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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Women Network

Country: Nepal
Start Date: 1996-01-01
End date: 2008-12-31
Host organisations: Nepal National Teachers' Association (NNTA)
Nepal Teachers' Association (NTA)
Co-operating organisations: Utdanningsforbundet/Union of Education Norway (UEN)
Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF)
Lararforbundet, Sweden
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Grouping: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Women Network
   
This project has ended.

Project Summary:

Aims:
• Promote gender equality in teachers' unions, education and society.
• Establish strong network of women in the South Asia.

Expected Results:
• Minimum of 33% women in the union leadership at various levels.
• Union policy on women.
• Affirmative action such as quota, reservation for women.

Working Methods:
Planning meetings, training workshops, training of trainers’ courses, campaigns, advocacy and lobbying, awareness seminars, publications, regular monitoring and reporting periodic.

Number of Participants in this country: 30 - 50 participants depending on the activity

Target group: women members, potential women leaders, young women members and leaders

Gender Perspective: with some percentage of male participants

Recent updates:
• Formation of women' s communication structure to facilitate communication.
• Establishment of constitutional women's committees at various levels.
• Constitutional provisions have been made by number of organizations to ensure their participation in the leadership positions and decision making levels.
• Increased awareness among women on their rights.
• Pool of trained women.
• Participation of women in the various sub-committees of the unions e.g. action committees, constitutional committees, working committees, etc.

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Common Name: Nepal
Official Name: Kingdom of Nepal

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