The project Goal is to contribute to the peace building and transformation process leading to protection, promotion and respect for Poor Vulnerable and Socially Excluded (PVSE) women's rights by the state, society and rights holders themselves, in 10 districts of Nepal by the end of June 2010. The project activities are in line with CARE Nepal's Strategic Plan 2006-09 and the government's Tenth Five Year Plan (2003-2007). The project is contextual and complementary to the government's commitment to International Declarations, Conventions and Resolutions such as Convention to end All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1991, Beijing Declaration 1995 and United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325, 2000. It is also in line with the Millennium Development Goals i.e. "to promote gender equality and empower women.
The project's focus on rights issue of PVSE women will lead towards the situation of PVSE women's rights Promoted, Protected, and Respected by the state, society, and the right holders themselves in the long run. This will be achieved through the involvement of PVSE women and other peer groups in identification of rights issues, gender gaps, and their respective role for the promotion, protection and respecting the rights of PVSE women. |