The Inclusive Network is prompting the 2019 United Nations Resolution.  

The work of the network is two-fold: a) to prevent children’s unnecessary separation from their.

 Family and b) we wish to develop, test, document methods and share so that the best alternatives to separation are identified.

The Inclusive Network is grounded in the 2019 United Nations Resolution to the Convention to the Rights of the Child.

The 2019 UN Resolution reaffirms the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of 2008.  The resolution sets focus on children without, or who are at risk of losing parental care.

It emphasizes the importance of growing up in a family environment. It opposes the unnecessary separation of children from their families and the unlawful or arbitrary deprivation of liberty of children. It encourages state parties and civil society actors to reunify families where it is in the best interest of the child. It stresses that children should never be separated from their families solely due to poverty or lack of access to services such as health or education. It appeals to all nations to initiate de-institutionalization processes saying it is time for a major paradigm shift.

The resolution was passed by all 193 UN member states. Nepal welcomed the resolution pledging to initiate de-institutionalization of children residing in institutional care[1].

On a global level Nepal ranks high in the number of children separated from their families. 

Beyond what separation does to children and families, beyond the hurt and trauma experienced, separation also undermines the basic fabric of Nepali culture and society. Family and kin are the fabric of Nepal.

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[1] https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/CRC30Pledges/Pages/Nepal.aspx  Nepal Pledge-,Resolution  2019