
We Completed 150+ Project


Welcome to JWAS
Janaki Women Awareness Society (JWAS) is a women-led non-governmental organization established in 1993 by a group of local women activists and social workers, with registration at the District Administration Office of Government of Nepal, Dhanusha district as well as the Social Welfare Council, Kathmandu. The organization works to empower marginalized communities particularly women and girls, dalits, youth, Janajati, people with disabilities, disaster stricken and conflict affected people and facilitate them to overcome the social discrimination and humanitarian crises. JWAS mainly apply the approaches of civic engagement, policy advocacy, education, empowerment, community mobilization, community dialogues including intergenerational dialogues and research to meet the communities need and country priorities.
Our Vision, Mission, and Goal
We are committed to empowering women and marginalized communities for a better society.
Vision
Dignified Women: Prosperous Society
Mission
Organize and empower women and marginalized people for enjoying their rights and inspiring their engagement to achieve a prosperous society.
Goal
Improve and promote the economic, social, political, health, and environmental status of women, girls, and marginalized people.
Our Major Objectives
We are committed to creating meaningful and lasting impacts through these key focus areas.
- Promoting the situation of human (women) rights and education for peace, harmony, and democracy promotion.
- Ending harmful social norms against women (witchcraft, child marriage, dowry system) and creating awareness on HIV/AIDS.
- Livelihood promotion through entrepreneurship development & employment creation.
- Preparing the community for climate change adaptation and disaster mitigation & management.
- Promoting good governance and social accountability.
- Improving health, hygiene, drinking water, and sanitation conditions of the community.
- Contributing to gender equality and social inclusion through every activity of all projects.
- Protecting natural resources and the environment.
- Producing new knowledge through research, surveys, studies, and assessments.
Our Strategic Priorities
The strategic priorities listed below are JWAS's core areas of focus, aiming to strengthen the organization and its impact in the coming years.
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Livelihood Promotion and Capacity Enhancement
JWAS strives to increase livelihood opportunities for women, youths, and marginalized communities through income generation and skills training, aiming to reduce poverty, end child marriage, and support early married girls.
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Research and Advocacy
Conducting research and advocacy activities for the rights of girls, women, children, and marginalized communities, reducing ethnic and gender-based discrimination through policy-level interventions and education.
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Education and Empowerment
Promoting literacy and quality education among marginalized groups through non-formal education and community school support activities.
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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Improving adolescent girls' and women's sexual and reproductive health through awareness campaigns, advocacy, and services such as safe abortion and HIV/AIDS education.
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Social Mobilization and Awareness
Citizen engagement through social mobilization and awareness strategies, empowering women and girls to address social issues and ensuring community involvement in development programs.
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Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
Empowering communities for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation while promoting national priorities on carbon reduction and clean energy.
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Prevention, Protection, and Prosecution
Protecting and preventing marginalized groups from violence while taking action against any forms of violence, including gender-based violence.
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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
Increasing access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and improved health conditions for marginalized communities.
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Peace, Governance, and Democracy
Promoting democracy by engaging marginalized groups in the electoral process, leadership development, and decision-making, while supporting conflict-affected people.
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Disability Rehabilitation
Providing rehabilitation services, promoting equitable education access, and supporting daily living activities for individuals with disabilities.
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Organizational Development
Institutionalizing JWAS and affiliated organizations to become a reputed national-level organization, while building community-level capacity to sustain development activities.
Our Approaches
JWAS adopts the following approaches to ensure the effective implementation of its programs and projects, fostering inclusion, empowerment, and sustainability.
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Participation
Rely on the full participation of Dalit, women, and children with direct experience of targeted problems.
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Networks/Linkages
Create new networks with local governments, academics, lawyers, police, activists, CSOs, stakeholders, and donors to empower marginalized communities, women, and children.
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Rights and Advocacy
Bring positive changes in attitudes and policies concerning marginalized communities, women, and children through organization and empowerment.
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Non-Discriminatory
Promote respect for individual and human rights across religious, regional, caste, gender, and political lines.
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Gender Sensitive
Provide equal opportunities for men and women in the workplace and the community.
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Empowerment and Conflict Reconciliation
Empower targeted communities and build peace through reconciliation of interests.
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Apolitical
Ensure activities and programs remain non-partisan and neutral in nature.
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Do No Harm Principle
Implement activities that do not harm individuals, organizations, institutions, or parties.
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Accountability and Transparency
Remain accountable to the targeted community and share all relevant information with stakeholders.
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Awareness on HIV/AIDS
Integrate awareness on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS into all projects.
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Capacity Building
Develop skills, practices, and attitudes for positive change.
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Inclusion
Ensure inclusiveness of target communities and disadvantaged groups in decision-making and program implementation.
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Learning Management
Facilitate knowledge sharing and learning management to promote growth and innovation.
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Sexual Harassment
Take decisive action against sexual harassment at all levels, including board, staff, communities, and stakeholders.
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Partnership
Foster partnerships at grassroots, district, national, and international levels to maximize program impact.
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Sustainability
Ensure sustainability of project results through empowerment, stakeholder mobilization, and partnership building.
