Background of RWSC
Rural Women Service Center (RWSC) is a non-governmental and non-profitable member based social development organization. It has been registered at DAO Makwanpur on 11 Aashadh, 2059. It is also affiliated with the Social Welfare Council and NGO Federation of Nepal. RWSC is operating its activities in 31 VDCs out of 43 VDCs of Makwanpur district for the institutional development of 27 cooperatives and 1265 women groups. Other 2 cooperatives are going to register in 2 VDCs as soon where they had formed an ad hoc committee ranging from 7 to 13 members.
Vision
Creation of conscious, equitable and independent society.
Mission
Create conscious, equitable and independent society through cooperative movement as well as right based approach.
Goal
¨ To contribute on economic, social, political empowerment of women and deprived community groups.
¨ To encourage women's participation for social transformation.
¨ To capacitate women and develop their leadership.
Major Objectives
¨ Exchange the learning and experiences with the community.
¨ To organize awareness raising program for capacity development of the deprived community groups.
¨ To develop linkages and work in alliance with like minded organizations.
¨ To build the capacity of local organizations including women cooperatives.
¨ To develop capacity of local people to enable them to lead their own development.
¨ To develop entrepreneurship of the local people for self employment
¨ To advocate on rights of women, children and deprived groups of people.
¨ Increase women access to control over resources.
RWSC's collaboration and Linkage
¨ Social welfare Council
¨ NGO Federation Nepal (District Branch Makawanpur
¨ Human Rights Protection and Anti Human Trafficking Network.
¨ Alliance-Nepal (Alliance for human rights and social Justice-Nepal)
¨ Network of NGOs in Disaster Management.
¨ Makawanpur alliance of child right organization.
¨ Network group for peace.
¨ Children Zone of Peace.
Major organizational thrust: Women Empowerment (Social, economic, political, environmental empowerment of women)
Major program activities
Activities for economic empowerment
¨ Formation and mobilization of groups and cooperatives in 31 VDCs of Makawanpur district.
¨ Organization of training, workshop, exposure visits for capacity and institutional development of cooperatives.
Activities for social empowerment
¨ Gender training for child club, cooperatives' members, school's teacher etc.
¨ Reproductive health awareness program.
¨ Beijing declaration orientation program.
¨ Orientation on United Nation Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325.
¨ Campaign on BCC (Behavioral Change Communication).
¨ Psycho social counseling program.
¨ Citizenship certificate acquisition support for poor and marginalized families.
¨ International women's day celebration.
¨ Celebration of 16 days activism on violence against women.
¨ District level interaction to diminish domestic violence.
Activities for political empowerment
¨ Training for women political workers on leadership development, Women rights and women participation in the politics
¨ District level interaction program on women sensitiveness analysis political parties' election manifesto.
¨ Campaign on the participation of women in constitutional assembly.
¨ Campaign on the participation of marginalized women in politics.
Women participation on environmental protection
¨ Increase women's access to community forest user groups.
¨ Women's participation on conservation management and utilization of forest.
Partner Organizations
¨ Plan Nepal
¨ Care Nepal
¨ Jagaran Nepal
¨ Mery Stops, Hetauda
Major Achievements
¨ 1675 deprived men and women have got citizenship certificate.
¨ Increased awareness on women rights.
¨ Increased participation of women in decision making position.
¨ Enhanced awareness on reproductive rights.
¨ Increased women resources such as community forest user group and family income.
¨ Women's role is increasingly being decisive in family and society as well.
¨ Increased participation of women in political parties.
¨ Enhance literacy and increasing participation of women in education sector.
¨ Women's involvement in education campaign.
¨ Women participation on environmental conservation.
¨ Capacity development and mobilization of women in different sectors.
¨ Diminishing violence against women and reducing gender disparity practices.
¨ Women are recognized as major stakeholders in the development field.
¨ 1297 women groups have been formed involving 21077 women.
Major Problems Encounter
¨ Lack of adequate skilled human resources.
¨ Lack or adequate physical infrastructure.
¨ Triple burden of women (Family, social and organizational)
Major Learning
¨ Regular interaction on community issues within women's groups and cooperatives found to be effective for social change.
¨ Discussion and interaction with male counterparts is essential for building trusts and cooperation.
¨ Equal participation of both women and men in the entire project activities have found effective for better implementation of the project.
¨ Women's social reorganization is increases while they participate on different social activities.
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