About Us

Kapilvastu’s headquarter Taulihawa-based Madhes Human Rights Home (MAHURI HOME) was officially founded in 2008 to defend, safeguard, monitor, protect and promote human rights, peace and social harmony in and around Kapilvastu district. This organization is an outcome of

collective and collaborative initiation of a dynamic team comprising expertise in the areas of human rights, media, girls and women empowerment, peace education and peace building. The organization, based in Kapilvastu district, is highly committed to the empowerment of the underprivileged, socially excluded and oppressed, indigenous and minority population at the grass roots level.

In 2007 a network to monitor and protect human rights of journalists and development activists was founded in the event of violence groups that broke out with the Madhesi movement. The network was successful in releasing captives by different armed. Later, in the aftermath of Kapilvastu communal riot, a need was felt to develop the monitoring network into a human rights organization. Thus Mahuri Home emerged as an organization to defend human rights in and around Kapilvastu district. Forwarding the slogan ahead “Ensure the participation on the basis of population”, the organization has initiated advocacy for human rights, humanitarian law and respect of the law and justice. The organization is strongly committed to do advocacy on fundamental rights and implementing UN Human Rights Declaration-1948 which has been ratified by the Nepal government.

MAHURI HOME raised and advocates the different issues of human rights violation in all three districts through Accountability Watch Committee. Concerned agencies found to have been more responsive to the cases of human rights violation put forward by AWC. It is however challenging in raising the issues of human rights violation due to politicisation of political leader. However, victims have able to receive compensation from perpetrators through series of the pressure building activities especially dialogues and advocacy.

Vision:

Creation of a just and inclusive  society where every citizen regardless of their faith, caste, creed, sex and color  achieve a decent and dignified life through enjoyment of Universal Human Rights

Mission:

A society where citizens exercise human rights provided by national and international human rights instruments without fear and favor, Sensitize State and Non State service providers ,enable local people, women and  girls, Capacitate them and access them to the information.

Major Objectives:

• Empower exclusive, disadvantaged, and marginalized groups, women and girls
• Promote mutual coexistence
• Build rights aware and duty-conscious citizens
• Gender-sensitive structures, society and service-providers
• End caste/class-based discrimination, violence and abuse of rights
• Promote distributive justice, equal share and equal opportunity to all
• Promote accountable, transparent and responsive service providers
• Rights-assertive citizens
• Promote democratic attitude, culture and behaviors