By Kajal Maharjan | Program Trainee
In May, our 2021 YWPLI Fellows successfully completed the week-long intensive Advocacy Week as a part of the 11-month-long Young Women’s Political Leadership Institute (YWPLI). The week-long Advocacy Week consisted of training sessions (and not limited to) on the basics of Advocacy, current affairs, budget planning, and creating power messages. After the intensive training, the fellows were given a budget of Nrs.10,000 to pitch their advocacy project in groups of 4-5 and had to complete the project within the next 10 days.
The theme of this year’s Advocacy Week and Project Implementation was “Election” and so 4 different groups of fellows pitched their projects. The first group of fellows pitched a project titled “Basics of Election in Federal Nepal”. They organized a day-long training for the students of Bachelors in Social Work about the basics of Election and the Federal state of Government. Along with theoretical knowledge, the team members also gave the students with a practical demo of casting a vote in a ballot box.
The second group of fellows pitched their project, “Dialogue Dabali”, which aimed to create a platform for young and enthusiastic minds, primarily focusing The fellows reached out to 3 politically active individuals; some of whom were a part of the recent election in Nepal and interviewed them. In the long term, this group focuses on creating a circle to voice together important social issues via panel discussions, interactive classes, and a forum to share experiences and stories with an end goal to ignite the thoughts for change.
The third group of fellows pitched their project in the title “ /Electoral Literacy for all”. The project revolved around Election literacy among young women; particularly first-time voters. This group organized a one-day training along with a focused group discussion for the first-time voters. The anticipated outcome of this project is that the targeted audience will be able to make an informed decision in the coming election.
The fourth group of fellows pitched their project titled “Exercising Right to Vote”, where the team members conducted a 10-day-long door-to-door program, where they directly interacted with people and filled out the questionnaire regarding the voter card and collected the data. After the implementation of the advocacy projects, the fellows presented their findings, challenges, and learnings to the Women LEAD family on 11th June 2022.
Our 19 2021 YWPLI Fellows have completed almost all the modules of the program over the course of 11 months and are all set to graduate in July and become our alumni.
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By Kabita Tamang | Program and Government Affairs Coordinator
By Kajal Maharjan | Program (YWPLI) Trainee
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