CANADA NEPAL GENDER IN ORGANIZATIONS

Section I: Executive Summary

2. Major Outcomes

According to the baseline organization assessments and early documentation on the PNGOs, the PNGOs lacked capacity in many areas including internalization of gender concepts. As a result of CNGO, they experienced major changes in gender equality internalization and organization capacity. Thus CNGO has achieved solid results with ten of the twelve PNGOs. Major outcomes as identified in the Outcome Mapping work are summarized as:

PNGOs:

A majority of women PNGO respondents now feel empowered at control level in their PNGO
Men create space for women in all (mixed) PNGOs in a conscious strategy; although not all efforts are successful, it is a major adjustment for men
Women built their skills to demand their right to actively participate in decision-making
PNGOs know how to address strategic gender interests, although they need to be more proactive
The majority of PNGOs are now vision-led organizations
Linkages are now aimed at promoting gender equality as well as other issues; PNGOs continue to scan and make new linkages as opportunities arise that extend their influence
All PNGOs have become well known among key stakeholders for their gender expertise; some have excellent reputations while others have less profile
A majority of PNGOs now plan to continue as GROs, and all but one are expected to sustain a strong gender focus; GRO strategic plans are not currently sufficiently well developed

Community Based Initiatives Fund #2

Increased women's/girls access and control of development benefits in these projects
Introduced or reinforced gender equality concepts at community level

Community Based Initiatives Fund #1

Partner PNGOs (PPNGOs) committed to work with PNGOs on gender equality
Women are now encouraged to participate in the PPNGO

Gender Allies

Women benefited from advocacy in violence cases by gender allies - domestic violence and witchcraft accusations, chhaupadi² , dowry, early marriage for example
Gender allies built relationships among stakeholders with a focus on gender equality

NGO Associations

NGO associations mobilized from dormancy in several districts and tensions reduced among competing association in other districts

Gender Equality Committee (GEC)

GECs contributed to supportive gender equality environment
Gender Toolkit completed by Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MWCSW); to be distributed to all Women Development Officers (WDOs) for implementation in all districts

DDC-NGO Committee

Relationships built that resulted in some districts providing funds for NGOs to deliver programs
PNGOs especially benefited from closer relationships with DDC and opportunities to access funds, participate on committees and promote a gender equality message
Guidelines for DDC-NGO collaboration based on the CNGO model were completed by Ministry of Local Development (MLD) and are in final approval process, to be followed by dissemination to all Local development officers (LDOs)

Community Based Initiatives Fund #3

Government staff appreciated PNGO capacity and skills in gender to contribute to government mandates, and asked for more training and coaching support from PNGOs
Extension workers in Line Agencies (LA) improved ability to integrate gender equality into their programs