On September 10, 2015, Memorandum of Understanding were signed for construction of a Single Women Reintegration center as part of India–Nepal Cooperation Programme of the Government of India. The Chhahari Single Women Reintegration Center, located at Budhanilkantha Municipality Ward No. 7, Kathmandu is being constructed by DDC Kathmandu with the Government of India financial assistance for Women for Human Rights …

  In two different camps set for the earthquake survivors, Team WHR conducted a need assessment for livelihood. After the assessment, the survivors were divided into five different groups of five women each and were oriented for various livelihood opportunities

   “Sometime I get mad thinking I’m no more a happy women living with my hardworking husband, twin daughters and expecting a newborn.” Sita (Name Changed) Sita entered WHR with her only daughter left after devastating earthquake. She shared that her husband and she herself fell from 3 storey building causing severe injuries, she had a miscarriage, her 1 daughter …

   Two days Orientation Workshop for Information Volunteer of Gorkha held at WHR Office. CARE Nepal and Women for Human Rights, single women groups (WHR) are jointly working in 5 VDC’s of Gorkha (Saurpani, Dhuwakot, Mirkot, Choprak, Khoplang) to raise mass awareness among the earthquake survivors for the immediate and longer term services, safety and risk minimization in post earthquake …

   To strengthen the coordination among the Partner organizations through the support from Government line Agencies to ensure the practical approaches in this post- earthquake a meeting under the chairmanship of Mr. Uddhav Prashad Timalsana, C.D.O – Gorkha, Ms. Sita Adhikary, WDO- Gorkha and representative from different organizations along with representatives from UN Women, Care Nepal , and MAG held …

WHR is happy to see Alison Wright a renowned Photographer of National Geography at Gorkha Camp where more than 150 displaced women from Barpak, Laprak, Uiyha, Gumda, Lapu are taking shelter since 25th April. She interacted with most of the women regarding the post earthquake challenges and their resettlement plans where Ms. Lily Thapa- Founder WHR facilitated the interaction.   

     Women’s collective campaign for engendered constitution took place at Chhahari on 2nd July 2015. The various women organizations unite to make the constitution first draft gender as well as women friendly.

   We were on protest with a demand to insure our Rights. “I would like to inform all of you that the draft constitution has greatly undermined the rights of women and has curtailed many rights of women that were agreed by previous agreements and also included in the Interim Constitution. Some of those issues are:- 1. The removal of …

“I would like to inform all of you that the draft constitution has greatly undermined the rights of women and has curtailed many rights of women that were agreed by previous agreements and also included in the Interim Constitution. Some of those issues are:- 1. The removal of the word “patriarchal” from the preamble 2. The discriminatory AND provision in …