About us

Jagaran Nepal thrives to bring positive changes to the present social structure and thereby improve the status of women in Nepal. Personalities dedicated to Human Rights, social justice and development initiatives for more than a decade have consolidated human resource and synergy in the organization. Jagaran Nepal is a non-profitable and non-governmental organization that aims to nurture marginalized groups and especially for the realization of women's rights, gender equality through advocacy, pressure and partnership and assistance. Jagaran Nepal intends to raise awareness for women's empowerment through sustainable peace, good governance and human rights to encourage women to enter into the institutional development to establish an equitable society in Nepal.

Vision:

A society with equality, human rights and social justice

Mission:

• Promotion of socio-economic and political rights of people especially women and other excluded section of society.
• Creation of critical mass for promotion of peace and governance.

• Institutionalization of the advocacy process for ensuring the women's rights.
• Promotion of peace and good governance to strengthen democracy.
• Institutionalization of Jagaran Nepal as a national resource organization for women's rights.

• To enhance the capacity of people and to ensure socio- economic civil and political rights.
• To build solidarity among human rights organization and activists for lobby and advocacy in ensuring women's economic, social , cultural and political rights.
• To promote pro-excluded group, class, community (especially women) policy/planning at local/central governance political parties and civil society organization.
• To promote culture of peace from local to national level.
• To built image of Jagaran Nepal as a women's rights organization.
• Strengthen Jagaran Nepal enough to become a self reliant institution.
• To address emerging women issues through women perspective.

• Research based program development
• Human Right based
• Sustainable
• Solidarity with like minded organization
• Inclusive
• Gender and Development (GAD) 
• Pressure and Partnership
• Neutrality

Major Programs of Organization:

1. Women's Social, Economic and Cultural Rights Promotion Program
2. Women's Civil and Political Rights Promotion Program
3. Peace & Reconciliation Program
4. Pro- Women Policy & Governance Program
5. Solidarity/Network Building among Human/ Women Rights Organizations and Activists
6. Institutional Development Program
7. Advocacy and Lobby
8. Develop IEC Materials and Its Dissemination
9. Address emerging women issues as aid effectiveness, global warming, poverty, food security, environmental degradation, trade debt etc. from women perspective.

Major Achievements of the Organization:

Jagaran Nepal has been continuously putting in the maximum effort for women perspective/gender equality social transformation since its inception. In course of such continuous endeavor in its work, the following major achievements are highlighted:

Program:

• Success in reaching its activities in all the five development regions' 25 districts along with formation of its organizational structure.
• We are working in 15 districts in the field of political women leaders' enhancement and more than 500 women political leaders have been benefited.
• Working in the field of HIV/AIDS and Violence against Women.
• Ability to work during the conflict situation and playing an important role in Janaandolan-II.
• Working in undeveloped, poor and geographically challenged areas.
• Realization of work on current issues relating to women rights as aid effectiveness, global warming, poverty, food security, environmental degradation, trade debt etc.
• Around 2000 women have directly and around 3000 women have indirectly benefited from women rights awareness programs initiated in 10 different districts.
• The women groups are being able to collect the deposit of Rs 1, 00,000-4, 00,000 through the economic empowerment program of Jagaran Nepal.
• In girl child education program, conflict affected children and deprived class girls benefited and more than 150 girl child got chance to study in the schools.
• To give pressure to the concerned authorities in ensuring at least 33% women representation at all state mechanisms, we manage to organize a signature campaign and more than 50 thousand signatures were collected from 14 districts and handed over to Interim Legislature Subash Newang. 
• Prepared a document "The Gender Issues to Be Raised by the Political Parties in Constituent Assembly Polls' Manifestos" of 36 points' recommendations and submitted to all the political parties for its execution

Institution Development:

• Participation and coordination in the alliances of national and international organizations (NGO Federation of Nepal among many other national organizations).
• Affiliations with different national and international partners with different networking organizations.
• Enhanced linkage with the different levels of the government.
  The recognition and establishment of the organization in the field of women rights.
• Establishment of partner organizations in 17 districts of Nepal.
  Conducting studies, researches and publications in different subjects and its wide dissemination.
• Identification of the issues based on the studies.
• Development and necessary help to the groups.
• Jagaran identity as a true advocacy and women in politics related organization.
• Contribution in the democratic movement.
• Establishment of regional organizations.
• Revisit of strategic planning and policy.
• Well-equipped offices.
• Jagaran working team as well trained and experienced staff at its central, regional and at district level.
• Under Jagaran Nepal there are 50 women networks in nine districts comprising 900 members. 
• Strong mechanisms of administration, communication, programs and other departmental adjustments.

Lesson Learned:

• Political Instability hampers all development work in commencement.
  Organizational Infrastructure is the key to initiate the program effectively.
• Skilled human resource is to be developed for initiating any endeavors meaningfully.
• Political parties' leaders are to be updated on international treaties, provisions and laws to work for women rights issues and gender issues. 
• The governance of any organizations should be maintained effectively.
• Patriarchal social structure is still pravailing in our society which hampers to ensure women rights. 
• Neutrality should be maintained for broader perspective.

• Women issues and constituent assembly process
• Aid effectiveness and its effect on women's social, economic, political and cultural development.
• Global warming and its effect on women
• Poverty, food security and environmental degradation and its effect on women
• Trade debt and its impact on women 
• Men engagement for gender equality.