More >Name: Media Advocacy Group (MAG)
While much progress has been made in Nepal since the end of the conflict in 2006…
Read More >Name: Madhesh Society Welfare Center (MSWC)
The Madeshi community of Nepal is a non-Nepali speaking community that has continued to protest the…
Read More >Name: Kamaiya Pratha Unmualan Samaj (KAPUS)
Kamaiya and Kalmari are exploitative systems of bonded labour that were abolished in Nepal in 2000…
Read More >Name: Information and Human Right Research Center (IHRC)
Nepalgunj is a diverse, multi-cultural and multi religious sub-district in Nepal with the two main religious…
Read More >Name: Human Rights Consciousness and Development Centre (HUCODEC)
Sexual violence, as a weapon of war and exacerbated by tensions in the aftermath of emergencies,…
Read More >Name: Freed Kamaiya Women Development Forum (FKWDF)
Kamaiya and Kalmari are systems of bonded labour that were abolished in Nepal in 2000 and…
Read More >Name: FMDC, Media for Development and Social Change
While concerted actions have been made at the policy level to address challenges around women, peace…
Read More >Name: Digo Bikash Samaj
Women, particularly from discriminated castes in Nepal, are excluded from decision-making processes. They struggle to bring…
Read More >Name: Community Solutions Initiative (CSI)
During the decade long conflict in Nepal that ended in 2006 with the signing of the…
Read More >Name: Collective Campaign for Peace
Despite the critical role women human rights defenders play in Nepal, the work they conduct places…
Read More >Name: Center for Women’s Awareness and Development (CWAD)
The historic success of local elections held in Nepal 2017 was seen by many as proof…
Read More >Name: Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal (NCBL)
Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal (NCBL) is a not-for-profit organization that aims to raise awareness on the…
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