Defining the Public Agenda and Strengthening Constituencies for Peace and
Reform in Nepal
Project
Summary
This project is designed to resolve the effects of conflict
on Nepali women and children through media activism. The project is
planned to employ various forms of mass media to expose the real situation
of the women and children vis-à-vis the conflict. It is expected that
this will not only make the people aware about the dire miseries of the
women and children but also inspire them to take affirmative actions to
resolve the miseries. Secondly, the project aims to create pressure on the
groups who are directly involved in the power game, namely, the
government, security forces, the rebel group and parliamentary parties. At
present, both the government forces and the rebel group are dreadfully
violating the human rights and with impunity. The most significant aspect
of the project is that it will document the evidences of the barbarous and
inhuman atrocities committed by the state, the rebel group and others.
Hopefully, the documentation will help punish the guilty in the future,
which is necessary to build a nation based on the principles of justice
and fundamental rights.
Objectives
Obviously, the main goal of the
project must be resolving the conflict and restoring peace. But the
present state of affairs clearly indicates that this is not likely to
happen in near future. In fact, there are several underlying causes behind
the outburst of the present conflict. Unless the underlying causes are
carefully dealt with, the conflict will not end. In such situation, we can
only work to limit the effects of conflict within the warring groups.
Ironically, the most affected people by the conflict are not the warring
groups but women and children who are innocent or are not directly
involved in the war.
Thus, the major objective of the
project is to nullify the adverse effects of the conflict on women and
children through media activism. Other objectives are as follows:
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to expose the state of women and children in relation to the
conflict through various means of mass media;
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to inform people about the atrocities committed against women and
children so that they are inspired to take affirmative actions against the
guilty;
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to create pressure on the conflicting parties in order to make them
more responsible and careful in their actions; and
- to
provide factual documents of the events related to women and children, and
conflict for the people in general and human rights activists, women
activists and media personnel in particular.
In order to achieve the above
objectives the following activities are planned to execute.
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Activity 1. Establishment of the Information and
Documentation Section
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Activity 2. Literature Review and Research
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Activity 3. Preparation and Publication of Investigative
Reporting/Features
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Activity 4. Production and Broadcast of Radio Programs
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Activity 5. Production and Broadcast of TV
Documentaries
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