One of the most disaster-prone countries – Nepal lost more than thirteen thousand precious lives during the decade long internal armed conflict (1996-2006). Deep-rooted structural discrimination was widely recognized as one of the root causes of the armed conflict. In the context of Nepal, deepening inequality and denial of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR), clearly contributed to the unexpected conflict. Nevertheless, it offered an opportunity to seriously take care of citizen’s right to education, their right to food, adequate housing and other ESCRs ensuring equality. It promotes social cohesion, eradicates poverty, reduces inequality and eventually contributes to timely meet the SDGs.

With that in mind, JuRI-Nepal together with seven other partner organizations (listed below) currently contributing for the promotion and protection of the ESCR, has recently created a ESCR Portal so as to bring all into a virtual platform whereby they can receive, send and share information about the ESCR rights. The Kathmandu-based JuRI Nepal and Jagaran Media Centre are assigned to administer jointly manage the portal. The portal aims at serving as a virtual resource centre on the
ESCR related issues.