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Policy Dialogue With The Stakeholders On Age Of Marriage   31st July, 2025 JuRI-Nepal is engaging in policy advocacy focusing on legal and policy reforms. Currently a debate is ongoing on age of  marriage in Nepal. In collaboration and with the support from UNFPA, JuRI-Nepal is developing a policy brief on this issues. In this connection, JuRI-Nepal organized a stakeholders consultation meeting on the draft policy brief focusing on age of  marriage and its consequences in Kathmandu on 31st July 2025. The government officials, officials from national human rights institutions and CSOs representatives working in the field of human rights and gender justice contributed in the meetin...

Orientation on referral support for the community volunteers and front line workers     The orientations on referral support mechanism under “Hamro Sahakarya Project” successfully built awareness and practical skills on survivors’ centric and do no harm response, stress management and self-care techniques of 49 community volunteers and front line workers (Dalit:38, Janajati:6, BCT:5)  from Sudurpachhim and Karnali Provinces. The orientation was facilitated in Surkhet on 17th and 18th June 2025, while in Sudurpashchim Province, it was held in Dhangadhi on 23rd and 24th June 2025. Among the participants 47 were women, 2 were men and 2of them were PWDs in the orientation. ...

JuRI submitted suggestion letter on the proposed amendment bill of the Penal Code provision on Child Marriage   May 21, 2025, Kathmandu Justice and Rights Institute-Nepal (JuRI-Nepal) submitted its suggestion letter to the Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, expressing its disagreement with the proposed revision of existing laws to lower the minimum age for marriage. The legal age of marriage is currently 20 years; however, the government is preparing to revise the Child Act and the Criminal Code. The letter was submitted in response to a public call for feedback on the draft bill proposing amendments to the National Penal (Code) Act, 2017 regarding provisions ...

Master Training of Trainers (MToT) on Facilitating Gender Transformative Manual Year-III   The five days MToT on Facilitating Gender Transformative Manual Year-III under Hamro Sahakarya Project was conducted on 21st -25th April, 2025 at Hotel Yellow Pagoda, Jamal in Kathmandu. The Training enhanced knowledge and skills of 31 SHGs volunteers along with project team members to explore strategies to engage individuals, families and communities to address harmful norms and discriminatory practices. The training motivated participants to develop action plans, take small steps for change, review and improve their plan. Participants were encouraged to apply critical knowledge and skills from...