Feminism is central to the social, cultural and political movement for equality around the globe but how important is the role of feminist knowledge generation and retention to sustain the feminist movement? Is feminist resource center an answer? We explore. Feminist movement and Nepal In Nepal, from Yogmaya Neupane who ignited the rage against discrimination at the civic level in 1917, to the downfall of over a century long oligarchy Rana regime – made possible through women’s participation, feminist movement has played a significant role in shaping Nepal’s history. The Department of Women Development was established in 2000 under the…

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The first South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Course was held in 1983 and was organized by Kamla Bhasin who then worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Sangat was later formed as a regional network at an FAOorganized South Asian workshop of gender trainers held in Bangladesh in 1998. Sangat has been organizing South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Courses since 2003. This report presents the learning and procedure of the the 22nd South Asian Feminist Capacity building course on gender, sustainable livelihoods, human rights and peace. Through these feminist training the networks strive to build…

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महिला तथा किशोरीमाथि हुने हिंसा र स्वहेरचाह तथा तनाव व्यवस्थापनका लागि मनोविमर्शकर्ताहरुले तपाईलाई परामर्श, सल्लाह तथा सुझाव मार्फत सहयोग गर्नसक्नुहुन्छ । 

Ensuring justice for rape victims and survivors in Bangladesh has mostly been understood and pursued in punitive terms. While ensuring punishment of the perpetrator is important, redress for the rape survivor is seldom discussed. The objective of this report is to restore the balance in the discourse on justice for rape, so the urgent necessity of granting monetary remedies to the rape survivor becomes clear. To this end, the report highlights the inadequacy of the existing provisions on compensation for rape, and offers a reform proposal, drawing on examples from other laws relating to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in…

PLD India has starated the Adolescent Sexuality and EarlyMarriage Series which comprises of researchstudies, consultation reports and analysis byPartners for Law in Development (PLD), that bringout the complex interplay between the age of sexualconsent, early marriage and structural inequalities inthe lives of adolescents and youth from marginalizedpopulations in India. Using a socio-legal lens, thisseries reveals ways in which deterrence approachesand criminalization render this population morevulnerable to harm and less able to accessrights protection The series includes the recent publication Child Marriage Prosecutions in India - Case Law Analysis of Actors, Motives and Outcomes 2008-2017 The study evolved from an initial…

General Context Sangat is a feminist network housed under JAGORI, New Delhi which connects feminist individuals and organizations across South Asia. Sangat was created in the year 1988 April at a workshop of gender trainers, held in Bangladesh and organized by FAO-NGO Programme. Sangat is the product of realization of the fact of steady declination of transformatory gender work. Sangat’s work is focused on bringing about a large cultural shift in large scale. They are driven by the motto to dismantle the patriarchy and building a gender just world. They start off by working on an individual and focus on…