Participated in Civil and Political right program in Gandaki Pardesh.

The program was organized by INSEC of Gandaki pardesh in Teeka resort. The program was about the civil and political rights. In the program the participated are from different organization like government, non- government, media and advocacy. In the program there was around 50 people are participated. 

The program was opening by Mr.shiva khakurel by welcoming all the participation. And said that still there was also research problems. Government should serious on the problem which is arising on civil and political rights and help to find the solution. And he discuss about civil rights.

               

Second session was a presentation of Ms. Samjha shrestha. She shared the history of civil and political rights.

Mrs. Bina silwal is from Kopila Nepal of gandaki pardesh. She said that civil and political rights for her are new. So, she was interested in this program. She shared that education, food, and housing is very important in our life. Now a day's women violence is increasing so, government and other non government organization focused to control such violence. And she said that dalit people are still back.  Avoid the negative thought. Encourage the youth people.

Mr. Rohit Raj bastola is from high court of gandaki pardesht. He discussed on civil and political rights topics. He said that, first we should proper use of our rights. Government give equal rights to all people but they did not use. There was a positive side but always people talks about negative. Now a day's poison vegetables are increasing. Our civil right is to have a healthy food.

Mr. Chakra Bahadur Budha is a CDO of gandaki pardesh. He said that improvement of political parties. Only making law is not important but also important how to implement them. "We saw road side children. Now a day's increasing rape. Government gives facility to the pregnant women to check of their health. We have natural resources but we did not properly uses. The government should give awareness program to the village people."

Mr. Hari bahadur is a minister of law of gandaki pardesh. He focuses on three words that are   protection, use and development. When making the law civil also care about intervene.

Mr. Dhan bahadur karki is SP of gandaki pardesh. He talks about civil and political rights, economic and social rights and environment rights. He shared about the problems of police station. He talks about problem they faced in prison. In the prison male and female stay different place. He said that justice system and security system is not given more priority. In the prison they always attendance of prisoner and they had made a team leader.  Now a day's torture rate is decrease.

                                                                                                                

Then after Advocate Ms. Bidhya Chapagain. The presentation was about the Universal Periodic Review.

Then after there was a group works with all participation. In the group work participated are divided into four groups.

   

 Mr. Mohan parshad regime shared that human rights did great job so, we did not work against it. We had also responsibility towards human right organization. He also talks about the transportation and political parties of Nepal. Civil people are fight for their rights.

Mr. Deepak dhoj jung karki is a director of human rights organization of gandaki pardesh. He talks about the enquiry system and communication system. He shared that organization always did proper interrogation, documentation and proper reporting.

At last program was ended by Mr. Shri Ram Bajgai. He shared about human rights situation of individual people. Government should focus to protection the individual rights.

         

 #NOREC #INSEC #PVCHR

Experience of Field visit in Kopila Nepal

                                              

                                                          

              

 I visit the Kopila Nepal in kaski, Pokhara.  Kopila Nepal is a non –profit, non- sectarian, non- government and making social organization which is established in 2000 but it is registered in 2001.  It is established by 9 people. The headquarter is in kaski, pokhara but works in 9 district. In the kopila Nepal there are total 29 staffs. In the Kopila Nepal we met the Tirtha Bahadhur Thapa(founder), Puspa Gurung(Supervisor), Navraj Dhakal (finance) and chyamata khadka (documentation officer).  Chyamata khadka shared with us, how it work, what is the aim of organization. They provide save home to the victims. There are two types of safe home. They are long term safe home: In the long term home they stayed for 14- 65 year old women. Transitional safe home: in this safe house they might be stayed 3-6 month but there were stayed 2 years if they have not identified, and their mental health problem is not so good.

Currently they have a 9 project works. Kopila Nepal victim referred through the government, District police office and court. First responsibility of victim is taken by their own guardian, then government and they referred to the Kopila Nepal. In the organization there was psycho therapist for the mental problems people. The organization helps 300 people per year. It focuses on women mental health problems. Kopila Nepal works with poor and marginalized women who are widows, abandoned, abused or victims of rape. It helps to built the women capacity by giving different types of training. The goal of organization is to empower women of the Nepal to become strong and independent businesswomen. 

