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 SELINA ADHIKARI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Nepal Law Campus | Kathmandu, Nepal | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 10 & UNAI 3
" Creativity, leadership, teamwork, public speaking, problem solving skills. Being a part of the Millineum Fellowship will enhance these skills collaboratively. The skills i gain from the Millennium Fellowship will make my social impact on various fields more tangible and aligned with the UNAI principles and SDGs. I am excited to increase my anticipatory competence by envisioning new ways of learning and creativity. "
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
Selina Adhikari is a bright, young and talented Law student at Nepal Law Campus. She was born in Damak, Jhapa and reides in Kathmandu, Nepal. She has always shown a keen interest in helping people and also aspires to fight for women's right, animal's right and social justice through consistent advocacy. She also joined Rotaract club of kantipur and now is a service project director where she will be contributing her ideas and skills in the field of community service by leading and organizing various impactful projects through her outstanding leadership. Selina aspires to be in a professional field where she can cultivate these advocacies further and provide her own contribution in the development of United Nations' sustainable goals.
