Women Welfare Service (WWS)

With the aim of empowering women and initiating community development in Humla district, Women Welfare Service (WWS) was established in 1993. The extreme poverty, vulnerable condition of women, poor access to justice for women, lack of awareness on women’s rights and low socio-economic situation of women in general forced a few local active women to form this organisation. WWS works for the empowerment of women and community development in 12 Rural Municipality (RM) of 5 districts (Humla, Mugu, Jumla, Kalikot, and Dolpa) with funding from variety of International NGOs, National NGOs, and Government Agencies. It is the only woman-led organization representing the Karnali, one of the poorest and remote province of Nepal