CSO Local Initiatives

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…

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Name: Towards Responsive Citizens

Women’s participation in the political processes is key to sustaining peace in Sri Lanka. Women, however,…

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Name: The Alternative Bridge to Community Development

According to government figures, over 52% of the population in northwestern Mindanao in the Philippines live…

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Name: Kadtabanga Foundation for Peace and Development Advocates

The Mindanao conflict that lasted over two decades had a profound impact on the lives of…

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Name: Umang Development Foundation (UDF)

Over 40% of women who have been married in Pakistan report experiencing intimate partner violence. Punjab,…

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Name: The Awakening

There is a clear gendered dimension to extremism. Women are often targets of violence, and extremism…

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Name: Society for Mobilization Advocacy and Justice (SMAAJ)

'Honour' killings are among the most heinous forms of institutionalized violence women face.  In Baluchistan, one…

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Name: Peace and Justice Network (PJN)

Haripur District is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Like other districts in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas,…

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Name: Management and Development Foundation (MDF)

Women were encouraged to play a greater role in the electoral process during the last local…

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Name: Community for Common Good

Electoral processes are one of the most fundamental ways citizens take part in shaping the political…

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Name: Natural Aceh

In Indonesia, the 2005 Peace Agreement ended conflicts between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh…

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Name: The Asian Muslim Action Network Foundation (AMAN)

In March 2014, Indonesia launched its "National Action Plans for the Protection and Empowerment of Women…

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Name: Women and Peace Studies Organization (WPSO)

The Women and Peace Studies Organization (WPSO) in Afghanistan was established to advocate for women leaders…

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Name: Radio Azad

The province of Balkh lies in northeast Afghanistan bordering Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. As elsewhere in the…

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Name: Women’s Progress Centre (WPC)

In Kanchanpur, Nepal many men migrate for work leaving behind women and children. While internal migration…

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Name: Sankalpa Community Based Rehabilitation

Gadi municipality, located in the Sunsari district, was heavily impacted by the decade-long conflict in Nepal…

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Name: SAMABESHI Foundation (SF)

Dalit people are stigmatized as 'polluted', 'impure', and 'untouchable'. Dalit women are further stigmatized because of…

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Name: Rural Development Centre, Nepal (RDC)

Rautahat District, Nepal are composed of communities that are made up of Muslim and Hindu populations and…

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Name: Rural Community Development Services Council (RCDSC)

The Dalits and Muslim communities in Nepal are among the most marginalized and economically vulnerable populations…

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Name: Radha Paudel Foundation (RPF)

The historic 2017 local elections in Nepal resulted in many women attaining leadership positions for the…

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Name: Protection Nepal – Kalaiya

The Bara district of Nepal has remained a hotspot for ethnic and religious conflict, and new…

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Name: Panchami UNESCO Association

In the 2017 Nepal local elections, parties had to ensure that 20% of those elected to…

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Name: Media Advocacy Group (MAG)

While much progress has been made in Nepal since the end of the conflict in 2006…

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Name: Madhesh Society Welfare Center (MSWC)

The Madeshi community of Nepal is a non-Nepali speaking community that has continued to protest the…

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Name: Kamaiya Pratha Unmualan Samaj (KAPUS)

Kamaiya and Kalmari are exploitative systems of bonded labour that were abolished in Nepal in 2000…

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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…

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Name: Human Rights Consciousness and Development Centre (HUCODEC)

Sexual violence, as a weapon of war and exacerbated by tensions in the aftermath of emergencies,…

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Name: Freed Kamaiya Women Development Forum (FKWDF)

Kamaiya and Kalmari are systems of bonded labour that were abolished in Nepal in 2000 and…

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Name: FMDC, Media for Development and Social Change

While concerted actions have been made at the policy level to address challenges around women, peace…

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Name: Digo Bikash Samaj

Women, particularly from discriminated castes in Nepal, are excluded from decision-making processes. They struggle to bring…

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Name: Community Solutions Initiative (CSI)

During the decade long conflict in Nepal that ended in 2006 with the signing of the…

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Name: Collective Campaign for Peace

Despite the critical role women human rights defenders play in Nepal, the work they conduct places…

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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…

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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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