HRFFN Wall of Hope Campaign Program at The British School in Kathmandu

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"Human Rights Film Focus Nepal (HRFFN) and its Wall of Hope Campaign is launching a five year community awareness and advocacy campaign which will take place every year during the United Nations Sixteen Day Campaign To Stop Violence Against Women. The goal is to lift up community voices against gender violence, with messaging on flex that promotes gender equality and stopping violence against women (VAW). HRFFN is inviting schools to now take the campaign to their communities with student volunteers painting Walls of Hope in their schools or near their schools in public places."

SAARC as an Economic but also Social Union?

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Prime Minister Koirla made a bold statement: envisioning a South Regional Economic Union. There is no economic union that is not also social. Now it seems a dream but with resolute determination from civil society and the corporate sector, the union can become a reality. Creating an economic but also social union is possible but we need to keep and step up the momentum.

Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2014 [Event Recommendation]

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"Extreme sports, adventure, religion, or distinct cultural practices, human beings relate with mountains in a myriad of ways. In a world whose character and landscapes are rapidly changing, our relationship with mountains is only getting broader, subtler, and more intricate. The growing diversity and complexity of this relationship is what Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) seeks to explore.

Thanksgiving and Family

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About my relatives and their connection to one another and me.

Why are they sitting this way?

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The sitting arrangement and the venue itself show the way of doing business at regional level. No doubts that the level of cooperation, forget the level of integration, suffers.

SAARC in the Third Decade: A Union, Remains a Distant Dream

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As the host nation, Nepal has adopted the theme of ‘Deeper Integration for Peace, Progress and Prosperity’ for the 18th SAARC Summit. The organization was created with the aim to accelerate intraregional trade, strengthen international economic linkages, promote public welfare and maintain regional peace. Unfortunately, SAARC has failed as a regional group.

Which kind of SAARC?

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What we need is a vision, small, big or medium size of what we want out of a regional integration process. Enhanced cooperation is surely positive but only a deeper integration can truly make a real difference for the common people. It is high time leaders of the region must think strategically about the future of South Asia. The citizens of the region should also be involved in deciding which Sou

Why the odd and even number policy also for public vehicles?

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This system is simple and effective to get rid of pollution and traffic but we need a proper alternate plan that is also disable friendly.

China joining SAARC? No kidding but…

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There is real potential for greater cooperation with China if South Asia gets serious on its integration process but unless the nation members of SAARC step up their efforts to strengthen their regional unity, it does not make sense to talk about a stronger engagement of China with South Asia as a regional bloc.

Mushrooming of Social Work Institutions in Nepal... Threat to the Profession

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The social work education in Nepal is nascent, immature and at huge risk of identity crisis. Mushrooming of social work institutions in Nepal and poor monitoring in social work colleges has been a major threat to the profession. The brisk mushrooming of social work institutions centric to Kathmandu valley definitely gives enough space to doubt its professional growth and the quality of the output

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