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Centre for Women Awareness and Development (CWAD) has successfully conducted its Annual General Meeting (AGM), marking another milestone in our continued journey toward promoting equality, justice, and freedom. We are pleased to announce the newly elected Executive Committee: Chairperson: Manita Panta General Secretary: Radha Tandukar Treasurer: Kamala Adhikari Members: Uma Tamang, Suneeta Regmi, Manisha Paudel,

CWAD celebrated its 28th Annual Day in Bhaktapur, highlighting its long-standing dedication to gender equality, empowerment of marginalized communities, and social transformation. Hon. Sarita Timalsina Bhattarai, Deputy Mayor of Suryabinayak Municipality, was honored with a Letter of Appreciation. Four members of the Bhaktapur Women’s Group received Tokens of Love for their outstanding community contributions. The

CWAD celebrated its 26th Annual Day with great enthusiasm at Dhulikhel Resort, joined by its board members, advisors, and staff. On this special occasion, CWAD expressed heartfelt appreciation to its dedicated board members — Kunta Rauta Karki, Kamala Adhikari, Radha Tandhukar, and Uma Tamang — for their continued support and valuable contributions to the organization.As

  CWAD celebrated its 27th Annual Day with board members, advisory members, staff, and Special Guest Ms. Krishna Karkee, disaster expert. Chaired by CWAD Chairperson Prof. Kusum Shrestha, the event honored Advisory Board members Prof. Kusum Shrestha, Senior Advocate Suneeta Regmi Pokharel, Advocate Shanti Risal Kafle, board members Advocate Uma Tamang, Ms. Maya Majhi, and

On 18th February 2024, Centre for Women’s Awareness and Development (CWAD) and Women Rehabilitation Center (WOREC) along with more than 30 organizations co -organized a Thematic Panel “An Unheard Story: Ecological Justice and Identity,” held as part of the World Social Forum 2024 Nepal  under Global Feminist Forum. This platform bought feminist leaders, youth and

On February 16th, CWAD organized a panel discussion on “Civic Engagement for Economic Justice and Human Rights of Women” at World Social Forum. We were honored to have renowned activists to share their experience and strategies for promoting inclusive development, combating systemic injustices, and empowering marginalized communities.   Also, a Big Shout Out to our

CWAD celebrated 25th Annual Day on 30th July 2022 (14th Shrawan 2079) chaired by CWAD Chairperson Dr. Anita Shrestha. In presence of Special Guest Honourable Lily Thapa, member National Human Rights Commission of Nepal; Dr. Renu Adhikari, President of WOREC and Advocate Pabitra Raut, Program Officer of FES. As well as the Advisory Board Members,

CWAD celebrated its 24th Annual Day on 29th July 2021 (14th Shrawan 2078) chaired by CWAD Chairperson Dr. Anita Shrestha in the presence of Special Guest Mohan Bahadur Bista, Ward Chair Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ward no. 4., in the presence of Secretaries, Board Members, and Advisory Board Members, as well as general members in the

CWAD organized a program to farewell the project staff members with the completion of the project A Campaign for Institutionalizing Legal Empowerment in Nepal project supported by Open Society Policy Centre (OSF) from 31st December 2017 to August 30th, 2020. During the program CWAD Chairperson took this opportunity to thank Project Coordinator Advocate Manisha Poudel

23rd Annual Day CWAD celebrated its 23rd Annual Day on 30th July (14th Shrawan). We organized an official program chaired by Dr. Anita Shrestha, Present Chairperson of CWAD. CWAD Past Chairpersons, Secretaries, Board Members and Advisory Board Members as well as Deputy Mayor and Chair of Judicial Committee of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, Ms. Anjana Devi

CWAD chairperson Dr. Anita Shrestha and CWAD founder chair and Advisory Board Member Prof. Dr Shashi Adhikary were invited as a panelist to share their experience and expertise regarding the Domestic Violence during the first phase of lockdown in Nepal. This program was organized by a USA based organization. During the program, all the panelist

CWAD participated in the UN CSW62– the largest gathering of global leaders, NGOs and private sectors, UNs partners and activists from around the world- held in New York from 12-23 March, 2018. The theme of the event was Challenges and Opportunities in Achieving Gender Equality and Empowerment of Rural Women and Girls. In the conference

On the occasion of 108th International Women’s Day on 8th March 2018, CWAD along with other organization working in the areas of women empowerment had participated and expressed their solidarity. The rally was organized by Women and Children Welfare Ministry with the slogan “Economic empowerment along with awareness: rural and urban women living status transformation”.

CWAD has organized an interaction program on Meaningful Participation of Women in Local Level Election of Nepal 2074, 21st April, 2017 at Hotel Pacific. The program was organized to sensitize political parties to ensure women’s participation in local governance and to provide recommendation for political party to guarantee women’s participation in local governance. While the

CWAD conduced Educational and Economic Empowerment of Women and Girls project from 2012 to 2015 at Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur Districts with the financial support from (VGIF). Child Club in Public School of Bhaktapur and Lalitpur Districts was formed to develop their skill. Similarly, there were 31 women who received sewing training and started their

This study has been undertaken to prepare the Development Plan for Vulnerable and Indigenous communities of the project area VDCs- Lete and Koban of Mustang District in 2012. The objectives of study is to documenting the baseline socio-economic conditions, assessing the project’s social impacts, developing mitigation measures for any adverse impacts and developing measures to

CWAD has conducted the project on Sexual and Reproductive Rights for the Advancement of Women’s Health at Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur Districts of Nepal with the financial support from Global Fund for Women in 2010-2011. As a result, the participants (included women and girls from Indigenous group, Marginalized Community, and disadvantage group) have able to

CWAD had conducted the project Empowerment of Women through Cooperative and Small Entrepreneurship Development at Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur Districts of Nepal in 2010-2011 with the financial support from Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund, (VGIF) Inc. New York, USA. During this project there were three Women Savings and Credit Cooperatives was established in the three districts

CWAD had run the Alternative Dispute Resolution for Building Peace and Ending Gender Based Violence project in 2008-2009 at Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur districts of Nepal with the financial support from Global Fund for Women. The Project was success to provide the tools and technique to the community mediator in order to resolve the dispute related