Asia : March 2009
The Trek allowed the participants to better understand the issues of social inclusion of Nepalese women living in the remote mountains of this small country located between India and China. In everyday life, they face many forms of discrimination based on sex, caste or ethnic origin in addition to being isolated from basic social services.
During a seminar before and after the Women’s Trek for peace and development held by CECI in March 2008, women and men working in development in Kathmandu spoke about their strategies of partnership with remote villages and women from mountain regions shared the issues they were up against and some of the solutions they were employing.
(Skip intro, go to 0:56) Uniterra is working with the three nepali national level federations ; forestry, saving-security organization and dairy. They have network in different districts of Nepal so there is a possibility of reaching more people at the local community level with these partners. Ultimatly it’s the nepali local organization and comunities that should be empowered and able to implement good development.
(Skip intro, go to 0:56) Jana awaaz means voice of the people in Nepalese. It’s a voice not often heard in a country that has endure discrimination, a cast system and autocratic politics for century. A peace treaty finally emerged following a decade of conflict that has been instigated by a deeply dissatisfied population. Jana awaaz a CECI project focuses mainly on increasing the number of people who are normally excluded from the political sphere into the constitutional process.
THE E_CECI
FOR THE PEOPLE
E_TRACT
None of the CECI’s activities would have been possible without the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).