Rural Women's Network (RUWON), Kathmandu, Nepal
From the Global Women's Network
| Rural Women's Network (RUWON), Kathmandu, Nepal | |
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| Street address: | PO Box 20706 |
| City: | Kathmandu |
| Country: | Nepal |
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| Location coordinates: | 27° 42' 10" N, 85° 19' 6" ELatitude: 27.702871 Longitude: 85.318244 |
| Contact number: | 0977 01 4822905 |
| Contact email: | ruwonnepal@gmail.com |
| Website: | http://www.ruwonnepal.org.np/ |
| Target: | Women |
| Organization type: | Local NGO (operating at the community level) |
| Sectors: | Economic Empowerment, Environment, Peace and Conflict, Trafficking |
| Year founded/registered: | 2007 |
Summary
The Rural Women's Network uses education and information to empower women, youth and children to be a part of their own development on a local, national and international level.
About
RUWON Nepal supports women from excluded and marginalized communities and disadvantaged regions so as to achieve sustainable and equitable development through social inclusion, advocacy and empowerment mechanism. It works in an environmentally sensitive manner through a demand driven and participatory approach to local resource use. RUWON works for the rights of children and youth. Through awareness and capacity building, and by creating forums for discussion, it encourages youth to actively be a part of the development of the country. Sustainable peace and democracy are central parts in RUWONS programs.
Activities
- To make women economically self-reliant by providing skills and through income generating programs.
- To provide opportunities to education for women, youth and children who are deprived the light of education.
- To coordinate CBO's, NGO's and INGO's working in the fields of sustainable development, human rights, women empowerment, education, peace and democracy through local, national and international networks.
- To encourage women's leadership and participation in political decisions by leadership trainings, capacity building and awareness rising.
- To share experiences, knowledge and information with organizations and people with different cultural backgrounds.
- To prevent trafficking and prostitution through education, economic empowerment and awareness raising of the issues in rural communities.
- To build sustainable peace and create a democratic culture
- To protect the environment from exploitation and use natural resources in a sustainable way.
