Observation of the "Occupy Baluwatar Movement"

Since December 28, 2012, every morning from 9 to 11 AM , protesters from various youth clubs have gathered outside the Prime Ministers official residence in Baluwatar , Kathmandu, Nepal, standing solidarity to end gender-based violence in Nepal. Most of the youth clubs have united and started a movement knows as " Occupy Baluwatar Movement " in order to end the women violence in Nepal and to seek justice for each and every victim whose case has not been registered and solved .

      In order to observe the movement and to know about the initial situation about women violence in the country, we went to Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal on 20th April 2013. The Occupy Baluwater Movement has reached it's 106 days of protest against injustice. Most of them have been protesting every morning,  right from the first day of this movement. Even after protesting for for 106 days, the government officials were not responding to their protests and they said that they will continue the movement until the Prime Minister of Nepal personally guarantees that the government will prevent the incidents of violence against women.

We had a plan to participate in the movement but it became too risky for us due to some problems as some of the people were even taken  in custody. After the observation we could see that how vast and deep the problem was and we got more empowered and dedicated  towards our project.

Project Details

Violence against women is a burning issue in today’s context even though many women are empowered and aware now.  In Nepal, although, women are leading in many sectors, there are many girls especially in the slums who are facing harassment and violence.

When we read in the newspapers about the cases of women and girls who are facing the problems of violence, we observed cases of violence against women and girls in one month as recorded in the newspapers.There are hundreds of such cases unrecorded throughout the country.  In this situation, we decided to do what is possible within our capability and then we started a project named “STUDENTS UNITING AGAINST VIOLENCE (SAVE)”. In this project we will ask support from the volunteering groups or various organizations that are working in the field of girls/ women violence in Nepal.We will collect some money from the students of our school voluntarily and will use that money to support the girls of the slums by providing them some sanitary materials. The support program will be targeting the women ans especially teenage girls of the slums; as in the slums , the girls are less protected and backward than those of normal society.