WELCOME & NAMASTE FROMNEPAL

Country Report
Gender Mainstreaming Policies forGovernment Officers(JFY 2011)
Job and country Report
Presented by: Dhan Prasad Koirala
Name of the Organization: District
Development committee, Syangja.
Country: Nepal
E-mail : dhankoirala@yahoo.com
Fax : 977-63-420458, 977-63-420426

HOW DO YOU KNOWABOUT NEPAL?

HOME OF HIGHEST PEAK MT.EVERESTOR DUE TO
BIRTH PLACE OF LORD BUDDHALET’S KNOW
MORE ABOUT IT.

2-Basic information on federal republic of Nepal
Nepal is a federal republic that islandlocked and situated in south Asia
between China in the north and India inthe south. it is a multiparty democracy
headed by constitutional president
administered by a prime minister at thenational level with a Constitutional
Assembly of 601 elected members and alocal government system which is atpresent supervised by the Ministry oflocal development.

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By a Local Self Governance Act in 1999 tobuild on and improve the existinglegislative framework fordecentralization within the board
democratic environment. the LSGA wasenacted to enhance participation ofpeople, including ethnic communities,
indigenous people and the downtrodden
socio-economic backward groups to raisesocial ethnicity and distribution ofdevelopment.

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The Syangja District which has 2
Municipalities and 60 Village
Development Committee is one suchdecentralized entities. It covers an
area of 1164 square kilo meter on an
altitude of 366 meter and a populationof 3,17,320 people made up of 1,73,701
females and 1,43,619 males.

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Nepal has a population of about 27.1
million that is made up of 103 ethnic
groups, 59 indigenous Castes,93 spoken
languages, diverse culture and life
style in 75 Districts, 58 Municipalitiesand 3,913 Village Development
committees. It covers an area of
1,47,181squaremeter. More than 70% of
this population work in Agriculture.

1. QUICK VIEW TO NEPAL
RegionTerai
Hilly
Mountainous

Height70‐300m
600‐3,000m
3,000‐8,848m

ClimateTropicalTemperate
Alpine‐Tundra

GEOGRAPHICAL
Location

Nepal is landlocked country situated in south
between China in north and India in South.

Area

1,47,181 sq. KM

Asia,

POPULATION
Total Population

27.1 million

Growth Rate

2.24%

Life expectancy
67 years.
Literacy rate

53.74%
Male: 68.51%
Female: 42.49%

Child mortality rate

48per 1000 live birthMaternal mortality rate
281 per 100,000

POLITICAL
Form

Federal Democratic Republic
decleared on 28th may, 2008)

Political System

Multi Party Democracy.

Head of the state

Constitutional President

Head of Government

Executive Prime- Minister

JudiciaryA) Supreme courtB) Appellate courtC) District court

Administrative

Developmental Regions-5
Zone -14
Districts-75

CapitalKathmanduof Nepal (ECONOMY
GDPI

Agriculture-40%
Industries- 22%
Service- 37%

Labor force %Agriculture – 81%
Industries – 3%Service – 11%
Other – 5%

SOCIETY´ More than 103 ethnic groups´ 59 Indigenous Castes´ 93 Spoken Languages and officiallanguage Nepali.
´ Variety of Cultures and Diverse Lifestyle´ Major FestivalsDashain¾ Tihar¾ Holi¾ Chhat¾

A LADY FROM GURUNG COMMUNITYNEWARI CULTURAL DANCEKUMARI-LIVING GODDESS OF NEPALMADHESI COMMUNITY WOMENCELEBRATING CHHATAKIRATI DANCEARCHITECTURE OF NEPALARCHITECTURE OF NEPAL

CRAFTSNEPAL AND GEMSIP PILOT DISTRICTSSYANGJA- DISTRICT HEADQUARTERQUICK REVIEW OF SYANGJA DISTRICT´ Includes-2 Municipality and 60 VDC.
´ Area : 1164 sq KM´ Altitude: 366 m´ Population : 317320 ( Female:173701 &Male143619)´ Life expectancy: 67.7 years´ Literacy : 57.5%´ Population under poverty line : 35.1%

CONTD…
3-Three major issues in mainstreaming
gender in our country-Gender equality and social inclusion.
-Local self-governance-Poverty reduction.