                   

                    

Kopila Nepal work for the marginalized people in the society and they are fight for their fundamental rights and also working with marginalized women and children through developing and mobilizing their skill development training, education, psychosocial counseling, mental-health treatment, re-habitation and social re-integration and advocacy for rights. Kopila Nepal works with family, community members, school teachers, and policy maker to delivery their programmers.

Kopila Nepal collaborates with different human right organization in gandaki province. There are different projects in kopila Nepal works for child right. Kopila Nepal provides different training like agricultural, animal husbandry, irrigating coffee, tailor, handicraft etc to the marginalized women. It helps to women to build the capacity. Kopila Nepal is to improve quality of life of women, children and people with psycho social problem by building their own capacity and maximizing local resources.

#INSEC #PVCHR #NOREC

Challenges and measures of solution for Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights

On 29^th June 2019,

Challenges and measures of solution for Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights

The Interaction Program

 The interaction program was organized by National human right commission (NHRC) collaborating with Nil Hira Society at legacy hotel, Mustang road Pokhra, Ganadaki Pardesh. There were around 25 people participating in the program.  Government, non- government, department of Advocacy, department of police, and LGBT people are participated. Nil Hira Society fights for LGBT rights, freedom, supports as an advocacy and campaigning.  The Main aim of the program was equality and given equally right for lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT).  In the program there was many LGBT people participated.

In the program the officer of NHRC Mr. Deepak Jung Dhoj shared his presentation about the act of our country for LGBT people. The Nepalese Constitution recognizes LGBT rights as fundamental rights. The Nepalese Constitution, approved by the Constituent Assembly on 16 September 2015, includes several provisions pertaining to the rights of LGBT people. These are the right to have their preferred gender displayed on their identity cards, a prohibition on discrimination on any ground including sex or sexual orientation by the State and by private parties, eligibility for special protections that may be provided by law, substitution of gender-neutral terms for the previous "male", "female", "son" and "daughter", and the right of access to public services for gender and sexual minorities.

Based on a ruling of the Supreme Court of Nepal in late 2007, the Government was also looking into legalizing same-sex marriage. According to several sources, the new Constitution was expected to include it.  Although the Constitution does explicitly include that "marginalized” communities are to be granted equal rights under the law and also mentions that LGBT people in Nepal particularly fall under that marginalized group, it appears to not address the legalization of same-sex marriage explicitly.

Despite these supportive laws and provisions, LGBT people still face societal discrimination in Nepal and there is significant pressure to conform and to marry a partner of the opposite sex.

 At the end he told that people have equal rights, freedom and positive discrimination. He told that how NHRC works and it supports the LGBT people. In every district there was a one person for work. They had made several meeting, training with people and they always support them.

There are some challenges faced by LGBT.  In the education sector, also while getting birth certificate, problem of house rent and marriage certificate.  They hide their private lives from colleagues and clients because of fear of homophobia, exclusion. They did not have job.

There were some cases like Shreya thapa, He is a gay. He stays with his friend.  They got married. After sometime they get separated. His wife got married with other man. And he also married with girl.  They had 3 children. They had one boy and 2 girls. He faced many problems because of his identify. When he went school with his son other people told that he is gay. He works in Pariwartan Nepal, distributes contraceptive device at night to the LGBT groups.

  Sonam karki Chettri is a boy. Before three years ago, he realized that he is a gay. But he said that he did not feel sad that he is gay.  Now he have been in a relationship with a guy s and he just wants his relationship be acceptable in society. He told that media also support them. There were several complaints about having discrimination by police, government office, in work place, by family, relatives and society.

Ms. Bina Silwal managing director of Kopila Nepal motivates LGBT groups to fight for own rights and to build up their courage, strength and face challenges. Also she suggested not have biased or discrimination between themselves. Also she informs to have more public awareness and scientific presentation about LGBT among public.

 

There was some open discussion in the program. Some LGBT shared that police arrest them without their mistake. So, the district police said that we did not arrest them without their mistake. When they did mistake only they arrested them. The LGBT people also involved crime sector.

