Indigenous women have bitter experiences of innate structural patriarchy and dominated political systems. Social exclusion based on gender has for centuries been an imperative part of society. Project is aims to work for equal power for equal rights and amplify voices of young indigenous women.
Organizational Background
Traditionally and culturally indigenous women are decision makers in family and society and often play role for peace building and reconciliation. However, their roles and contributions are not recognized and counted by the state. Laws, policies and practices are highly marginalized, excluded, deprived and discriminated to indigenous women. Despite of this fact, indigenous women retain all knowledge, skills, culture value, decision making role and traditional institution as well. So, women leaders from different indigenous organizations established XXXXXX as a federation to fight against caste and gender-based discrimination within indigenous and non-indigenous communities. XXXXX is organization of indigenous women’s and it is established as a federation in XXXXX and registered in to Kathmandu, Nepal in XXXXX. XXXXXX is also affiliated with Social Welfare Council Nepal in the same year 2000. Currently XX indigenous women organizations and XX district Coordination Councils (XXXXXX/DCCs) are affiliated with XXXXXX. Since last xx years XXXXXX has been working for ensuring the right of indigenous women and establish their dignified and respectful life.
Mission of the Organization
Indigenous women of Nepal have been experiencing not only gender base discrimination but also ethic discrimination and they are systematically excluded by the state and other communities. In the sense of this reality, XXXXXX was established and had been working for achieving the gender equality and equity through securing constitutional, political, legal, socio-cultural, economic and traditional right of Nepalese indigenous women.
What is the internal structure of the organization? How is work divided amongst members?
XXXXXX has a general assembly comprising of XX affiliated indigenous women’s organizations with different academic backgrounds and qualifications at the top. The general assembly elects the members of the executive committee comprised of eleven members for a term of three years. The executive committee consists of chairperson, senior vice person, 3 vice-chairpersons from terai hill & mountain regions, general secretary, secretary research information and communication, Secretary foreign and Projects, Secretary public relation and organizational growth, secretary language and culture, treasurer. The chairperson acts as spokesperson of the organization. The executive committee appoints project personnel through free competition to oversee the projects and programs initiated or undertaken by the organization. The appointee in the project is solely responsible for implementing the project/program. Besides, XXXXXX has an advisory committee of five members having different expertise and capacities who provide strategic guidance and technical support to the executive committee and the project team for achieving the project’s goals and objectives.
XXXXXX has project team as separate entity in each project. As required by the project, staff structures vary from one project to another.
Is your organization part of a (Regional, Local and/or International) Network or Alliance? For how long? Please specify name and type of relationship
We are the federation (Network or Alliance) of xx indigenous women organizations and along with 51 district Coordination Councils (XXXXXX/DCCs) since last 15 years.
Network and Alliance with NEFIN (Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities)
Network and Alliance with YFIN (Youth Federation of Indigenous Nationalities)
Network and Alliance with NGO FONIN (NGO Federation of Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities)
Network and Alliance with NIDA (National Indigenous Disabilities Association)
Network and Alliance with FONIJ (Federation of Nepalese Indigenous Journalists)
Network and Alliance with FINS (Federation of Indigenous Nationalities Students)
Network and Alliance AIPP (Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact)
Network and Alliance FPP (Forest Peoples Programme)
Network and Alliance UN Women
Network and Alliance FIMI
Network and Alliance with LAHURNIP
Network and Alliance with INWOLAG
Indigenous People’s International Centre for Policy Research and Education (TEBTEBBA)
Project Information
Summary and context of the project
Briefly describe the proposed project; Describe the socio-economic context (e.g., population, main activities such as agriculture, housing, health, education etc.), political (e.g., self-government system, relation to other institutions, etc.), territorial (e.g., access to land, climate conditions, environmental situation, etc.) and cultural context (e.g., name of the village, number of inhabitants, most relevant cultural practices, etc.) where the project will be developed
Nepal in the crux of state restructuring process where several voiceless voices which were suppressed since centuries are in hope to get their voice heard through constitution. In this regard the first constituent assembly in state restructuring process had ensured 33% women representation in the parliament which has now decreased to 28% at present though the populations of women are more than half. One of the major reasons behind it the main stream women discourse has not been effective and meaningful to incorporate and mainstream the diversity of women segments as it should have been in Nepal.
