Areas of intervention\ Activities

Specific activities that FEDO carries out under their areas of intervention include:

Advocacy & Awareness Raising
•  Info sessions on women's rights, human rights, and the     law in Nepal
•  Media and other campaigns on untouchability and     gender equality
•  Working together to raise awareness about why social     inclusion must be addressed in state     mechanisms
•  Lobbying and awareness raising about the Constituent     Assembly
•  Empowering women to participate in the peacebuilding     process through meaningful participation     and     representation of women in politics.

Education
•  Formal: scholarship programs for Dalit girls
•  Non-Formal: functional literacy classes for adults
•  Sensitization activities and lobbying government to ensure a Dalit-friendly education policy as well    as its implementation

Economic Empowerment
•  Women's group formation and saving and credit fund mobilization
•  Business skill development and support for businesses/entrepreneurs
•  Information dissemination to Dalit women on how to access state provided resources,     mechanisms, and activities

Health and Sanitation
•  Programs & camps on health/sanitation, safe motherhood, HIV/AIDS
•  Information dissemination about the Government health agency and how to access and be aware    of the services it provides

Institutional Development
•  Network/partnership expansion, fundraising & enhancing capability
•  Developing HR policies, financial policies, strategic papers, and codes of conduct

Peace building
•  Counselling to women searching for disappeared family members or who were victims of rape     during the 10-year conflict in Nepal