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THE STAKEHOLDERS
GOVERNMENT
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare
(MoWCSW)
This is the focal ministry for the protection of children and
women, and holds the responsibility to formulate and implement
plans and policies concerning the welfare and protection of
children and women, and to ensure the protection and wellbeing
of children and women in vulnerable or difficult
circumstances. The ministry is responsible for coordinating
the activities related to children, women and social welfare of
different ministries and departments at the national level, as
well as government authorities at the sub-national level, and
national and international NGOs engaged in the social sector.
The ministry is also responsible for monitoring the
implementation of the United Nations Optional Protocol to
the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of
Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography.
Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB)
The CCWB is a statutory body created by the Nepal Children’s
Act 1992, and oversees District Child Welfare Boards (DCWBs)
in the 75 districts of the country. Designated Children Welfare
Officers operate under the directives of the DCWBs. The
mandate of the CCWB includes coordination, policy dialogue,
facilitation, monitoring and evaluation of child-related issues.
The CCWB and the MoWCSW jointly coordinate the planning
and implementation of child protection initiatives at the central
level, while district-level offices of the MoWCSW and CCWB
coordinate, monitor and evaluate district-level plans and
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The CCWB and the DCWBs are responsible for monitoring
the operations of Children’s Welfare Homes and Children’s
Rehabilitation Homes, orphanages, and centres for physically
and mentally challenged children, which are to be established
by the government according to the Nepal Children’s Act.
Children’s Welfare Homes, as designated in the Nepal Children’s
Act 1992, provide residential support to ‘abandoned’ children,
meaning a child ‘1) who has no father, mother, or any other
of his family to look after him; 2) who has been neglected by
his father, mother or any member of his family even though
they exist; 3) who does not have any means of living’. 144
Children’s Rehabilitation Homes are intended to provide
residential support to children in conflict with the law. Both
the CCWB and the DCWBs are mandated to inspect and
provide reports regarding these government facilities.
National Coordination Committee (NCC)
As per the NPA against Trafficking in Children and Women
for Sexual and Labour Exploitation, the NCC was formed
under the chairpersonship of the Minister of the MoWCSW.
It comprises 16 representatives from line ministries and NGOs.
Its function is to support the establishment of the National
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