Team Leader : Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti
PhD Student : Mr. Devendra Adhikari
Research Team Members : Dr. Deepak Bhatta ; Ms Sharmila Shiwakoti ; Ms Apsara KC
Brief Description: WOMENsPEACE is a 3 Years project (February 2016-January 2019) focuses on the gender dimension of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) processes in Nepal and Myanmar, and the post-conflict political participation of female and male ex-combatants. In short, this project investigates the consequences of DDR processes for post-conflict gender equality, women and men’s social inclusion and women’s rights. It is funded by the Research Council of Norway’s NORGLOBAL program and managed by Peace research Institute Oslo. The institutional partners are Nepal Centre for Contemporary Research (NCCR) in Nepal and AR YONE OO-Social Development Association in Myanmar. The core research team composed of Dr Wenche Iren Hauge (Senior Researcher) and Dr Ashild Kolas (Research Professor) from PRIO; Dr Bishnu Raj Upreti (senior Researcher) from NCCR and Mr. Cin Khan Lian (Senior Researcher) from AR YONE OO-Social Development Association, Myanmar. In Nepal NCCR is collaborating with School of Education of Kathmandu University (KUSoED) to implement the PhD research. Mr Devendra Adhikari is PhD student at (KUSoED), who will work specifically on the reintegration of female ex-combatants in Nepal
