Advocacy-WEE-Nepal

I SEE MONEY in EVERYTHING               Ms Niru Shrestha, an ICS Business Woman The status of  women in Nepal  has varied throughout history. Nepal has predominantly been a patriarchal society where women are generally subordinate to men in virtually every aspect of life. Men were considered to be the bread owner of the family.  However, the story of Ms. Niru Shrestha is different. Thinning the barrier to  gender inequality and following her dream to be a successful business woman, she has achieved the level which her family and society had never imagined.   She started business with light lamp in 2062 BS and continued expanding it with mud ICS and later metallic ICS. She received the international honor from ENERGIA/HIVOS Netherland “The ENERGIA Women Entrepreneurships Award 2017” on 5 th April, 2017 at the SEforAll Forum, Duggal Greenhouse in Brooklyn, New York due to selling improved cooks...

काठमाडौं–सिन्धुली कमलामाई नगरपालिका–४ की ४८ वर्षीया नीरू श्रेष्ठ भान्साको धुवाँबाट मुक्त बनाउने अभियानमा लागेकी छिन्। सरकारले ‘हरेक घरधुरीमा स्वच्छ ऊर्जाको प्रयोग’ अभियान अन्तर्गत सन् २०१७ भित्रमा देशैभर धुवाँमुक्त चुल्होको निर्माण गर्ने लक्ष्य राखेको थियो। तर,सरकारी लक्ष्य पुरा हुन सकेन। यो अभियानले धेरै गृहणीहरूले आफ्नो घर धुवाँमुक्त हुने आशा गरेका थिए। सरकारी तवरबाट अभियान सेलाए पनि श्रेष्ठको अभियान भने सेलाएको छैन। उनी अहिले प्रत्येक वडा, गाउँपालिका तथा नगरपालिकाका गृहणीको स्वास्थ्य र घरलाई धुवाँबाट छुट्कारा दिलाउने अभियानमा लागेकी छन्। ‘धुवाँको मुस्लोमा खाना पकाउनु त्यसमाथि घरभित्रका लुगाफाटा पनि धुवाँले कालो हुने समस्याबाट अहिले छुट्कारा मिलेको छ,’ उनले भनिन्, ‘अहिले धेरै दाउरा लाग्ने, आँखा चिलाउने जस्ता स्वास्थ्य समस्या पनि झेल्नु परेको छैन।’ परम्परागत चुलो प्रयोग गर्दा धुवाँले आँखा पोल्ने र टाउको दुख्ने समस्या झेल्दै आएकी उनलाई भान्साकोठा धुवाँले गर्दा कालो हुनुका साथै चुलो चाँडै फोहोर हुनाले चुलो पोत्नका लागि पनि उत्तिकै समय दिनुपर्दथ्यो। अहिले सुधारिएको चुलो प्रयोग...

Shree Bhumlu Salle Samaj Kalyan Samiti has mobilized its own resources not only to impart skill training on tailoring to four local women but also to provide three units of sewing machines. This 24 years old organisation is located in a remote Bhumlu Salle village of Kavrepalanchowk district in central Nepal serving 510 households in the area. It is a small community rural electrification entity (CREE) affiliated with National Association of Community Rural Electricity Users Nepal (NACEUN) and manages operation of grid electricity in the local areas. The CREE has taken initiative to promote women entrepreneurs after its partnership with WEE-Nepal Project from 2014. WEE-Nepal Project sensitized the executives of the CREE regarding need for promotion of enterprises for benefit of financial health of the CREE itself as its revenue would increase through increased sales of electricity. The Project assisted the CREE to conceive a three-year business plan under which the CREE has commi...

The Situation : Ms. Parbati Shrestha at her shop Nepal has made great strides towards gender equality in recent years however it still lacks the opportunities for economic empowerment of women. As Nepal remains a patriarchal society, women’s accesses to economic resources are severely limited. Most of women are involved in unpaid unproductive family labor force. Women in Nepal are responsible for cooking, fetching fuel and water for household purposes. Further, continued dependence on traditional biomass has adverse effects on women’s health. 63% populations lives in rural areas (CBS2011) and are dependent on kerosene and bio-fuel. The economic empowerment of women is a vital element of strong economic growth in any country given the fact that they constitute 50 percent of the economically potential population.   Involvement of women in entrepreneurial activities would ensure effective utilization of labor, generation of income, leading to improvement in quality of life ...

The Situation:   Udayapurgadhi Rural Municipality  of Eastern Nepal lies in Udayapur District one of the 14 districts   of   Province No. 1  in eastern   Nepal.  According to the census of 2011 it has total of 317,532 populations of which Chhetri, Rai, Magar are principal ethnic groups of Udayapur. In 2011, its literacy rate was 69 percent and female percentage was 53 percent. According to 2011 census of Nepal, the total population of this municipality was 30,731. Remote geography, diverse settlement, lack of access to education, health services, roads, drinking water, communication, poverty and unemployment are major problems of this rural municipality. Even to date, there is no grid electricity; hence the community depends on solar electricity. This Rural Municipality has prioritized access to clean energy and grid electricity in 2018/19. The objectives of the plan are to: ·    Provide access to electricity ·    Lighten ...

ICS built and promoted under WEE-Nepal Project Majhi Tole (English translation: Majhi = Fisherman; Tole = Hamlet ) is a small village located in Katari Municipality, Ward no. 4 of Udayapur district. It is a poor community, members of which practice fishing as a seasonal occupation. The village, with a heterogeneous population of diverse ethnic backgrounds, consists of 58 households. This village is representative of economically marginalized groups of Nepal, which lack access to clean cooking solutions. This case presents itself as an example of a successful collaboration between the community, government and non-governmental entities to ensure access of poor households to improved cooking solutions. As of September 2016, all families in the village have fixed-type Rocket Stoves (see picture) installed in their kitchens. These units have been installed by women stove entrepreneurs trained within the WEE-Nepal Project. Thi...