 

At last Mr. Rajendra Ghimire shared that Society still did not accept LGBT people. Still women faced domestic violence and marginalized community people also faced different problems. Government has given them several rights so they should face the problem fight for it and go ahead. Government provides the awareness, training, programs.

From this program I saw that LGBT faced many problems.  The government, society, did not support them. I felt so sad when they shared their problems. According to  constitution they have  equal rights and freedom. 

#NOREC #INSEC #PVCHR

Safe home for children (Cwin)

28^th may 2019

                              Visit in Child Workers in Nepal (CWIN)

                              

I visited Child Workers in Nepal (CWIN) today. It was established by a group of students at Tribhuvan University on January 1, 1987 who was investigating the conditions of children living on the streets in Kathmandu, Nepal and recognized the need for advocacy in this area. Child Workers in Nepal is a non government organization (NGO) working for the Children's right.  It helps the street children, children who are sexually exploited and also those victimized by violence. The main objective of organization is to protect the children rights in Nepal. It motivates the children's by giving awareness program, campaigning and pressuring the government to protect and promote children's rights, and to end exploitation, abuse and discrimination against children.

 I met the director of the Child Helpline for the Kaski district, Mr. Shankar Nepali, and Krishna Gurung the psycho-socio counselor. CWIN specifically focuses on children and work with trafficking, child labor exploitation, missing and abandoned children, corporal punishment, online abuse, and violation of child rights. The founder of Child Helpline is Ms. Gauri Pardhan. The helpline protects children from mental and physical abuse, rape, and child trafficking. They provide emergency services such as the toll-free helpline number 1098 which is free of cost, rescue operations, psycho-social counselling, emergency shelters, legal support, family tracing, and social reintegration to respond to children at risk who are in need of care and protection. ‘1098’ is the Child Helpline number in Nepal. CWIN runs six child helplines and a number of support homes and centres based throughout Nepal. The child helplines are located respectively in Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Hetauda, Nepalgunj, Dhangadhi and Pokhara. In the child helpline there are two aspects: "Voice for voiceless" and "For child with child”. CWIN gives child training for students, teachers, civil society, and government and also helps to support the youth. Lastly, they support children for medical emergency situations. They work with the Government of Nepal to develop child-friendly policies, even though the government fails to prevent the violation of children's rights.

It is sad to see many children are abused for different purpose. But child workers help those children who are abuse. The child workers in Nepal are doing great work for victim child.  

#Norec #Insec #Pvchr #Cwin

National human right commission and its provincial work

I visited the National human right commission in kaski, pokhara. The national human right commission is independent and autonomous constitutional body. It was established in the year 2000 as a statutory body under the Human Rights Commission Act 1997 (2053 BS). The Interim Constitution of Nepal 2007 (2063 BS) made the NHRC a constitutional body. It has a separate sphere of responsibilities in the constitutional legal system of the country. These responsibilities complement the responsibilities of the normal machinery of the administration of Justice, the Supreme Court, and the Office of the Attorney General, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority, and other existing executive, quasi-judicial or judicial bodies of Nepal. 
                                               

I met the member of national human right commission Mr.Tank khanal,   Neetu gartaul, Saru shrestha. We introduce with them and Mrs. Neetu Gartaula shared information about the NHRC. There are nine offices around the country to provide services. The central office is located in Kathmandu. They explained how anyone can file a complaint regarding any issue relating to human rights. They work to verify information, make reports, and urge for government action, for the victim to go to court or receive compensation and protection. They intervene if police aren’t properly investigating and their power is very similar to the courts as they can rescue, search houses, and send victims to prison. According Article 132, to respect, protection, promote, and effective implementation of human right. They do different activities like monitoring, fact finding, verifying, and evaluation, inquiry, taking statement, intervention on any matter.  It works for domestic violence, police torture, rape, child abuse etc. If the law of country is not suitable then NHRC can also change the law of government.  NHRC works on different issues. It also provides public awareness programs and also trained people to empower on different topics. They also do programs collaborating with INSEC as well as other human right organizations, advocate and media.   

