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Gender Equity and Social Inclusion
(GESI)
In Nepal, CECI:
¢ Supports the empowerment of
women and other disadvantaged groups such as the Dalits and
Janajatis;
¢ Increases the participation of women and disadvantaged
groups in governance mechanisms;
¢ Recognizes the potential of women,
Dalits and Janajatis by supporting the development of their practical
skills;
¢ Ensures access to economic and social resources of women and
other disadvantaged groups;
¢ Supports increased control of women and
disadvantaged groups over development resources;
¢ Promotes a better
understanding of gender equality and social inclusion issues;
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Contributes to raise awareness about gender equality and social inclusion
in rural communities;
¢ Builds capacity of its partners to promote
gender equality and social inclusion.
¢ Strives to become an inclusive
organization.
CECI's Gender Equality and
Social Inclusion Approach
CECI recognizes that development
initiatives have incredible potential to either reinforce or transform
inequalities that exist between different groups of people. CECI is
committed to the principles and ideals of equality and equity and for this
reason, strives to promote more equitable relations through its project
activities.
To achieve this, CECI has adopted a gender equality and
social inclusion approach that seeks to mainstream a gender and inclusive
perspective into the policies, procedures and practices at both the
organizational and project level.
Every project designed and
implemented by CECI includes a gender strategy and uses participatory
methods to empower women. To enhance our capacity to reach women and
socially excluded groups, CECI has more recently adopted the Rights-based
approach, developed social inclusion methods, and a conflict- sensitive
development approach. We have also refined our projects' monitoring
systems in order to ensure the access and participation of women and
socially excluded groups in all components of our projects.
Moreover,
all our staff and partners are regularly taking part in gender equality
and social inclusion trainings. A training kit on gender equality and
social inclusion has been developed to support our partners in promoting
these approaches and methodologies within their organizations and in their
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