Format for country report presentation on
September 22, 2010
JICA Training and Dialogue Program: Gender Mainstreaming
Policies for Government Officers

1) Name and country:• Name:• Affiliation and country :Saroj Kumar Gautam
Nepal

2. Basic information on my countryLocation

Nepal is landlocked country situated in south Asia, between china innorth and India in south.

Area

147181 Sq Km

Boundary2926 Km

ClimateCool summers and severe winter in north to sub-tropical summers andmild winters in south

Total23151423 ( Census 2001)
Male: 11563921,
Female: 11587502
28287147( Projection 2006)

Growth Rate

2.25 %

LifeExpectancy

Male: 63 years
Female: 61 Years

ReligionHindu 80.62%, Buddhist 10.74%, Muslim: 4.20% other: 4.44%

Literacy

10348472 (53.74%), Male:(42.49%)6242975 (68.51), Female: 4105470

fromHead of State
Head ofGovernment
Judiciary
Administrative
CapitalFederal Democratic Republic
on may 28th 2008)
Constitutional President
Executive Prime minister(DeclaredA)A) Supreme Court Appellate Court 16District Court:
75
Development Region 5 Zone 14, District
75Village: 3915
KatmanduGDPGDP GRCurrency
Labor force%
Settlement
pattern

Agriculture 40%,Industries 23%, Service 37%
4.9%
Rupee
Agriculture 81,Industries 3,Service 11,Other 5
Rural People 86% urban people 14%

3 Three Major Challenges / obstacles in mainstreaming genderin my country:
Patriarchal society and some discriminatory social practices.
• Insufficient and ineffective women’s participation in policy toimplementation level.
• Lack of awareness and extreme poverty.

4. Three priorities issues in the present
main national policy/plan
1. 33% women have represented on Constitutional Assembly
2. Compulsory 33% woman represent on decision level.
3. Women Right Commission formulation.

5 My job description• Head of the social development section.
• Gender focal person of DDC• District level planning, monitoring, Evaluation and reporting of Social
Inclusion program and project.
• Implement gender sensitive and social inclusion programs at district and locallevel.
• Coordination, collaboration and network with Gov/non-Gov organization(stakeholders).
• Prepare the yearly plan of social development programs• Member secretary of Social Inclusion Committees

6. Issues to be addressed in mainstreaminggender: Gender
Empowerment/Mainstreaming Sensitize Workshop for Rural Womenand Men in Minority Cast

7. Justification for choosing the above issues: Most of theNepali people live in village where rural women always busy in their household
work like cooking, fetch-water, fuel, grazing for livestock, care children, work inagriculture where men do not assist of household work so household work
have been burden for woman while men think this work have to done by
women while household responsibility is more than men.In the village level stillminority cast's women facing much gender discrimination then other higher castwomen.

8. Useful knowledge and skills gained through this program inorder to take action against the above issues
Through this training program I have learned most of the Japanese have inspired me to
devote on gender issues which I have learned in Japan I replicate this knowledge on genderawareness training after returning my country.

9. Action plan on mainstreaming gender in my country(1)Title:
Gender mainstreaming sensitize program for rural women and men inminority cast(2) Workshop period
November 2010 to May 2011
(3) Target Areas:
Morang district (4 village development committee including JICA ProjectVDCs ) Total population of these 4 VDC is population 6000X4=24000(4) Target Beneficiaries:
200 rural women and men Leader from minority cast (Dalit, madeshi, ethnic
cast, 100 women and 100 men from equal participants)(5) Implementing Agencies:
District Development Committee Morang and Local Women NGOs.

(6) Overall goal:
Women and Men of Minority cast are aware on Gender issues.

(7) Project purpose:
Gender discrimination in the minority cast between women and men reduces.
Reduce women's domestic work.

(8) Activities:
1. To conduct meeting with Village Development Committee and Local womenNGOs
2. 1.1. To Select 2 Local women NGOs for implement workshop in rural areas.
1.2. To conduct TOT training for 2 Local women NGOs leader
2. To Select 200 community leader participants (Local women NGOs assist toselect)
2.1. To conduct workshop (3 days workshop in 4 village development committee)
2.2 To make action plan (where Village development Committee start to implement
like this workshop in another settlement)
2.3 VDC level monthly meeting (11 members including local women NGOs)
2.4 District level quarterly meeting for monitoring (NGOs, Government officer,minority cast, WDO,) 11 members

(9) Outputs:• Increase men participation on household work.

• Especially 100 Men are aware in gender issues.
• Women get much accesses in development activities( training, health, education, CBOs etc• 4 Action planed preparedcfl/uftf] uf]hfOdf;