The Story Kitchen

SAHAS (Courage) for Justice: Sharing and Amplifying Her Allegorical Stories for Justicel

During Nepal’s more than decade long war, women and girls were routinely tortured, raped, detained and killed. Despite the adoption of a National Action Plan to implement UN Security Resolutions 1325 and 1820 and the recent passage of the Truth, Reconciliation and Disappearance Ordinance, Nepali women’s voices and experiences have not been sufficiently acknowledged in processes to address the consequences of war.

This programme will work towards ensuring access to justice for women conflict survivors in ten districts. In an innovative approach, the programme will pair women conflict survivors with women human rights defenders to reach more survivors through local radio networks, thus breaking the culture of silence around conflict-related violence against women. The Story Kitchen aims to increase the knowledge and courage of women survivors of conflict and violence to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, increase justice seeking behavior among women conflict survivors, and improve the sensitivity of the media when covering gender-based violence cases in Nepal.