A Launching Workshop on Media Campaign for Animal Welfare

Mandwi organized a launching workshop on Media Campaign for Animal Rights on 29th June 2019 at Everest Lodge, Kalaiya, Bara. The overall objective of the workshop was to inform the existing laws and policies of the Government of Nepal for animal welfare, good practices on it throughout the country and gaps so that the roles and responsibilities of online media, daily newspaper and radio/FM and concerned stakeholders are discussed from the animal welfare perspective. There was participation from different organizations and media in the workshop. They were from Online Media, Daily Newspaper, Radio/FM, Gadhimai Temple Development Committee, District based line agencies and stakeholders. Finally, Three selected online media (Aapan Birganj, Aajtak Mahesh and Krantidwar) representatives, three daily newspapers (Krantidwar, Pratik and Kripa Daily) and two FM representatives (Rautahat, Birganj), a representative from Gadhimai temple development committee and other key district based stakeholders informed on policy provisions of the Government of Nepal for animal welfare. In addition, they knew how to write news and area to be covered for good practices and learning related with animal welfare. Besides that they agreed to promote animal welfare and rights in Rautahat, Bara and Parsa districts through using online media, daily local newspaper and radio/FM.