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Building capacity of journalists for the promotion of pluralism in Nepal

Year when project approved: 
2014
Approved budget: 
US$20 000.00

There have been many recent cases of the Nepalese media failing to comply with norms of pluralism and gender equality. As a result, Nepal’s marginalized groups (namely women and ethnic/religious minorities) lack trust in the media and often feel their issues are not dealt with fairly. This project will therefore train journalists to promote gender equality and pluralism in the Nepali media so that they can provide balanced coverage on issues regarding marginalized and excluded communities. This project will contribute to a more objective, free, pluralistic and progressive media that will contribute towards a vibrant, inclusive and democratic Nepal.

Documents
Full project description: 
Nepal_project_proposal1.pdf
Project details
IPDC Bureau meeting nº: 
58

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Beneficiary name: 
Jagaran Media Center(JMC) Human Rights Journalists’ Association (HURJA) Journalists of Doti, Dailekh, Kapilvastu, Rolpa, Bara districts
Beneficiary description: 

A). The Jagaran Media Center (JMC), established in 2000, is a national NGO working to eliminate caste based discrimination through media and building capacity of Dalit journalists to ensure greater representation of Dalit journalits and issues of Dalit in Media through training, publications. JMC's ongoing activities include: radio programs to combat caste and gender discrimination, media mobilisation and media advocacy, the Dalit Human Rights Monitoring Program; and journalism trainings for Dalit and non-Dalit journalists. B.) Human Rights Journalists’ Association (HURJA) is a non-profit forum of journalists dedicated to protect human rights, rule of law and democracy. The organization was formed with the objective of launching a media campaign for the protection and promotion of human rights and social justice.

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UNESCO

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Project place: 
Doti, Dailekh, Kapilvastu, Rolpa, Bara, Nepal

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Follow-up and achievments
Summary of the project implementation: 

A training manual on Social Diversity and Gender Equality in media was published and distributed among the training participants as well as other concern stakeholders. A total of 100 journalists in five districts of the five development region trained on issues concerning media pluralism, diversity and gender equality. As a result, their knowledge on issues concerning media pluralism, diversity and gender equality was enhanced. Ten fellowships for working journalists (including 5 women) were given to report diverse issues through their media, which resulted in them reporting investigative news on the different issues such as rights of marginalized communities and discrimination towards Muslim women. The trained journalists reported that this news were a useful reference for advocacy groups to advocate the rights of marginalized communities and women and girls. Five district-level and one national-level consultation meeting among the media managers and editors were organized, which sensitized them to issues of social diversity and gender equality.