ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SHREYA ROKA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Kathmandu School of Law | Kathmandu, Nepal | Advancing SDG 5 & UNAI 3
" “Working with vigor and passion always galvanizes me and what fuels it up is advocacy for the environment and equality. Being a part of the Millennium Fellowship will help enhance my advocacy and communication skills. Being able to articulate one’s thoughts and having the confidence to speak up one’s mind requires a great deal of exposure and I firmly believe that Millennium Fellowship will provide me with that exposure. I am very excited to learn and explore my potential with the platform I have got.” "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Combating Domestic Violence
The idea of our project is to combat domestic violence. The project involves awaring
children aged 14-16 in different schools.
Domestic violence refers to actions taken by one partner in a relationship, particularly to exert control over the other. The parties concerned could be wed or not, of the same sex or not, cohabitating or apart, or even just dating. Everybody is susceptible to domestic violence. Any age, sex, gender, religion, culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, level of education, or marital status might be a victim, regardless of wealth.
The majority of domestic abuse instances in Nepal involve women, in any of its many
current manifestations. Due to cultural practices built on patriarchal ideologies,
domestic violence can happen in a familial setting. However, this does not imply that
the husband is not a victim of domestic abuse. He may also experience domestic
abuse at the hands of his wife, her brother, or another male relative.
Domestic Violence (Offence and Punishment) Act, 2066 (2009) has interpreted
domestic violence as physical, psychological, sexual, or economic torture caused by
one person to another person. However, many people hold the misconception that
domestic violence involves only physical violence. People are unaware that
economic torture, psychological and sexual violence is also a part of domestic
violence. We aim to encourage children against domestic violence. The project falls
under Sustainable Development Goal number 5
There were so many things to learn from the fellowship in our project. The major
thing we learnt is that children's minds are tabula rasa and they pick up whatever the
adults teach them. Therefore, our project broadly involves awaring young minds
about how domestic violence grossly affects people and how one can give at least
small efforts to solve it.
Our project includes awaring the very foundation of our future, 14-16 year olds
children, about domestic violence. Especially in Nepal where the highest number
14,232 cases of domestic violence have been reported on Nepalese fiscal year
077/078 with 2532 rape cases being the second on the list. Domestic violence in
Nepal is flagrantly neglected whereby people just assume that it is a normal thing
and having it reported is considered shameful to the family.
It is paramount to eradicate domestic violence from the grassroot level and
educating young minds from the very beginning is one way to curb the problem of
domestic violence that is prevalent in Nepal.
About the Millennium Fellow
Shreya Roka is a 22-year-old law student at Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal. From early childhood, she understood the interference caused by human beings in the environment and how it has caused devastation to the other being co-existing in the same environment. Shreya has always been passionate about advocating for the right use of environmental resources and the protection of the floras and faunas of the same. It is paramount for Shreya that through her advocacy for the environment, people apprehend the damage they are causing to the environment and measures to reduce the damages.
Likewise, growing up in a patriarchal society, Shreya has always questioned why females are oppressed members of society. She seeks to establish equality in her male-dominated society by advocating on behalf of gender equality. She believes that gender stereotypes and sexism that exist in her society have caused a serious hindrance in the development of women and through her advocacy skills, she seeks to bring about a change and promote gender equality in society.
