Voluntary Service Overseas

Intergrated Programme for Strengthening Security and Justice

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Description

STRENGTHENING ACCESS TO HOLISTIC, GENDER RESPONSIVE, AND ACCOUNTABLE JUSTICE IN NEPAL (SAHAJ) Problem Statement Deep-rooted social and gender norms that perpetrate unequal gendered power dynamics at inter-personal, family and community levels in Nepal hamper women and girls’ ability to challenge the widespread social acceptance of violence, and negatively influence their reporting and service-seeking behaviour. The lack of a conducive environment for service-seeking behaviours and poor knowledge of available security and justice services, coupled with constraints to the adequate and inclusive provision of such services, further exacerbate underreporting of GBV incidents in a context of mutual mistrust between communities and security and justice service providers (JSP). The project has been designed to provide learning and base of evidence on what works to change social norms around GBV in a politically and administratively evolving context such as the one Nepal currently offers, in its shift towards federalism. Operationally-relevant research underlies this project to capture learning and produce knowledge about what works to inform development actors and donors in three domains: 1) gender transformative social norms approach selection, 2) intervention design and integration, and 3) project delivery and adaptation. SAHAJ will test social norms change packages of interventions in multiple project localities and document what works to influence social norms change. Considering its limited implementation period, it is expected that the project won’t be able to gather comprehensive data on social norms change results, but will collect and analyse indications of progress towards social norms change.

Target Groups

The consortium proposes to implement the project in 46 palikas across three provinces, where specific packages of social norms change interventions will be identified based on the local socio-cultural context of each palika. Packages of community-police relationship building and social accountability interventions will be tailored to each palika’s reality drawing on the findings of a mapping analysis of the existing local security and justice system structures. In addition, the SAHAJ project takes a distinct focus on young people (15-19 years-old) through all three of its approaches. We recognise the role that young people, including boys and young men, play in social norms and GBV, by either challenging or perpetuating those. Girls, especially adolescents, are particularly vulnerable to violence, but their needs are often misunderstood and poorly addressed by children or women-focused interventions. The SAHAJ project will work in provinces 2, 5 and 7, implementing different sets of interventions.

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Location

The country, countries or regions that benefit from this Programme.

Nepal

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