Strength TogetHER 17 (Jumla)

25th December 2021. Lokopakar is a youth development organization currently running four programs; Mragadarshan, UUDAN, Strength TogetHER and Think Ink. Strength TogetHer is specially designed for girls where they meet once in two weeks and share their insecurities, ideas, perspectives, and stories. This safe platform has been empowering young girls by inspiring them to be vocal about what matters to them. It has been running its session both online and in physical presence moderated by an expert in the related topic. The session is Jumla is conducted in partnership with the Zonta Club of Kathmandu. Zonta Club is a legally registered NGO that has been working on the advancement of the status of women with the objective to improve the economy, education, health, and issues related to youth and violence against women. On the 25th of December 2021, a session of cohort 17 was conducted virtually with the girls of Jumla. Enthusiastic girls from such a geographically challenged place showed

December 11, 2021 On the morning of 11th December 2021, we started our virtual session with our enthusiastic participants from Jumla on the topic “A Time I Supported Someone” in partnership with the Zonta Club of Kathmandu. Zonta Club is a legally registered NGO that has been working on the advancement of the status of women with the objective to improve the economy, education, health, and issues related to youth and violence against women. “We have two hands. One to help others and the other one to help ourselves” with this quote we started our session with a short introduction from our moderator Ms. Bhawana Malla Baniya. Ms. Bhawana Malla has been involved with Lokopakar for the last one and half years. She has already moderated 20+ different topics.  We started by hearing a story of one of the participants, she shared that one of the sisters in her village had low vision in the past, and due to the lack of proper health service she couldn’t get it checked and as a result, she has lo

                                             November 27, 2021 कहिलेकाँही हैन, कहिले पनि हुँदैन ! Every year, 16 days of activism against gender-based violence is observed globally from November 25 to December 10. The global theme for this year is “Orange the world: End Violence Against Women Now.” As a part of this activism, Lokopakar in partnership with Zonta Club of Kathmandu conducted a session titled “कहिलेकाँही हैन, कहिले पनि हुँदैन !” for the girls of Strength TogetHER Cohort 17 in Jumla in order to understand the scenario of women violence there and provide possible help to bring a change. Zonta Club is a legally registered NGO that has been working on the advancement of the status of women with the objective to improve the economy, education, health, and issues related to youth and violence against women. Strength TogetHER is one of Lokopakar’s programs that provides a safe space for girls to share their personal stories and experiences to bring changes in their attitudes.  We