2005 Activities

November/December 2005 – Kathmandu, Nepal

• Participatory Educational Seminar - Women, Politics, and Peace: Working for a Just Society III "Gender-Inclusive Planning & Policies" for Women and Marginalized Groups facilitated by Dana Eyre, democratization expert, Lilia Velasquez, international human rights lawyer, Sarita Giri, Center for Women and Politics, Laura Taylor, IPJ Program Officer, and Dee Aker, IPJ Deputy Director.
  
  
• Participatory Educational Seminar - "Promoting Civil Society Amid & After Civil Strife: Dialogues on Inclusion and Engagement of All Stakeholders in a Democracy" for Political Party Leadership and Policymakers facilitated by Dana Eyre, democratization expert, Lilia Velasquez, international human rights lawyer, Laura Taylor, IPJ Program Officer, and Dee Aker, IPJ Deputy Director.
  
  
• Participatory Educational Seminar - "The Culture and Context of Peacebuilding: Promoting Informed Constituencies for Democratic Participation" for Emerging Leaders facilitated by Dana Eyre, democratization expert, Lilia Velasquez, international human rights lawyer, Sarita Giri, Center for Women and Politics, Laura Taylor, IPJ Program Officer, and Dee Aker, IPJ Deputy Director.

November 2005 – IPJ

• "Voices of Nepal." IPJ Compass. Article.

September 2005 – IPJ

• USAID grant "Building Constituencies for Peace and Democratic Development in Nepal" awarded.
  
  
• Executive Summary

May 2005 – Kathmandu, Nepal

• Assessment Trip - Dee Aker, IPJ Deputy Director, met with representatives from government, political parties, student unions, national nongovernmental organizations, women, media, security forces, jurists, business and the international community to determine the state of affairs in governance and human rights in Nepal following King Gyanendra's February 1 royal takeover and assumption of all powers from the elected government in the constitutional monarchy.
  
  
• IPJ Report: The State of Affairs in Nepal

April 2005 – Kathmandu, Nepal

• "Free Expression Central to UN Human Rights Initiative." Article by Shobhakar Budhathoki, graduate of MA program in Peace & Justice Studies.

March 2005 – United Nations, New York

• Consultations with Nepali delegates to the 49th Commission on the Status of Women on the impact of the current crisis on women and children, new challenges, and where and how we can work together.

February 2005 – IPJ

• IPJ Editorial Statement on the Nepal Crisis
  
  
• Read Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists issued statement
  
  
• Public Appeals from the Nepalese Human Rights Community


• Read about the 2005 Crisis in Nepal