Janaki Women Awareness Society (JWAS) is a women-led non-governmental organization established in 1993 by a group of local women activists and social workers, with registration at the District Administration Office of Government of Nepal, Dhanusha district as well as the Social Welfare Council, Kathmandu. The organization works to empower marginalized communities particularly women and girls, dalits, youth, Janajati, people with disabilities, disaster stricken and conflict affected people and facilitate them to overcome the social discrimination and humanitarian crises. JWAS mainly apply the approaches of civic engagement, policy advocacy, education, empowerment, community mobilization, community dialogues including intergenerational dialogues and research to meet the communities need and country priorities.