TRAINING AND DIALOGUE PROGRAM
ONGender Mainstreaming Policies For
Government Officers
 Presented by: Durga Baral Bhandari Women Development Officer,Women Development Office, Morang Nepal
Presented at:
 Japan, Kitakyushu
Date:-15 August to September 25,2010
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NAMASTE
Konnichiwa

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2.Basic information on my country Nepal is situated in South Asia between Indiaand China
 It is known as the country of Mount Everest
 Also the birth place of Lord Buddha
Geographical background Nepal is a land locked country
 80 percent of its territory is occupied by
the dramatic peaks of the Himalayas
 Total size/area of the country is 147,181
square Km having 3 thousand and91hectares of cultivated land , Covering
35% Mountain 42% Hills and 23% Terai4

Administratively the country is divided
into…
5 Development Regions,

75 Districts
58 Municipalities and 3915 Village

Development Committees (VDCs) 26 million (51% women) Urban population

 Ave. annual growth Total fertility rate

14%
2.25%
3.1% (Before 25 years

total birth rate was 6.3% Now this has decreased because of education and awareness )Population distribution by Ecologicalregion
 Mountain7%
 Hill44%
 Terai49%

7 Life expectancy rate of female 63 yrs
 Life expectancy rate of male61 yrs
 Gender Development Index 0.452
 Gender Empowerment Index 0.391
 Labor participation of female 48.9 (Most of the women areinvolved in informal, subsistence-oriented ,domestic, unpaid work.)

 Labor participation of male 67.6
 Female in Administrative service 12.7
 Female in constituent assembly 33.34 ( Now aproposal to 33% representation of women in all state mechanism has been passed)

3. Three major challenges/obstacles inmainstreaming gender in my country
Patriarchal society and some discriminatorysocial practices• Insufficient and ineffective women’s
participation in policy to implementation level.
• Lack of awareness and poverty.
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4. Three priority issues in thepresent main national policy/plan Against Gender based violence 33 percent women participation in allstate mechanism At list 10 percent of national budget isallocated for the gender responsiveprogram.

5 .My job description
 Managerial role (planning. implementing

reporting and monitoring) Preventing role (awareness, communicating andeducation to rural women) Curative role (administrative and legal action
adopted in collaboration with local
administration and security cell) Developmental role (coordination among NGOs
and INGOs, advocacy, facilitator etc)

6. Issues to be addressed inmainstreaming gender

Domestic Violence7.Justification for choosing theabove issue(s): Madhesi community
 Traditional deep-rooted culture, maledominant society Women of this community are bearing
physical and mental tension from thedomestic violence This domestic violence cases are always intouch in my profession

8.Useful knowledge and skills gained
through this program in order to takeaction against the above issue(s): I am able to add existing knowledge andskill by this training. The most useful andpractical tool is the Gender responsive
project cycle management which is
helpful to identify the hidden genderissue .Moreover I can apply this tool forplan formulation ,implementation
arrangement, monitoring and evaluation
with respective of gender.

9. Action plan on mainstreaming gender in mycountry
1.Project title:
Establishment ofDomestic violence complain centre
2. Project period:
From November
2010 to October 2011
3. Target area:
Morang district (2village development committee)
4.Target beneficiary:
Violence affected
Woman and Local community
5.Implementing agency: Women Development
Office and Against Gender based violence District
coordination Committee Morang

6.Over all Goal
 Reduce domestic violence from the society

7.Project Purpose
To reduce the discriminative

behaviour and various
domestic violence against
women.
TO establish the violencecomplaint centre in the VDClevel8.Activities
1.To conduct District Coordinationcommittee meeting(15 m.}
1.1. To Select two village.
1.2 To conduct baseline survey
identify the situation of Domesticviolence}1.3 To prepare survey report andshare in the district committee.

Activities
 2.To Conduct orientation program about

domestic violence for Village
Development secretary, local leaders,
women’s group, line agency member andyouth group(50 participant/50%M.and50%F.} 2.1. To form Against Domestic violence
Village Development coordination
Committee.(50%m.,50%f.}

Activites
3. To establish two complain

centre.
4. To select volunteers throughthe Village Coordinationcommittee.( how many, what is
the selection process etc.}

Activities
5. To Conduct Domestic

violence TOT Training for
Volunteer.(7 days,2VDC,10participant all arefemale}6.To establish the emergency
relief funds in each village.

Activities
7 .To manage complain centreand provide facilities (furniture,computer, facilitator’s incentive,counselling service etc.}
8. To conduct tri- monthly
review coordination meeting in
VDC level and half -earlymeeting in district level

9.Outputs
Two village level complain

centre are established inMorang District
Violence affected women’s
have easily access to thecentre.

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