Our Values & Beliefs
We are guided by principles that ensure inclusiveness, dignity, and excellence in all our endeavors.
Participatory
Inclusion of rights holders in the decision-making process.
Cost Effectiveness
Delivering quality services at the right price.
Human Dignity
Respect and uphold the right of people to live a dignified life.
Effectiveness
Ensuring the delivery of services to rights holders efficiently.
Coordination
Collaborating with stakeholders to achieve goals.
Transparency & Accountability
Maintaining transparency and accountability in all dealings.
Responsibility
Fostering a culture of care among staff and members.
Brotherhood
Promoting harmony, peace, and unity in diversity.
Helpful
Extending a helping hand whenever needed.
Dignity of Labor
Valuing labor as a key to life and ensuring it is dignified.
Inclusiveness & Good Governance
Inclusion of diverse backgrounds as a foundation for governance.
National & International Policies
Adhering to policies and directives with high respect and value.
Safeguarding
Ensuring the safety of women, girls, children, minorities, and people with disabilities.
Affiliation & Networking
JWAS believes in affiliation and networking with other local, regional, national and international organization so as to amplify the impact we do in the community. We have established significant numbers of affiliation with local, regional, national and international organizations.
Composition of Members
Type of Membership | Total | Men | % | Women | % | Dalit | % | Janjati | % | Others | % |
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Founder Member | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 100 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 55 |
Life/General Member | 67 | 16 | 24 | 51 | 76 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 46 | 68 |
Executive Committee (EC) Members | 7 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 71 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 29 | 3 | 42 |
Staff Composition
Total Number of Staffs | Female Staffs | Male Staffs | Dalit | Non-Dalit |
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47 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 30 |
Donors and Funding Partners
JWAS has had the privilege to work with numerous esteemed national and international funding partners since its establishment in 1993.
- WELTHUNGERHILFE (WHH)
- USAID/LACC
- Bills and Melinda Gates Foundation
- NVF/ Ignite Philanthrophy/ Out of Shadows Grant
- University of Brighton, UK / University of Lincoln, UK / AHRC
- UN Women/LACC
- PLAN International Nepal
- International Foundation for Electoral System / DFAT
- ODI/ALiGN Micro Grants
- DKA Austria/Kfb Austria
- Rockflower Partners
- MAP-University of Brighton, UK / University of Lincoln, UK / AHRC
- CTS-University of Brighton, UK / University of Leeds, UK / AHRC
- Mundo Cooperante, Spain
- TETRA TECH/NIDR
- Street Child International, Nepal / UKaid Direct / DFID Nepal
- Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation / Street Child of Nepal
- Search for Common Ground, Nepal / DFID Nepal
- Global Sanitation Fund / UN-Habitat, Nepal
- RWSSFDB / World Bank
- Election Commission of Nepal
- More than Brides Alliance / SIMAVI
- Global Giving (Crowdfunding Platform)
- Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA), Nepal
- SPI Nepal And Imperative Global
*See the respective sections for more information about JWAS donors and partners.
Geographical Coverage
Though JWAS is based in the Southern part of Nepal, since its establishment to till date, JWAS has experience of implementing its programs and projects in 30 districts out of 77 districts of Nepal. Yet, our work has mainly focused on central and eastern parts of Nepal.
Major Experiences
Since its establishment back in 1993 to till date, JWAS has implemented 151 programs/projects. Out of them, 10 projects are ongoing at present.
*See the respective sections for details of JWAS projects.


Major Stakeholders
- Relevant Ministry at Federal and Provincial Government
- District coordination committees and Local government units (LGUs)
- District based government agencies/offices
- District court and lawyers association
- Security agencies/offices
- LGU based government units
- Election Commission of Nepal (ECN)
- NGOs/CBOs/Umbrellas and Networks
- Media/Mass Media
- Academia
- Private Sectors
- Political parties and sisters organization
- Intellectuals and opinion leaders
- Social activists
- Commercial organizations/Vendors
Strengths of the Organization
- Good reputation and image in the community/Positive impact in the community.
- Committed leadership.
- Sufficient number of human resources.
- Availability of appropriate and modern equipment.
- Competent, skilled, experienced and committed human resource of diverse area.
- Inclusiveness of marginalized and ethnic group in programs, staff, and in board members.
- Governed by the rules, regulations, and policies.
- Harmonious relationship and coordination among the staff and executive committee.
- Good relationship and partnership with government agencies, NGOs, and private sectors.
Major Policies and Guidelines
- JWAS Statute 2050 BS -1993
- Strategic Planning (2021-2025)
- Human Resource Policy -2058 BS
- Administrative, Financial, and Procurement Policy 2058 BS
- Gender and Social Inclusion Policy -2063 BS
- Partnership Policy 2063 BS
- Monitoring & Evaluation Guidelines 2063 BS
- Social Mobilization Strategy -2063 BS
- Child Protection Policy- 2075 BS
- Safeguarding Policy- 2076 BS
- Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Policy – 2080 BS
- Ownership Handover Guidelines-2080
- Information and Data Protection Policy 2081
- Common Cost Sharing Guidelines 2068
- Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Policy 2080