ABOUT
Established in 1984, Cultural Academy for Peace is a non-profit organization committed to nurturing a society based on peace, justice, reconciliation, and respect for life. It works primarily for women and children who are survivors of various types of crimes and abuse as well as for promoting women’s empowerment and rights. Cultural Academy also spearheads change and development at the community level through multiple initiatives focused, most importantly on ensuring adequate access to necessary resources among many other activities. It focuses on various channels of advocacy, lobbying from Panchayat to Parliament level, and networking with the government, and national and international organizations to work for nonviolent social change and build up a sustainable peaceful society.
To engage in human rights activities and programmes through legal literacy, redress mechanisms, capacity building and to address violence against women and children.
To build regional, national and international links to support women and increase their capacities to become more effective advocates for women’s fundamental human rights.
To promote programmes with a gender approach to attain equal opportunities for women in all areas.
To lead women from the village council to the negotiation tables
To work towards nonviolent social change and raise a peaceful society by mainstreaming gender and gender sensitive active nonviolence.
