The Center for Media Research – Nepal (CMR Nepal) announces the launch of provincial activities under an initiative aimed at combating misinformation and online harassment through provincial digital literacy training and community-level micro-interventions.
The activities, which runs from November 2025 to January 2026, is co-funded by the Canada Fund of Local Initiatives (CFLI) and Purak Asia..
This evidence-based intervention will equip 210 youth—at least 50 per cent of them female—across seven provinces with crucial media and information literacy skills through seven two-day workshops. The workshop will focus to training outstation youth, supporting women and marginalized communities, and facilitating local micro-interventions designed by participants themselves.
The initiative will support at least 20 local micro interventions designed by the participants of the workshops themselves. CMR-Nepal will provide resources for youth groups to organize awareness programs, including youth-targeted handbook ‘Let’s Be Aware: Correct Use of Information and Technology’. The micro interventions will reach an estimated 1,000 people directly.
The iniviative include with the third edition of Kathmandu Confernece on Combating Misinformation in January 2026 at the Central Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu. The Confernece will include an exhibition on artificial intelligence, funded by RNW Media.
This phase of the initative is a part of CMR-Nepal’s #MILinitiative aimed at promoting MIL skills among youths throughtout Nepal and underscores CMR Nepal’s continued commitment to ethical media, press freedom, and advocacy for inclusive democratic participation.
CMR-Nepal’s chair Deepak Aryal said: “CMR-Nepal is happy to continue important activities under #MILinitative, launched in 2023 and appreciates the support of CFLI, Embassy of Canada in India, as Nepal celebrates 60 years of Canada-Nepal diplomatic relations in 2025–26. CMR-Nepal also appreciates Purak Asia and RNW Media for co-funding parts of the initiatives, and hope that this important work of empowing youth on MIL will continue.”
CFLI team said: “Canada is proud to support CMR-Nepal through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), reflecting our shared commitment to inclusive development, gender equality, and sustainable, community-led solutions. We are pleased to partner with this initiative and commend their efforts to strengthen community engagement and resilience. Canada remains committed to working alongside local leaders to help build a more equitable and just future for local communities.”