4-MY job descriptions My job descriptions-in the District Development
Committee includes the following and more-To establish and maintain good relationshipand co-ordination with DDC, VDCs, NGOs, INGO,
private organizations and district level lineagencies.
-Facilitation of different programs andactivities of GEMSIP at the District and VDClevels as members of GESI Implementation
Committee in Syangja district.
-Conduction oftraining/workshop/seminar/meeting etc.

Continue-Strengthening and capacity building of local
government bodies and community organization-Monitoring and supervision of social issues invarious program and projects implemented
through DDC.
-Preparation of different types of reports
covering work progress, problem faced,lessons learned and recommendation.
-Feasibility study and socio-economic impact
assessment of rural infrastructure works

5- Issue(s) to be addressed in mainstreaming gender -:Rising Awareness , Knowledge and idea
sharing program In All Parties mechanism
In Syangja District Level.

6-Justification for choosing the above issue(s):In Syangja District level in Nepal, parties
mechanism do not make sufficient Gender
responsive planning or open up opportunities
for the participation of vulnerable and othermarginalized or target groups in the planning
process to enable them establish ownership.
we have some points of difficulties in local
level, so I would like to sensitize them infollowing points.-All parties mechanism do not make sufficient
Gender responsive plan.

continue-All party mechanism and other marginal groups
are not make sufficient common concept andgender sensitization each other.
-Bottom up planning process like follow up andmonitoring process also cannot build gender
responsive or ownership- All party have co-coordinating and inclusive
power from district level to local level.
-Mainly they involve on bottom up planning
process and district level budgeting..

continue-But number of participation rate ofvulnerable groups on planning process islow.
- After this programmes they enforced
on women and ethnic, marginalizedgrouped like dalit,janajati, muslim,madhesi and others in bottom upplanning.

7-Useful knowledge and skills gained through thisprogram in order to take action against the above
issue(s) In the course of this training in Japan, I
learnt lessons in participatory cycle
management in Gender Mainstreaming andrealized that in order to achieve a whollysocially inclusive development and promote
Gender Equality in the Syangja District,there is a need to raise awareness amongst
the parties and all stakeholders /vulnerable,
marginalized or target groups etc, and shareknowledge and experience in the bottom upplanning process on all parties mechanism.

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SO, I would like to do this, firstly in myoffice.
1-To conduct orientation meeting or workshop on
Gender Mainstreaming and Social Inclusion
perspectives with all parties mechanism indistrict level.
1.1-TO share knowledge,ideas,skillsand
experience on gender equity to build theircapacities
1.2-To constitute committee to monitor,supervise and implement district development
plan.
1.3-To make reports of meetings and work

8-Action plan on mainstreaming gender in yourcountry1-Project -Rasing Awareness , Knowledge andidea sharing program In All Parties mechanism
In Syangja District Level.
2-Project period: August ,2011 October.2011.
3-Target area:Syangja District
3-Target beneficiary (ies):All Party Mechanism. Of Syangja District.
4-Implementing agency: District Development
Committee Syangja.
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5-Overall Goal:-Equitable society is established atdistrict level
6-Project- All party mechanisms makegender responsive and social inclusive
district development plans.

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7-Activities1.-TO conduct meetings on Gender Mainstreaming andSocial Inclusion perspectives with all parties
mechanism in districtsl.
1.1- To share knowledge,ideas skills and experience ongender equity to build their capacities
1.2-To constitute committee to monitor, supervise andimplement district development plan.
1.3-To make reports of meetings and work progress.

8-Outputs1- All party mechanisms -Increaseawareness, knowledge and build capacity
to make district development plans.
2-All parties mechanism to make gender
responsive and social inclusive plan at
district level.

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