29 December, 2021
Kathmandu,
Right to employment is one of the important fundamental rights as well as one of the important sources of livelihood and income generation. To map the situation of labor rights under Prime Minister Employment Program (PMEP), JuRI-Nepal reviewed the implementation status of the Prime Minister Employment Program Operation Guidelines and its implementation status in its working areas. The review report was handed over to Hon'ble Krishna Kumar Shrestha, Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security on 29th December 2021. The research has identified some gaps and offered some suggestions to make the employment program ...
26 July 2021
Butwal, Rupandehi
JuRI-Nepal and alliances of media organizations (including Federation of Nepalese Journalist) and civic advocates have been conducting regular advocacy to ensure the civic space as per the constitutional spirit. Due to the continued lobby and public pressure from larger CSOs and media organizations, Lumbini Province Government, replaced previous Media Bill and promulgated a new Media Bill with more than 50% of changes. The new Bill is tabled in the assembly on 29 April 2022. The Bill is under the process of discussion at the thematic committee. The new bill seemed progressive from media freedom and civic rights perspective comparing to previ...
15 June 2022
Bijaynagar Rural Municipality, Kapilvastu
With the request from Bijayanaagr RM, JuRI provided technical support to Bijayanaagr RM to draft GESI Policy. The policy draft was handed over to Gopal Bahadur Thapa, Chairperson; Govinda Bhattarai, Chief Administrative Officer and Yam Kala Rasmi Magar, Section Head, Women, Children and Social Development on 15 June 2022. With this handover, the Chairperson of the RM has shown his commitment for its endorsement and allocation of sufficient budget for its implementation.
30 May, 2022
Kathmandu,
JuRI-Nepal facilitated a dialogue with parliamentarians focusing on statutory limitation on rape case and role of parliamentarians on 30 May 2022. On behalf of JuRI-Nepal, Advocate Raju Prasad Chapagai presented a paper highlighting statute of limitation, current barriers of access to justice, equality and contentious provisions of laws to harmonize constitutional and legal provisions to ensure human rights and access to justice. There is provision of one year for adults and one year after maturity to the minors and it has created barriers to ensure access to justice. This discussion was concluded to redefine statute of limitation after study of ...
JuRI- Nepal submitted its review report and advocacy policy brief on increasing access of marginalized communities in crops and livestock's insurance to Hon'ble Purna Kumari Subedi, Chairperson, Agriculture, Cooperative and Natural Resources Committee of the House of Representative on 23 June 2022. JuRI has reviewed insurance-related laws and policy focusing on rights of marginalized communities. The review was carried out by JuRI-Nepal in collaboration with Indreni Rural Development Centre (IRDC), Kapilbastu and Society Welfare Action Nepal (SWAN), Dang. The study areas were Kapilbastu: Bijayanagar RM, Shivraj Municiaplity and Dang: Gadawa RM and Rapti RM. This report was also...
