Community Empowerment and Social Justice Network (CEMSOJ) is an apolitical, informal, and not-for-profit collective of human rights and grassroots development activists founded in 2015 and based in Lalitpur, Nepal. It works mainly for social-economic empowerment and promotion of social justice and human rights of marginalized groups of Nepal, including indigenous peoples and minorities, rural communities, and urban poor – with a particular focus on women, youth and persons with disabilities, and children of those groups, towards a just and peaceful society.
Mission
To increase social-economic empowerment and promotion of social justice and human rights of marginalized groups in Nepal, particularly indigenous peoples, minorities, rural people and urban poor. CEmSoJ focuses on women, children, youth and persons with disabilities in those groups, working towards a just and peaceful society.
Our work in development finance
CEmSoJ supports marginalized communities, particularly indigenous, minority and rural communities, affected by 'development' and business projects through capacity building, documentation and research and assists them in their advocacies at national and international levels.
Geographic Focus
Asia
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We are excited to announce that, w/ our member @WRIEquity, we are developing a new initiative to protect Grassroots Environmental #Defenders!
The Standing Together for Environmental Defenders (#STAND) will offer training, financial support and collaborative partnerships 🧵(1/4)
📢 Save the Date! 📅 16:00CET, 9 April
Join BHRRC’s @ChristenDobson as she speaks at the online launch of new Indicators on Business & Human Rights, spearheaded by @ISHRglobal.
Register here👉: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5m9V1XgyQ0mN83ltukcjFg#/registration
🚨Today, as their hearing takes place, we urge authorities in #ElSalvador to drop all charges against 5 environmental rights defenders from @ades_sm.
The criminalization of HRDs for peacefully protecting their territory must end❗️
https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/upcoming-hearing-five-community-leaders-and-environmental-rights-defenders-facing-2
Very worrying news from #Kyrgyzstan, where the president has signed the controversial law on "foreign representatives", that risks stigmatizing and silencing critical voices.
https://cpj.org/2024/04/kyrgyzstan-president-signs-russian-style-foreign-agents-law/
In a recent letter, local & intl CSOs had called on development banks to take a stance to protect #civicspace and use their leverage to push the Kyrgyz govt to stop the law.
https://rightsindevelopment.org/news/kyrgyzstan-foreign-representative-law/
Standing in solidarity with our Kyrgyz partners, we hope the govt will now withdraw the other proposed law on NGOs and will not use the new bill on foreign repr to target critics & silence dissent.
Read more in this analysis by @ICNLAlliance 👇
https://www.icnl.org/post/analysis/analysis-of-the-kyrgyz-republic-draft-law-on-non-governmental-organizations