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Standard Project Report 2016
land plots become available, additional families have expressed their willingness to join the reclamation gardening
programme in 2017, either by extending their own gardens for cultivating vegetables and fruits or joining the
expanded community gardens. Additional inputs are planned for 2017 in the event that there will be increased
demand for those willing to join the programme.
Progress Towards Gender Equality
Throughout the implementation of the PRRO, WFP advocated for the participation of women in decision-making
processes and in leadership positions in the camp management committees. WFP advised all stakeholders that at
least 50 percent of the people participating in all complementary activities were required to be women. Women’s
participation was stressed in all orientations, training sessions, workshops and meetings held for partners and
beneficiaries. Women’s partnership in project management positions was emphasised so as to provide them with
increased opportunities, allow them raise their needs and concerns, and empower them with skills and confidence
in decision-making.
In the cultural context of Nepal, men overwhelmingly enjoy positions of leadership and power. In particular, men are
the primary receivers of benefits of public services and are the primary decision-makers. Women, meanwhile, face
many discriminatory social norms such as child marriages, seclusion during menstruation and child birth, and
minimal social access to property ownership. In such a context, WFP’s requirement for women’s participation in
leadership positions helps to increase social awareness of the right of women to be included in decision-making and
to contribute to society on an equal level as men.
The results of WFP’s post distribution monitoring undertaken at the end of 2016 indicated that this continued
emphasis placed on women’s improved roles produced encouraging results, as WFP achieved the set target (50
percent) for proportion of women beneficiaries occupying leadership positions in the camp management committees
at the beginning of 2016. Women beneficiaries held positions mainly as sub-sector heads, assistants to
sub-sector heads, and as members of the distribution sub-committee. All positions involving both men and women
were elected by the refugee population through an annual election, in line with camp management
committee guidelines. However, by the latter part of 2016, when WFP and partners held the second round of
training for camp management committees members on food distribution modalities, some female members had
already left the camps for resettlement with their families, and their positions were replaced by men who were
elected by the refugee population. Meanwhile, some of the available women did not participate in the training
because of their other obligations. Therefore, the post distribution monitoring results at the end of 2016 showed a
decrease in the overall proportion of female camp management committee members who received training in food
distribution modalities.
To encourage and promote women to become more involved in the decisions regarding the use of the household's
entitlement, WFP took measures to issue ration cards in the names of the female members of the household as well
as the male member, who is usually the head of the family and who makes the majority of decisions. Studies done
by various stakeholders have shown that the increased role of women in making decisions over the use of
the entitlement was more likely to re