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 ARATI KAPHLE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Nepal Law Campus | Kathmandu, Nepal | Advancing SDG 16 & UNAI 3
" " Teamwork makes crazy vision turn into reality and push yourself to place where you haven't been before. Being a part of Melliennium Fellowship will make my social impact come true. I will also be able to explore myself, my communication skills and brings personal growth. I am excited to gain the positive result." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Kanooni Bodh
"Kanooni Bodh", loosely translating into "knowledge or understanding (bodh) of the law (kanoon)", is a project on which the cohort worked collectively.
Through this project, we aimed to equip laypersons with legal knowledge that is useful in daily life by assessing their specific needs in collaboration with local governmental bodies.
Since 2016, the Nepalese government has given local bodies the power to settle disputes through mediation. The Local Judicial Committee, in particular, has this ability. For this project, we will be working with the Judicial Committee of Sunkoshi Village to assess the needs of residents, and design awareness and training sessions accordingly.
The project primarily focused on two actors- the Judicial Committee and the residents. Firstly, since the local committees are constituted by elected representatives who are not necessarily legal experts, we conducted training and informative sessions about relevant legal matters.
Secondly, we identified prevalent legal issues submitted for mediation with the committee's help, and designed awareness sessions for residents to nip the bud of legal disputes. We looked into issues of marriage and divorce, property, special needs, land encroachment, and domestic violence.
We furthered legal accessibility in the region using a need-based approach through in-person awareness programs and disseminating legal information through brochures. The project's impact was measured by observing the difference between the Judicial Committee and the residents' approach to relevant legal issues before and after the project.
The objective of the collaboration with local personnel is to provide continuity to the project even after the fellowship ends.
About the Millennium Fellow
Arati Kaphle, has dreamed of becoming an intellect and serving in the legal field since her childhood. So, her eagerness and her passion in the law degree leads her to Nepal Law Campus , Tribhuvan University.She has great interest in reforming society by contributing and advocating for women's rights, minorities rights. She is fond of reading books, learning new things and exploring herself besides her shy nature. So, she has been participating, and conducting in various programmes and projects by involving in various organizations.
