DANAR Nepal and Dalit Issues

Dalit Alliance For Natural Resources, Nepal (DANAR, Nepal), a non‐profit, non‐governmental, grass‐root level organization dedicated to insure the rights of dalit community in natural resources and community development such as land, water and forest and to assist for building the vision of inclusive, equitable and prosperous society, was founded in 2065 B.S. by dalit activists, forest right activists and dalit women from different poor and marginalized communities of Nepal. DANAR explores the hidden issues exclusion and raises voice for inclusive development and makes the government bodies and other development agencies aware of their roles and responsibilities for inclusive development and sustainable peace. DANAR tries to achieve its mission through workshop, policy advocacy, Conference and mass rally, Income Generation Activities for poor and marginalized community and empowerment activities. The main working areas of DANAR are advocacy in natural resources such as land, water, forest and climate change, where DANAR has been working social inclusion, rights advocacy of dalit and poor community in natural resources and physical coverage is around the country.