Current Situation
- 1 in 4 women are enrolled in higher education.
- 9 in 10 Dalit(lowest caste in Nepal) women are uneducated.
- 8 in 10 women experience domestic violence.
- 3 in 10 seats are reserved for women in Nepal’s Parliament.
The challenges faced by women in Nepal are entrenched in outdated socio-cultural practices. Particularly in rural and marginalized communities the girl child is groomed to undertake household activities at a young age, which deprives them of the opportunity to access quality education and participate in socio-economic and civic activities. Further, poverty exacerbates the situation by intensifying the fall in enrolment rate the girl child in schools and the increase in unpaid, and often unappreciated household labour.
There is relevant empirical data to verify dire state of Nepalese women in terms of health, education, participation, income generation, self-confidence, decision-making, access to policymaking and human rights.
Project Goal
The Women Education and Life Skill project empowers women to become self-reliant and resilient by providing them access to relevant education and skills development to help them participate on equal footing with men in all socio-cultural, economic, and civic activities in Nepal. The project contributes towards the SDG4 2030 by ensuring that women are provided with inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities. By 2030 we hope to help at least 80% of targeted women develop awareness of their rights and necessary life skills.
Project Interventions
Through the Women’s Education and Life Skills project, VIN will plan and implement various interventions, including:
- Basic education and life skills training for women of different age groups.
- Basic reading and writing skills training for marginalized women.
- Women Rights awareness trainings and activities.
- Various trainings on communication, stress-management, self-esteem, problem solving, time management, decision-making and creative thinking are other arena of focus.
- Small scale vocational trainings like candle-making, agro-farming, animal rearing, soap making etc., to help
Project Achievements
As of 2020, VIN’s Women’s Education and Life Skills Project has been able to facilitate trainings and workshops for 10,055 women in rural and marginalized communities of Nepal.
Project Resources
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Research/Reports
To know more about the status of women in Nepal, please visit the reports below:
6 data visualizations show the status of women in Nepal in 2018 – By Code For Nepal
Importance Of Women Education In Nepal – By The Rising Nepal
