This presentation was used by Ms. Erisha S. Suwal and Mr. Bibhusan Bista in an interaction program (Follow up on hackathon - FightVAW) to share about the FightVAW initiative.

2. Talking About Violence
• Violence against women is increasing
• Rape and attempt to rape in the fiscal year B.S. 2069/70
reached 922
• WOREC reported 198 cases of Violence Against Women
in Shrawan, 2070. Domestic violence was the highest
reported case
• Recent cases
• Sita Rai
• Rape of minors, by family members

3. Talking About Violence
According
to
the
Demographic
Health
Survey
of
2011:
• Sexual Violence:
• 85% of women aged between 15-49 years, who have
experienced sexual violence have never told anyone
• 8% have told someone
• 7% have sought help
• Physical Violence:
• 66% of women aged between 15-49 years have never
told anyone
• 12% have told someone
• 22% have sought help

4. Responding to Violence
Against Women
• More than 2300 organizations working to end Violence
Against Women
• Limited coordination and communication
• Consequences
• Victim has to repeat their traumatic experience
several times
• Holistic support is not easily available as
organizations focus on a particular area
• Information asymmetry: organizations that could
support a case sometimes may not know the latest
updates about a case

5. Understanding Violence
Against Women
• Paucity of data and information on violence against women
• Strong evidence on the extent of the problem, the causes and
the consequences is difficult to obtain
• News on VAW compiled by a few organizations
• Many sad stories on VAW, but few on the survivors succeed to
reclaim their lives

6. Technology and Violence
Against Women
• What
role
can
informa=on
communica=ons
technology
(ICT)
play
in
addressing
some
of
challenges
faced
by
vic=ms
and
others
who
work
to
end
VAW?
• Why
ICT?
– As
of
June
2013,
mobile
penetra=on
has
reached
70%
and
25%
of
Nepal’s
popula=on
have
access
to
the
Internet.
– These
numbers
will
only
grow

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8. Fight VAW
An initiative to use accessible
Information and Communication Technologies
in fighting
Violence against Women in Nepal
www.fightvaw.org

9. Components of FightVAW
Registering of Complaints / Problems
through telephone

10. Components of FightVAW
Registering of
Complaints / Problems
through mobile sms

11. • Informed your closed ones for
immediate support through
smart phone application
• Report problems/through the
application rather than SMS
or voice call
Android based
Smart Phone Application
Components of FightVAW

12. What after complaints /
Problems are registered ?
• Complaints accessed and transcribed by dedicated
CSO representatives working in the field of VAW
• Individual cases followed-up for the benefit of the victim
• Tracking of cases and follow-ups carried out for each
individual cases

13. Some more components of
Fight VAW

14. Some more components of
Fight VAW

15. Some more components of
Fight VAW
Organizations in Action

16. What do we aim to achieve ?
Fight
VAW
as
An
Integrated
plaSorm
to:
• Provide
an
alterna've means
to
report
experiences
of
violence
through
a
24-­‐hour
help
line
and
SMS
• Increase
the
speed at which a vic'ms gets support
from
CSOs
• Enhance
coordina'on and collabora'on
among
different
CSOs
working
to
support
the
vic=m
• Compile
informa'on on CSOs
working
all
across
Nepal
on
VAW
and
make
it
available
in
one
plaSorm
• Monitor
the
media
for latest news and updates
on
VAW
and
make
it
available
in
one
plaSorm
and
build
the
ini=al
infrastructure
necessary
to
compile
data
on
VAW
in
one
central
loca=on

17. The Actors

18. How Did it Come About?
• Hackathon
• World Bank’ commitment to support the ideas generated by
the youth from the IT sector and the civil society

19. VAW Hackathon – June 16, 2013

20. VAW Hackathon Snapshot
100 + Participants
18 Teams
3 Winners

21. Self Help - 3rd Winner
• Mobile Application that can send SMS to police, pre-
selected trusted network about the location of victims in
case of the incident of violence.
• Anyone can report about VAW to selected organizations
using the app
Team Members
Kabindra Shakya
Nhasala Joshi
Kipendra Kushi
Anish Parajuli,
Binisha Shrestha

22. Mero Katha (My Story) –
2nd Winner
Collect, share and discuss stories that inspire people to
report cases of VAW using both online platform and
offline community.
Team Members
Yukti Lal Marik
Wolf Price
Jayanti Mala Chapagain
Olin Thakur
Inge Patsch

23. Your Voice Our Support –
1st Winner
• Voice Recording of complaints through the use of mobile
phones and landline phones
• CSO network to access them and take necessary action
Team Members
Susan Joshi
Namita Pradhan,
Sundar Man Vaidya

24. What does FightVAW means to
us at the moment ?
A pilot design to use innovative use of home grown ICTs to
address the use of Violence Against Women
An opportunity explore collaboration and coordination among
different stakeholders

25. What are we doing next ?
• Implement the pilot program till June, 2014 together with our
collaborators and partners on selected locations
• Monitor and document early impact stories
• Fine-tuning of the system based on feedback received during
the pilot implemntation

26. Our vision for the long run
• Create ownership of the system among different stakeholders
• Figure out a mechanism to sustain the system with active
Government engagement and ownership
• Make a case for Nepal in fighting the issues of VAW using
ICTs at a global level

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Thank You !
www.fightvaw.org