Women Act organized a high level two day’s National Conference on Post-earthquake Recovery & Reconstruction Interventions: Sharing of Information & Lessons Learned in Kathmandu from 26-27 June, 2016. Major themes of the conference were; (i) psychosocial impact of earthquake: interventions made and challenges ahead (ii) addressing increasing trends of GBV (crimes like trafficking, unsafe

Women Act organized a high level two day’s National Conference on Post-earthquake Recovery & Reconstruction Interventions: Sharing of Information & Lessons Learned in Kathmandu from 26-27 June, 2016. Major themes of the conference were; (i) psychosocial impact of earthquake: interventions made and challenges ahead (ii) addressing increasing trends of GBV (crimes like trafficking, unsafe

Women Act implemented a USAID/The Asia Foundation funded “Mitigate Conflict and Improve Implementation of Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Policies through a People-to-People Approach in Nepal (in short, CMM-GESI) project. The project covered 10 districts of Nepal, including seven of the fourteen earthquake-affected districted; Kathmandu, Kaski, Kailali, Sindhuli, Accham, and Ramechhap, Dolakha, Nuwakot, Ruswa, and

Women Act assisted Strengthening the Rule of Law and Human Rights Protection System in Nepal Programme (RoLHR)/UNDP in sharing and dissemination of various acts and laws at national level. A national level sharing and dissemination workshop was organized in June 2017. This high level event aimed to disseminate, raise wider awareness and have discussions on;

WA organized a high level National Conference on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion: Issues and Challenges in Kathmandu from 14-15, March, 2017. The two-day National Conference which was inaugurated by Her Excellency the US Ambassador to Nepal Ms. Alaina B. Tepliz served to elevate this dialogue and advocated for policies to ensure the rights of

To mark 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and International Human Rights Day, Women Act organized a panel discussion on the Role of Private Sector for the Prevention and Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls on December 10, 2017. Representatives from government, private sector, academia, media and rights activists were present at the

The virtual national conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Challenges and Measures to Equality, Participation and Inclusion of Women and Girls in the Context of COVID-19 took place from August 13-14, 2020, which brought together approximately 286 experts and rights activists from diverse sectors from Nepal and from UK representing the Government of Nepal,

Women Act, together with Nepal Bankers ‘Association and Nepal Bangladesh Bank, organized a “National Seminar on the Role of the Private Sector for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Nepal ” on March 29, 2018. This event was organized as part of Women Act’s Private Sector Partnerships Campaign. Dr. Chiranjibi Nepal, Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank,

In order to enable evidence-based advocacy, as well as a deeper understanding of the constitution and its relationship to women’s rights and equality, Women Act, with the support from International IDEA, implemented Constitutional Assessment on Women’s Equality project in 2018. Through series of activities across seven provinces of Nepal, the project analyzed the constitution from

Women Act has started establishing an integrated Women’s Resource Center (WRC). This resource center will provide information and offer accessiblelearning resourceson women and their contributions to various sectors such as politics, health, governance, education, gender equality and social inclusion. WRC will be a great learning forum for women, women’s organizations, researchers, scholars etc. A lot