Conference Year: 2015

To what extent does third-party coordination contribute substantially to conflict resolution? While the strategies mentioned in the existing conflict management literature focus on the fact that third parties should be coordinated to make them effective in intervention processes, they do not address how such coordination strategies have contributed to conflict resolution in actual practice. In …

Effectiveness of Third-Party Coordination in Conflict Resolution: Evidence from Nepal Read More »

Nepal is in transition. Great political change has been happened through people’s movement in 2006, which over through monarchy and established republic Nepal. That movement has established many other agendas relating with social and economical transformation. Main streaming the marginalized groups based on gender, caste, region, ethnicity, class etc. was the mission of the movement. …

Participatory Democracy and Federalization of The Country – What does it mean for Feminist Political Agenda Read More »

“ …Utherabole hawa le lagthyo- basera bole musa le sunthyo” meaning “…if I stood up and spoke the wind took away my voice and if I sat down only the mouse heard …”  “…from thinking of it as our ‘fate’ to tolerate violence we now know it is our ‘right’ to live a life free …

Breaking the Silence Shrouding Violence against Women: Socio-Political Accountability towards Women’s Human Rights Read More »

The paper stars with a review of what women of Nepal have achieved, in terms of economic empowerment and capabilities, factors that have played positive or negative role in this progress, and analyzes the current challenges in ensuring equal playing field to women of various social groups in the market economy, that Nepal is sure …

The National Market under a Federal System, Ensuring Equal Playing Field for Women Read More »

The lecture deals with the three inter-related concepts of migration, livelihood and identity from the perspective of the Nepalis without Nepal, located mainly in India’s Northeast. It tries to show how their identity as migrants from Nepal has been a bane for them in India’s Northeast, how it influences their orientation towards Nepal and India, …

Nepalis without Nepal: Migration, Livelihood and Identity Read More »

This study examines why under-representation of marginalized groups continued in Nepal during the 1990s even after repeated competitive elections. Democratization is supposed to include more people and groups progressively when polities become more competitive (Dahl 1971). Periodic competitive elections are said to increase representation of previously under-represented groups as electoral competition pushes political parties to …

Elections and under-representation in democratizing Nepal: Electoral laws, party system and patronage, and weak mobilization of marginalized groups Read More »

This paper explores the ambivalent relationship between Dalits and Maoists in the Nepali Civil War (1996-2006) using three field studies of villages in western and eastern Nepal. The aim is to investigate whether this period of social upheaval brought about lasting changes in caste discrimination practices in rural Nepal and through this investigation to ask …

Between Synergy and Co-optation: Dalits and Maoists Before, During and After the ‘People’s War’ Read More »

Himalayan towns showcase a variety of institutional, regulatory, and technology led arrangements for sustaining the flows and quality of water. These arrangements and approaches are largely aimed at mitigating concerns related to alternate land uses in and around water-supply catchments, and their potential impacts on water quality and availability. Recently, incentives for controlling landuse through …

Water Catchments and Water Users: Zoning, Negotiations and Other Mechanisms for Water Security in The Urbanizing Himalayas Read More »

The supply and management of drinking water to small towns of the Himalayas is a critical challenge. Around half of the urban population in the Western Himalayas, covering Nepal and the two Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, live in small towns of less than 100 000 people. These small towns rely on springs, …

Negotiating Water Security: Dynamics of Up and Down Stream Water Management in Two Small Towns in Nepal’s Himalaya Read More »

The Himalayas are often referred to as the ‘Third Pole’. This appellation acknowledges the fact that after the two poles – North and South – the Himalayas with their snowfields, glaciers and perennial rivers are the largest reservoir of freshwater on this planet. Reassuring as it may seem, this appellation pales when one looks at …

Sustainability of Water Supply in Hill Towns in The Himalayas Read More »