Testimony of Nazarin Katun

Thanks
to Rajdulari Foundation, Ms. Parul Sharma ji and 200 Swdedish Donors for
support to Ms. Nazarin Khatun. During interview with Ms. Viniti Vishwkarma, volunteer
of FK fellows[i]
at PVCHR, she and her mother became very emotional and tears in their eyes. Please
find her testimony:

                             

My name is Nazarin
Khatun. I live in Pandeypur Nayabasti of Varanasi in India. My mother’s
name is Mrs. Rizwana Khatun and she is a house wife. We are two brothers and
one sister. My father, Mr.Dilsheer Ahmed is hard working labour class person as
cart driver. My father wanted to send us to school. We studied upto grade 8 in
government school and for the further studies we were in lack of money due to
my father’s low income. We were unable to study despite my father hard worked.
He   managed to send both of brothers to school till
grade 12 but they stopped their studies due to lack of fund in family. My
father had to take loans due to the operation of my younger brother’s eye and
he had lost his confidence. After I Completed my studies of Grade 8, he told me
not to study anymore .Same time, my mother got the information about PVCHR and
she went to PVCHR office with some family problems and I got the scholarship
from grade 9 and I am studying in grade 11 right now. Due to the scholarship a
great change has appeared in my life and I think I can complete my studies. If
I get the scholarship in further studies too then I want to study Medical or
LLB. I am very happy. If I had not got the opportunity of scholarship, then I
would have never got to study here by myself. I and my family are grateful to
PVCHR and Rajduri Foundation for the help.

Link
of her testimony of Ms. Nazarin Khatun and her mother:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q46LUcoCB1E

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[i] https://www.norec.no/en/about-fk/

PVCHR appreciating works in Mushar and Chamar Basti

5 march 2019 we three fk fellow (Ganga, Sabin, Madhu) went for our field visit in Akbarpur Sajoi.  Around 25 km away from central office. When we went there Somuru patel sir was waiting for us. He informed us  that  changes of community. They started work since 2016. The total population of Ajaria line   block is 7000. The PVCHR worked in Akbarpur Village .  Somuru patel  sir worked in 3 community. Patel and Musar  people live there. The PVCHR works for more than six hundred people along 80 families. The community people both men and women worked in brick factory. In the community 0-5 children were 126 in number.
The problems they were facing before PVCHR work
There was very bad condition because there were no housing, no toilets, Problems of ANM, some people did not  have Aadhara Card, home delivery.  Adolescences  have no awareness  about sanitation pad and importance of education. The Adolescences not Went to school. They worked in brick factory.  The ICDS teach child under the tree. There was problems of family planning. And there was other problems like water, sanitation, malaria, typhoid, etc. They not send their children to school.

After PVCHR work there happened many changes. 15 people got Aadhara card, help 10 people for housing. They arranged adolencese meeting. ANM started to give vaccination and immunization to child. They worked on sanitation as well as family planning. PVCHR has been working for this community on issue of maternal and neo-natal health from previois year.
We meet chandrama. She have a Blood Pressure problem and she suffer from Dizziness. She had 7 children. She worked in brick factory and she earned 300 wages per day. Her eye was read and she was not feeling well. She did not have sufficient money to check up health. She told us that she have no knowledge about family planning . After PVCHR gave Awareness  about family planning. Then she know about it.

One women Whose name is Shri Devi. she already  7 children, now also she was pregnant. She had 4 girl and 3 boy. And 6 month girl was suffer from malnutrition problem. She was not using iron tablet and regular check up. When Aasha, ANM went their they gave iron tablet and check the pregnant women

The two girls whose name is madhu and sapana. Sapana is 16years old and madhu is 17 years old. They don't go to school. They worked  in brick factory. Sapana family forced to get marriage. She did not get married now. We talk with her father that her age is not suitable for marriage. Her father said that this age is suitable , after 16 no one get marriage with her.

We went for door to door visit. Then we arranged meeting with community people. Then we started our Program. The program was primary health education. We gave awareness about some diseases like chicken pox, typhoid, sanitation, malaria, dengue, family planning etc. Program was good. They were interested our program.

I feel good going in field sharing knowledge. Some where I feel bad they have some old throught. So, it quite hard to make their understand.#Insec#Norecno#PVCHR