ASD Human Rights Program supported the Regional Conference of Human Rights Defenders organized at Biratnagar on 7 and 8 June 2014. About 250 human rights defenders from 14 districts of the eastern region of Nepal attended the conference. The conference aimed to build synergy among the human rights defenders of the eastern region for the…

ASD in collaboration with Education Journalist Group (EJG) organized a one-day interaction on “Education Act (8th Amendment) and proposed bill for Free and Compulsory Basic Education” on May 22, 2014 at Kathmandu. Representatives from Ministry of Education, Department of Education, Teacher unions, teachers, school management committee, organizations working on education and journalists participated in the…

Women’s Program together with Human Rights (HR) Program of ASD organized a two day program on May 7 and 8, 2014 to orient the youth and teachers of Tandi and Padampur VDC-Chitwan district on human rights issue. The orientation program helped 42 participants from the VDC to understand the issues of violence against women and…

ASD organized the National Grantee Meeting from 25-28 March 2014 at Lalitpur to revisit the work of all the partners in the previous year and develop strategies and activities for this year. The changing socio-political context of the country in terms of promoting open society and democratic values served as the foundation for the strategy…

ASD Human rights program supported a half day interaction program organized by Accountability Watch Committee(AWC) on 17 March 2014 in Kathmandu. The program was organized to disseminate the decision of the Supreme Court made on 02 January 2014 on Transitional Justice in Nepal. 80 participants including Mr. Narahari Acharya, Minister of Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly…