The study showed high usage of contraceptives in five study districts compared to national prevalence. The high prevalence may be attributed to the contribution of family planning programs through various organizations like CARE Nepal. However, the findings indicate a need for a family planning program, primarily focusing on the younger married women in the different districts of Nepal.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among People in Kailali, Nepal
The COVID-19 pandemic cannot be curbed if people do not accept the vaccine. The findings of the study showed that a considerable proportion of the respondents did not accept the vaccine due to fear of the side effects and doubt on vaccine efficacy. Hence, there is a need to increase advocacy and awareness of the COVID-19 vaccine to gain people’s trust and increase the vaccine acceptance rate.
POST PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY (PPS) STUDY FOR VISTAR-II PROJECT
Nepal is among the twenty most disaster-prone countries, globally affected by multiple recurrent hazards due to the diverse topography, complex geography, fragile geology, and highly varying climate. Every year the country suffers from significant loss of human lives and property due to natural and human-induced hazards such as floods, landslides, soil erosion, fire, road accidents, and epidemics. To build the resilience of communities and institutions from the impacts of natural disasters in Sudurpashchim and Lumbini Province of Nepal, CARE and Handicap International (HI) jointly implemented the VISTAR II project in Kailali, Dadeldhura, Kanchanpur, and Dang districts with a significant focus on standardizing and institutionalizing Community-Based Disaster Preparedness (CBDP) model that has ensuredthe engagement of multi-level stakeholders, schools, community level preparedness and mitigation, and advocating for inclusive DRM policy. This project was funded by European Civil Protection and Humanitarian aid Operations department (ECHO) and implemented by local partners NRCS, CSSD, FHRD, and NNSWA. This project was for a period of 22 months from March 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016.
CARE Nepal’s Strategic Framework 2021-2025 (Nepali)
We have come up with a new strategic framework from 2021-2025 which consciously addresses the emerging needs caused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With this new strategy, we aim to demonstrate positive and transformational change in the lives of 2.5 million women and adolescent girls by 2025. We feel highly motivated and rightly equipped for this journey, and are focused on the change we want to make, the approaches we look forward to adopting, the contributions we envision in making, and the impacts we want to see. The document reflects the same commitment of CARE Nepal.
CARE Nepal’s Strategic Framework 2021-2025 (English)
We have come up with a new strategic framework from 2021-2025 which consciously addresses the emerging needs caused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With this new strategy, we aim to demonstrate positive and transformational change in the lives of 2.5 million women and adolescent girls by 2025. We feel highly motivated and rightly equipped for this journey, and are focused on the change we want to make, the approaches we look forward to adopting, the contributions we envision in making, and the impacts we want to see. The document reflects the same commitment of CARE Nepal.
Rapid Gender Analysis on COVID 19 Nepal, 2020
Since the onset of the global Coronavirus Pandemic, the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens (MoWCSC) identified the need to highlight the gender and intersectional impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. A Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) was conducted to understand the gender differential impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable and excluded groups. The RGA was also conducted to comprehend how existing gender and social inequalities have been exacerbated by the pandemic in the community and in quarantine situations in Nepal. The RGA was jointly conducted under the leadership of MoWCSC along with UN WOMEN, Save the Children, with CARE Nepal
being the technical management lead. The study was conducted using an Intersectional Approach . Along with primary data collection and analysis, the study was also based on the analysis of 50 secondary documents using the Maxqda software from 31 May to 17 June, 2020.
CARE Nepal’s Comprehensive Adolescent Programme Package
CARE Nepal has identified adolescent girls from poor and marginalized communities as one of the impact populations for its new program strategy (2020-2025). Guided by the CARE International’s global mandate, CARE Nepal has identified this population (adolescent girls) are vulnerable to negative impacts of harmful social norms, child marriage, school dropout, and gender-based violence. These underlying causes perpetuate poor participation of adolescent girls in the public sphere, poor access to basic services such as health and nutrition, education, legal services, denial of fundamental rights and entitlements. It also leads to weakening agencies to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Rapid Gender Assessment: Covid-19
Following the onset of the global Coronavirus Pandemic, the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens (MoWCSC) identified the need to study the gender and intersectional impacts of the COVID-19 crisis.
Based on the learnings from a pilot Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) conducted by CARE Nepal in two districts of Nepal, a Terms of Reference (ToR) was developed to conduct a RGA jointly under the leadership of MoWCSC together with UN WOMEN, Nepal, Save the Children and CARE Nepal being the technical management lead. The objectives of the RGA were primarily to understand the gender differential impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable and excluded groups and how the existing gender and social inequalities have been exacerbated by the pandemic in the community and in quarantine situations in Nepal.
