
Happy Dipawali
Wishing the goodness of this festive season dwells within you and stays throughout the year. Happy Dipawali.

RENEW sharing meeting
(RENEW) Rights and Economic Development for Nepal’s empowered women- Sharing meeting with Her Excellency Amanda Strohan, Deputy Ambassador Canada in

Training for trainers on Human rights
Training of trainers on women human rights advocacy organized by Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) under Rights and economic development

A round table seminar on killer robots :The Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAW)- a treat to humankind
WPD Nepal organized a round table seminar on ” killer robots :The Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAW)- a treat to humankind” on February

National workshop to promote the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Kathmandu, Nepal, 23 November 2021 – In collaboration with the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia

Round table seminar on ” killer robots :The Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAW)- a treat to humankind”
WPD Nepal organized a round table seminar on ” killer robots :The Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAW)- a treat to humankind” on February
Online video speech competition
WPD Nepal organized a video contest to give young people from five different schools in Kathmandu a chance to reflect

Online Video contest
WPD Nepal organized a video contest to give young people from five different schools in Kathmandu a chance to reflect

Round table meeting with H. E. Ambassador Nobushige Takamizawa
The Round table meeting with H. E. Ambassador Nobushige Takamizawa, Japan to Geneva and President of the Fourth Conference of
SEWAM HERO 2018
Jamuna Bartaula, aged 43, is a member of the Milijuli women group. Her family consists of five members: a husband,

Stories from the Field: Socioeconomic Empowerment Program for Women and Marginalized (SEWAM)
Meet Jamuna, our SEWAM Hero for 2018. “Getting trainings and loans on low interest gave me confidence me to start my

Presentation at “ATT Implementation Efforts around the World”
Shobha Shrestha, executive chair of Women for Peace and Democracy Nepal, shared how she worked with the #ControlArms campaign to

Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Universalization in South Asia
An interactive 2-day roundtable meeting was organized by Women for Peace & Democracy Nepal (WPD Nepal) and Control Arms with

WPD Nepal Exposure Visit to Myrada, Kolar, India
WPD Nepal had an exposure visit to Myrada Spoorthy Training Centre, Kolar, India, from January 27th to February 3rd, 2018

HOPE Visits WPD Nepal Communities to Make a Documentary Film
HOPE International Development Agency, an international partner and supporter of WPD Nepal, has visited Sindhupalchowk, Nepal from December 6th to

World Accord Visit to Nepal
World Accord, an international partner and supporter of WPD Nepal, organized a 14 day visit to Nepal to assess the

Arms Trade Treaty Conference of State Parties in Geneva
Shobha Pradhan Shrestha, Executive Chair of WPD Nepal and regional coordinator of control arms, participated in the Third Conference of

WPD Nepal Distributed Tailoring Machine to Sindhupalchowk
WPD Nepal works with it’s target women to bring a socioeconomic transformation in their community through various empowerment programs. WPD

WPD Nepal women won the Local Level Elections 2017!
Six women of WPD Nepal — Som Laxmi Praja (Makwanpur), Saraswati Shrestha (Sindhupalchowk), Ambika Lamichhane (Sindhupalchowk), Suku Maya B. K

With First Female President, Nepal celebrates Women’s Day by calling for ATT compliance, end to armed violence against women
Celebrating International Women’s Day, Women for Peace and Democracy (WPD) Nepal came out with a unified voice in calling for

Field Diaries by Ms. Sushmita Dawadi
Ms. Sushmita Dawadi is an English News Editor and presenter at Radio Nepal. Ms.Dawadi accompanied the Ontario Council for International