Publications

Silent Suffering - Child Sexual Abuse in the Kathmandu Valley: A Research Report

The action research on "Child Sexual Abuse in the Kathmandu: Children's persepectives" was carried out by CWIN in partnership with Save the Children Norway Nepal. It looked at the prevalence of contact as well as non-contact forms of sexual abuse among children. This report presents an introduction to child sexual abuse, the findings of the research, children's perspectives on child sexual abuse in Kathmandu as well as recommendations and strategies to counteract and reduce the prevalence of sexual abuse.

Author: Keshari Kansakar

An Assessment of Interventions to reduce Violence and Discrimination against Girls in South Asia

The introductory section provides an overview of the various forms and causes of violence and discrimination practised against girls in South Asia. Articles from CRC and CEDAW related to violence and discrimination against children have also been included to provide a comparison between government commitment and the actual situation of girls in these countries. The experience of girls and of organisations working with girls and women in South Asia has proved that violence and discrimination against girls clearly exists. Part of the strategic aims of both Save the Children UK and Norway is to reduce the exploitation of girls. This research was undertaken to address this issue, to specifically identify and analyse examples of effective interventions in reducing violence and discrimination against girls and to disseminate the findings to organisations working with girls. A variety of development institutions and activists were approached to identify organisations working in the area of violence and discrimination against girls and women.

Author: Sita Ghimire

The Children’s Clubs of Nepal: A Democratic Experiment

Save the Children Norway and US joined together in 1997 to look more systematically at the experiences of their own programme initiatives involving child clubs over the past half decade. Between them they had amassed several years of experience of working with children in these clubs. The study that this publication reports on was commissioned because the agencies wished to learn about this mushrooming growth of children’s institutions. The clubs seemed to have a number of features that represented the emergence of an important new kind of institutional opportunity for children, with great significance for Nepal and also, possibly, for other countries. The methods that the research team developed have ongoing application in the further development of the child clubs movement but also as methods for more systematically exploring children’s involvement in the development processes.

Authors: Jasmine Rajbhandary, Roger Hart and Chandrika Khatiwada

For a Better Tomorrow: Child to Child Lessons Learnt

This book sheds light on the long process of development of the Child to Child programme in Nepal – its successes, failures, challenges and prospects. The contents of the book are based on the outcomes of interaction with children participating in the programme and the review of the available and relevant literature. It also provides information on the Child to Child approach and helps in locating a starting point for this approach.

Author: Karuna Onta

Bringing up Children in a Changing World: Who’s Right? Whose Rights?

The research on which this publication is based explores ways to initiate a more meaningful dialogue with parents and other caregivers about how best to build a positive future for their children. The study has tried to document beliefs and practices about child rearing in a number of distinct communities in Nepal. It also looks at the subtle and contextual processes of children’s development in the natural environment of the home, where learning merges imperceptibly into the rhythms of everyday village life. The four villages selected for the study represent a range of conditions within Nepal in terms of environmental factors, social composition and local resources.

Authors: Caroline Arnold, Sheridan Bartlett, Joanna Hill, Chandrika Khatiwada and Pashupati Sapkota

Conversations with Families: To Prepare for Early Childhood Programming (Participatory Research Handbook)

This handbook builds on the experience of a research project in Nepal – a qualitative investigation into child rearing practices and beliefs in four rural communities. It is designed for organisations or agencies wanting to establish early childhood programming that is responsive to the realities of specific communities. It describes the process through which data collection and analysis are planned and implemented, involving community members as far as possible, in order to find the best way to adapt the mission and capacity of the organisation to local needs and preferences.

Authors: Sheridan Bartlett, Joanna Hill, Caroline Arnold, Jasmine Rajbhandary, Julian Kramer, Roger Hart, Tarana Rai, Pashupati Sapkota and Chandrika Khatiwada

Evaluation of the Mental Health Project (MHP) in Nepal

The main aim of the evaluation was to assess the impact of the MHP on health worker training in Nepal; the effect of the MHP on community mental health services and planning; the impact of the MHP on HMG health services and planning; and the interaction of the project with SC Norway and other funding agencies. The report introduces the health situation in Nepal particularly mental health. It presents the birth and development of the MHP as well as the evaluation procedures of the project. It also submits the findings and conclusions of the evaluation as well as recommendations put forward by the team.

Authors: Aity Maya Chhetri, Elizabeth Jareg and R. N. Sinha

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