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     Jana Utthan Pratisthan (JUP) Academy for Public Upliftment was established in 1994 and registered as a non-government organization in 1994. JUP was founded as a non-religious and non-political human rights organization. JUP was established with the goal of assisting in the creation of an equitable society for all Nepali citizens, regardless of caste or caste ethnic origin. While JUP's main target group is the Dalit community, JUP works in many different areas by raising awareness about human rights, socio-economic development, environmental deterioration, and prevailing superstitious social customs, such as caste discrimination.

Since its inception, JUP has been working for the Dalit movement through the media, community mobilization, advocacy, good governance and democration and by providing different kinds of training to enable self-reliance. JUP conducts training for Dalit representative and Dalit workers regarding decentralization, good governance, community mobilization as well as pro-Dalit politics for a democratized system.
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Mr. Gandharba/JUP General Secretary won Anthony Thompson Award 2008

Mr. Raj Kumar Gandharba won the Anthony Thompson Award 2008. ILIG Committee of UK decides on the award from outside UK who contributes in establishing public libraries and related work. Anthony Thompson was the first full-time IFLA Secretary General, from 1962 to 1970, and following his death a trust fund was set up for this award in his name. The award is made approximately every 2-3 years starting from 1983. Mr Gandharba is the first Nepali receiving this award and second from South Asia (Mrs Sudha Saxena from India got this award in 1993). The award nomination was made by JUP-Nepal and he is selected among 52 nominations globally.

Mr. Raj Kumar Gandharba won the Anthony Thompson Award 2008

Mr Gandharba associated with JUP-Nepal since 2004 and joined as a program coordinator in 2005, took life membership in 2006 and elected as General Secretary in JUP’s last general assembly. Now he is plying the role of Executive Director. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of quarterly English bulletin “Dalit Solidarity” which is subscribed worldwide. It has been very instrumental to bring Dalit issue in international forums and link with global movement against discrimination. Latter days, JUP-Nepal started establishing public libraries/resource centres focusing increasing the access of information to Dalits and other marginalised youths in their own place. This award is the recognition of his effort to establish such libraries/resource centres and to publish such bulletin including some others.

He was born in 1977 in a typical family of the Gandharba, is now teaching English Language and Literature in a public college and also the Chief Advisor of Gandharba Cultural Art Organization to promote Gandharba community. In this regard he will visit UK from 7 to 29 June, 2008 and take part in the various conferences and events.

In this regard, let’s congratulate him for his tremendous achievement. It is not only the pride of JUP but also the country receiving this prestigious award.

Amrit Bishwakarma
President

JUP-Nepal arranging “monitoring HR violation during the election”

24-03-2008

JUP has been working in HR issues since its inception and it has very much involved in expanding its network of people, organizations and communities in and out of the country. It has been actively involved in establishing the national apex organizations relating to Human Rights. Likewise, it has been affiliated with some international networks of HR and obtained special Consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. In fact, JUP is lobbing to raise the caste, work and decent base discrimination at the UN bodies and international forum. It initiated preparing the national alternative report for UN’s CERD first time in 1998 and actively participated in the World Conference against Racism, Racial discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance-2001. It further plans to expand alliances and partnerships with other organizations according to the requirements of the issues.

monitoring HR violation during the election

During historic people’s movement-II, JUP carried out monitoring of human rights violation through its networks, lobbying with civil societies and international communities for restoring absolute democracy, publishing against tyranny, establishing fund for Dalit martyrs of people’s movement, and actively participating in the demonstration and networks of civil societies. JUP-Nepal with joint coordination of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has been working on “Untouchability-based Human Rights Violations: Implementation and Obligation” at center to regional level. It has also close working relationship with OHCHR, UNMIN and other human rights institutions.

Now we are going to have the historic election of constituent assembly. It is a good event for Dalits and other marginalized community for bargaining on sharing the power through state restructuring. In a country with low level of awareness like ours, many types of human rights violation occurs during the election which snitch their political rights and rights of choosing their representatives fairly. Generally it happens to Dalits and other marginalized communities using them as a vote bank. So, in this regard JUP-Nepal decided to monitor the Human Rights violation during the election of constituent assembly in Central, Western and Mid-western regions in collaboration with its affiliated member organizations. For this, JUP officials, members and staffs are assigned in the regions i.e. Amrit Bishwakarma, Raj Kumar Gandharba and Basanti Sunar for Central region, Rewant Gahatraj, Raju Rasali and Maya BK in Western region and Babu Ram Bishwakarma, Sushila KC and Santosh Kumar BK in Mid-western region. They will mobilize the volunteers for their regions in association with JUP affiliated member organizations. These members in coordination with alliance member organizations and HR networks will aware the voters regarding the possible HR violation and monitor the HR violation during election. They will update the record of human rights violation, supply the information to the media, submit report to the concerned and publish in a book form.

In this regards, we expect support and collaboration from all the concern organizations, individuals and networks.

Amrit Bishwakarma
President