Peace Corps/Nepal: Integrating Gender and Caste into an Environmental Education and Awareness Workshop

摘要

This report recommends that Peace Corps/Nepal build on the foundation established by the WID volunteer groups work and on this workshop to mainstream gender and development into the pre-service training and other in-service training workshops and to harness the ideas, commitment, and experience of the WID group with those of local nongovernmental organizations working on gender and development. Peace Corps/Nepal also should explore the potential for placing volunteers with local NGOs working on gender and development. Peace Corps/Washington should continue to support the mainstreaming of gender into Peace Corps field programs. Specifically, Peace Corps/Washington can continue to serve as liaison with WIDTECH and USAID for support to develop gender and development pre-service and in-service training packages for Peace Corps/Nepal and for Peace Corps programs in other countries. Peace Corps/Washington can support Peace Corps/Nepal in exploring the placement of volunteers with local NGOs working on gender and development. Peace Corps/Washington also can expand its strategic support to the Peace Corps/Nepal WID group by enabling Nepali counterparts working in gender and development to gain exposure and strengthen networking by accompanying Peace Corps volunteers to appropriate national, regional, and international fora.