SHAKHI: Friends of Women

  • A Advocate
  • I Implementer

Description

Shakhi: Friends of Women is a non-governmental organization operating in the Bara District (Madhesh Province) of Nepal.

Primary Functions

  • Awareness Raising/Advocacy
  • Capacity building/Technical assistance
  • Other
  • Program/Project Implementation

Secondary Functions

Not applicable or unknown

Geographic Scope

  • Sub-national

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Education topics addressed

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition

Other

  • Early childhood development

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Vocational training

Quality

  • School-related gender-based violence
  • School violence

Cross-cutting topics addressed

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Climate change
  • Community sensitization
  • Digital literacy
  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • HIV and STIs
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • Sports
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

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Current girls’ education funders

Current girls' education partners

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Website

SHAKHI: Friends of Women

Headquarters location(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Office location(s)

  • Nepal

Contacts

Priyanka Kumari Kushwaha
Executive Director
shakhibara@gmail.com
SHAKHI: Friends of Women

Locations of current girls’ education work

Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • Nepal

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