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
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
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
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
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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Fight VAW
An initiative to use accessible
Information and Communication Technologies in fighting
Violence against Women in Nepal
www.fightvaw.org
Components of FightVAW
Registering of Complaints / Problems through telephone
Components of FightVAW
Registering of Complaints / Problems through mobile sms
• 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
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
Some more components of Fight VAW
Some more components of Fight VAW
Some more components of Fight VAW
Organizations in Action
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
The Actors
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
VAW Hackathon – June 16, 2013
VAW Hackathon Snapshot
100 + Participants
18 Teams
3 Winners
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
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
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
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
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
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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www.fightvaw.org