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.

Winter, 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 following the Royal takeover on February 1, 2005, by Dee Aker, IPJ Deputy Director, to meet with a wide range of stakeholders such as government, political parties, student unions, national nongovernmental organizations, women, media, security forces, jurists, business, and the international community. 
  
  
• IPJ Public 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

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