Project Title                                                     : Strengthening Gender-Responsive Local Government in Nepal

UNDEF Project Number                               : UDF-19-859-NEP

Project Duration                                            : 24 months

Funding Partner                                             : United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)

Implementing Partner                                 :  South Asia Partnership Nepal (SAP-Nepal)

Funding Round and Year of Application: Fourteenth Funding Round, 2019

Amount of UNDEF Grant in USD              : $220,000 (UNDEF M&E inclusive)

Project Description:

Project Location:

1. Haripur Municipality, ward no. – 7
2. Barhathawa Municipality, ward no. – 8
3. Chandranagar Rural Municipality, ward no. – 3
4. Basbariya Rural Municipality, ward no.- 3    

Project Objective:

• The project aims to empower Musahar women and enhance their representation in local decision-making procedures for promoting gender-responsive local governance in two rural municipalities and two town municipalities of Sarlahi based in province 2 of Nepal.

The expected outcomes of the project are:

Outcome 1        : Enhanced capacity and networking of marginalized Musahar women to increase their participation in local governance and planning;

Outcome 2         : Increased responsiveness of local government authorities and male counterparts;

Outcome 3         : Increased effectiveness and collaboration of civil society actors, media and policy makers.

Project’s path to impact:

it is envisioned that in order to promote gender responsive local government there should be efforts for strengthening leadership capacity of Indigenous Musahar women; improving accountability of local government authorities and enhancing collaboration of Civil Society, Media and Government stakeholders

Approach:

Human rights-based approaches focusing on three operational approaches;

• Empowerment: Musahar women leadership and networking;
• Mutual accountability approach: Local government authorities’ sensitization on gender responsive local governance;
• Multi-stakeholder partnership approach: Joint efforts of civil society, media and local government.