Strength TogetHER : Cohort 25

20th April, 2022. With the support of the WOW team, British council we expanded our Strength TogetHER sessions in Karmahawa School, Lumbini with a group of 35 girls which was divided into groups of 13 and 22 girls from grade 11 and 12 respectively.  Strength TogetHER provided a safe space for girls to share personal stories and experience which brings change in attitudes and lives. They get to explore and express themselves which helps to unburden themselves and create meaning.  Girls discuss their issues and come up with solutions that group members can support each other with. They learn to speak up and share their stories to the group which is relatable to almost all girls. They are empowered by the story they share and learn new lessons after every session they attend.  On 20th April, 2022 we started our 4th session on the topic, “Gender Stereotype”. This was a virtual session. We began our session by asking our participants if they find any differences in the way ...

April 16 ,2022 Strength TogetHER by Lokopakar provides a safe platform to young girls to share their personal stories and unburden themselves with the aim of eradicating the feeling of “I AM NOT ENOUGH” among them. Lokopakar has been providing Strength TogetHER sessions to young girls throughout Nepal. With the support of British Council Nepal, Strength TogetHER now has reached to Lumbini providing sessions to girls of Awadhi community from Shree Karmahawa Madhyamik Vidhyalaya. After two online sessions, we were finally able to meet our participants in person through WOW Festival 2022 at Lumbini Park. We were really excited to meet our participants on the clear sunny day at their native place. As we had divided our participants in two groups on the basis of the Grade they are studying in, the first Group of girls entered the hall of Lumbini Park around 9:30. They were all dressed in their pretty pink Kurthas with blue shawls which happened to be their school dress. I could clearly see ...

13th April,2022. With support of the WOW team, British council we expanded our Strength TogetHER sessions in Karmahawa School, Lumbini with a group of 35 girls which was divided into groups of 13 and 22 girls from grade 11 and 12 respectively. On 13th April, we started our session on the topic “It doesn’t feel safe being a girl” which was moderated by Ms. Sadikshya Maharjan.  Ms. Sadikshya is a free spirited person with her own insecurities and on a journey of self-acceptance. She completed her BA.LLB from National Law College. She aspires to be a part of the change, and help everyone. For the same she had worked as a Research Fellow for UNDP- Parliament Support Project and had also participated in Asia Pacific Youth Internet Governance Forum 2021.  In the beginning of the session, Ms. Sadikshya shared her experience with her School’s Nepali teacher who used to touch the students in a bad way. She explained that sometimes we are not aware about the things we have to go throu...

11th April, 2022 Strength TogetHER provided a safe space for girls to share personal stories and experience which brings change in attitudes and lives. They get to explore and express themselves which helps to unburden themselves and create meaning.  Girls discuss their issues and come up with solutions that group members can support each other with. They learn to speak up and share their stories to the group which is relatable to almost all girls. They are empowered by the story they share and learn new lessons after every session they attend.  With the support of the WOW team, British council we expanded our Strength TogetHER sessions in Karmahawa School, Lumbini with a group of 35 girls which was divided into groups of 13 and 22 girls from grade 11 and 12 respectively.  On 11th April, 2022 we started our 1st virtual session at 8 in the morning with enthusiastic girls from grade 11. They are from Awadhi Community, and speak Awadhi language along with Nepali and Engli...