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 NYIMA GYALTSEN GURUNG, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Nepal Law Campus | Kathmandu, Nepal | Advancing SDG 16 & UNAI 3
" Being a Millennium Fellow will enhance the resilience to adapt in multicultural environment and respect other's opinion, the quality of being honest, creative, humble and passionate to sit and work out the problems together. "
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 will work collectively.
Through this project, we aim 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 will primarily focus on two actors in the village- the Judicial Committee and the residents.
Firstly, since the local committees are constituted by elected representatives who are not necessarily legal experts, we will be conducting training and informative sessions about relevant legal matters.
Secondly, we will identify prevalent legal issues submitted for mediation with the help of the committee, and design awareness sessions for residents- to nip the bud of legal disputes. Currently, we are looking into issues of marriage and divorce, property, special needs, land encroachment, and domestic violence.
We will further legal accessibility in the region using a need-based approach, through in-person awareness programs, and the dissemination of legal information through brochures.
The impact of the project can be measured by observing the difference between the Judicial Committee and the residents' approach to relevant legal issues before and after the project. Our objective, with this project and the collaboration with local personnel, is to provide continuity to the project even after the Fellowship ends.
About the Millennium Fellow
Nyima Gyaltsen Gurung is a kind, smart and humble student at Nepal Law Campus, Tribhuvan University in Nepal. He was born in Dolpo, an Indigenous community in north Himalayan border of western Nepal. As a first generation to get education and legal education in particular, he is passionate and cautious about the Indigenous people's' rights. He likes meeting and interacting with people from different communities having different socio-cultural backgrounds. The long time engagement with community motivated him to get involved in social activities specifically targeted to the people of Dolpo.
