JWAS Introduction

Janaki Women Awareness Society (JWAS) is a non-governmental and not for profit making civil society organization. It was established in 1993 A.D. (2050 B.S) in Dhanusha District. The organization was founded and is operated by a group of women social workers. It works to uplift the standard of living and empowerment of Marginalized Community, Women, Dalits, Youth, Janjatis, PWD, and Disaster Stricken & Conflict affected people of Nepal.

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

OBJECTIVES

• 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 awareness creating on  HIV/AIDS
• Livelihood promotion through entrepreneurship development & employment creation
• Prepare the community for climate change adaption and disaster mitigation & management
• Promoting good governance and social accountability
• To improve health, hygiene, drinking water and sanitation condition of community
• Contribute gender equality and social inclusion through in every activities of all projects
• To protect the natural resources and environment
• Producing new knowledge through research, survey, study, and assessment

Strategic Priorities

The strategic priorities given below are at present core sectors in which JWAS has experience and wants for further strengthen in the coming years. This will further institutional and increase the working capacity of JWAS as an organization. The objectives are for not only to increase the opportunities for livelihood of the Dalit, Janjaties, children and women but also increase their access in education, health and self-determination.

• Livelihood promotion and capacity enhancement
• Education and empowerment
• Research and advocacy
• Sexual and reproductive health and rights
• Water, sanitation and hygiene
• Social mobilization & awareness
• Peace, governance and democracy
• Disability rehabilitation
• Organizational development
• Climate change and DRR
• Prevention, protection and prosecution

Along with these, JWAS will also be guided by the following strategies

Working in partnership with grass roots, marginalized farmer’s agricultural workers, marginalized communities, women and children, JWAS facilitates community participation in program formulation, implementation and monitoring with equal participation of women in decision-making and work place. We would like to undertake and implement projects that ensure:

a) Participation: Rely on the full participation of Dalit, women and children with direct experience of targeted problems.

b) Networks/Linkages: Creates new networks including such different constituencies as District Administration, VDC, other government agencies, academics, lawyers, Police, social activists, NGO’s, stakeholders and donors committed to working for the empowerment of marginalized community, women and children’s.

c) Rights and Advocacy: Bring about positive changes in attitudes and policies concerning marginalized community, women and children though their organization and empowerment.

d) Non-Discriminatory: Build respect for individual/human right across religious, region, caste, gender and political lines.

e) Gender sensitive: Provide equal opportunity for men and women at work place and community.

f) Empowerment and conflict reconciliation: Will empower the targeted communities and build peace through reconciliation of interests.

g) A political: The activities and program of the organization will not favor any political party and will be non-party in nature.

h) Accountability and Transparency: JWAS will be accountable to the targeted community and eager to share all information with all concerned.

i) Awareness on HIV/AIDS: JWAS takes this as a cross cutting issue and tries to increase awareness on RH and HIV/AIDS to all its targeted population in all projects.

j) Capacity building : Developing skills, practice and attitude for positive change

k) Inclusion: Inclusiveness of target community and disadvantaged groups in decision making and implementing their programs.

Target Group

Women and girls, Marginalized Community, Madhesi, Dalits, Youth, Janajati, minorities, Muslim, People with Disabilities, Disaster Stricken People & Conflict affected people

Stakeholders

• Relevant Ministry at Federal and Provincial Government
• District coordination committees and Local government units (LGUs)
• District based government agencies/offices
• District court and lawyors 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
• Commercials organizations/Vendors

Strengths of the organization

a) Good reputation and image in the community/Positive impact in the community.

b) Committed leadership.

c) Sufficient number of human resources.

d) Availability of appropriate and modern equipment.

e) Competent, skilled, experienced and Committed human resource of diverse area,

f) Inclusiveness of marginalized and ethnic group in programs, staff and in board members

g) Governed by the rules, regulations and policies.

h) Harmonious relationship and co-ordination among the staff and executive committee

i) Good relationship and partnership with government agencies, NGOs and private Sectors.

Values and beliefs of JWAS

a) Participatory: The organization includes its right holders in decision making process.

b) Cost effectiveness: The organization delivers its services with quality and rightly priced.

c) Human Dignity: The organizational and its member will demonstrate tolerance in one another, respect one another and upheld the right of the people to live in society with dignified human life.

d) Effectiveness in its programs: The organization will develop a means to deliver its service effectively to its right holders.

e) Coordination: The inherent quality of the organization is coordination in between of different stake holders and right holders to achieve the goal

f) Transparency: Transparency is a core value in dealing in every sector.

g) Responsibility: Indoctrinated a culture of dealing to its staff and members with people carefully.

h) Brotherhood / Reciprocator: Unity in diversity furthermore living in harmony and peace with dignity is another aspect of brother hood.

i) Helpful: Extending supporting hand is another value of the organization.

j) Dignity of labor: Labor is the product that provides life.

k) Inclusiveness and Good governance: People with different background, culture, caste and class shall be in its program and in calculate the culture of inclusiveness.