In Nepal, indigenous women have bitter experiences of innate structural patriarchy and dominated political systems. Social exclusion based on gender has for centuries been an imperative part of society in Nepal. Likewise, social exclusion based on ethnicity has been another reality in Nepal. Thus, indigenous nationalities women face social exclusion not only being as women but also because of their ethnicity. Women comprise more than 50% out of which 38% are indigenous women. It is a fact that, the state has not yet recognized to indigenous women. So, they have been deprived from policy making and decision-making processes and have been including them under the general term “Nepali Women”.
Objectives
Please describe in detail:
General Objective:XXXXXX aims to work for equal power for equal rights and amplify voices of young indigenous women. XXXXXX will work as a bridge between the indigenous women members, indigenous women collectives and the different networks and the government policy makers.
Specific Objectives:
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- To engage indigenous young women in learning and knowing the emerging discourse and services related to them;
- To inform and involve indigenous young women in several organizations and individual development sharing session;
- To capacitate indigenous young women to interact their issues with relevant stakeholders at national and local level through their grassroots organizations.
Results (maximum 4 results) – Harvesting our welfare –
Results are what is expected to achieve by the end of the project, as a product of actions or activities, expressed in qualitative or quantitative terms.
- Result 1. Able to provide training on human rights of indigenous women in their respective communities;
- Result 2. Build networking among like-minded main stream women organization and involved themselves in organization/ institutional development
- Result 3. Get information to access to services in regard to education, health and employment and other services, and deliver to others and directly benefitted by it Result 1.
Activities
- Result 1
- Activity 1. Provide TOT on human rights and international instruments like CEDAW, ILO 169, UNDRIP to indigenous youth and practice those learning in respective communities;
- Result 2
- Activity 1. Hold four interaction sharing session with different women led organizations like to know their institutional as well as individual development and their challenges;
- Activity 2. Conduct orientation workshop on indigenous women’s emerging issues, existing provisions and gaps in policies with four different segments like indigenous youth lawyers, indigenous women with disabilities; indigenous youth and indigenous women involved in co-operatives;
- Result 3
- Activity 1. Organize interaction meetings with relevant stakeholders like National Women’s Commission, Human Rights Commission, Ministry of Women Social and Welfare Council, Ministry of Local Development, Ministry of Youth and Sports, National Foundation for the Development of Indigenous Nationalities, Ministry of Federal Affair, National Planning Commission, National Federation for the Indigenous Nationalities about the services and access to information related with indigenous youths.
Specific Indicators for Indigenous Peoples
Take each specific objective identified in the previous section, and define one or two specific indicators for indigenous peoples used to measure progress.
- Indicator 1: Formation of grass root organizations and involved in advocacy of indigenous women at local level
- Indicator 2:XXXXXX’s organizational and affiliated indigenous organizations strength get enhanced
- Indicator 3: Involved in advocacy directly and indirectly involved through several strategies in the indigenous women issues
- Indicator 4: Increased in accessing the local resources and local allocated budget of the government
- Indicator 5: Initiate to involve/interact in local governance policy making structures as a member or as a citizen to facilitate local bodies and to activate indigenous women issues
- Indicator 6: With support with XXXXXX, raise their issues and concerns to higher decision-making level.
Sustainability
Please describe the extent to which the project will enable its beneficiaries to acquire the skills and create the conditions to maintain the momentum of the project after the grant period.
The proposed project is expected to run beyond the project phase by extending XXXXXX network to more indigenous communities and people in Nepal. The capacity building training activities will be conducted to Young indigenous women of affiliated indigenous women organization communities. The continuous use of training resources including human resource in the form of trainers/resource persons and training materials will be ensured. The project is also expected to heighten the lobby and advocacy work for the recognition and respect of indigenous people’s rights by States through collaboration and advocating in the current constitutional building process of Nepal as well as ensuring constitutional, legal, political, socio-cultural, religious, economic and customary rights of indigenous women in Nepal.
Budget: XXXXXXXXXXXX
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