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Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

Country Reportand Action Plan of Nepal

Gender Mainstreaming policies forgovernment officers
Presented by Sunita Nepal
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

Background...

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, NepalStatus of Nepalese Women....
Participation in different Sectors
Indicator

Women

MenLabor Participation

48.9%

67.6%

Government Services

10.88%

89.12%

Constitution Assembly

197 (33%)

404

Media (in average)

14%

86%

Decision making level inGovernment services

1.96%98.04%

Police

5.5%

94.5%

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, NepalStatus of Nepalese Women....
Decision making level: High Skill
Work
Paid Work: Low Skill Work

Unpaid Work: Self Employee

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

3. Organization structure
Ministry of women Children and Social
WelfareMinisterSecretary

Director General:
Department of Women
Development

8 Sections and 75 Women Development
Offices in 75 Districts
Joint Secretary:
Policy, Planning,
Monitoring andAdministration Division
Joint Secretary: Women,Social Service and ChildDevelopment Division

5 Sections ( planning, administration, legal,monitoring and fiscal administration
4 Sections (WomenDevelopment, Social
security, Association
coordination and ChildDevelopment)

Section Officer
Sunita Nepal

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

4. My position and job descriptions
As a section officer my duties and responsibilities are
as follows:• Ministerial Level planning, budgeting andimplementation of annual work plan
• Advocacy for gender responsive planning,budgeting and implementation for other line agencies
and partner organizations.

• Operate project with partner agency (i.e. UNIFEM,UNFPA, Sakti Samuha etc.)• Organizing meeting of gender networking.
• Monitoring and reporting of annual work plan.
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

5. Three main issues regarding gender
I. Socio-culture-based

Gender inequality:– Deuki: Traditionalreligious practice, girls
are purchased from thepoor family and offer tothe gods as ‘Deuki’. Later,these girls practiceprostitution in far-west
region of Nepal.

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, NepalThree main issues…..
– Chaupadi: women should stay in unhygienic
and isolated place during the menstruation period.

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, NepalThree main issues…..
– Living goddess in Nepal:– The Kumari Devi is a young
girl who is considered to bea real goddess.
– She must meet 32 strict
physical requirements
ranging from the color ofher eyes to the sound of hervoice.
– The Kumari's ends her
supremacy with her first
menstruation, after that she
reverts back to the status ofa normal mortal.

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, NepalThree main issues…..
II. Social exclusion:– Caste and ethnic based exclusions: disadvantaged
groups including persons with disability, Dalit,
Adibasi Janajati, Madhesi, Muslim community do
not have access to resources, education andfacilities provided by state.

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, NepalThree main issues …..
– Gender based exclusion: women’s low
participation in power and decision-making, lowlevel of education, less access to health facility,
less control over assets.
Indicator

FemaleMale

Life Expectancy

61.5

60.5

Age for Marriage

19.5

22.910.8

89.2

5.5

94.5

Ownership on
land
Ownership on
House

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, NepalThree main issues …..
III.

Violence against women:– Domestic violence (Physical and mental torture,
beating by husband and in-laws, Suppression byhusband, verbal abuse)– Dowry related violence (murder, body mutilation,extraction of property from bride’s family)– Sexual violence ( Sexual harassment in workplace,marital rape, forced prostitution, trafficking)Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, NepalThree main issues….
Cases reported of Violence against WomenSNYear

Attempted
to Rape

Trafficking

Abortion

Domestic
Violence

1

2003/04

185608922

2

2004/05

26

72

11730

3

2005/06

4197

14939

4

2006/07

70

112

03

1100

Total

155

337

363691

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

6. Knowledge gained from this seminar• Gender Mainstreaming program, policy andbest practices in Japan• Emerging issues of gender mainstreaming andempowerment• Domestic violence and its impact• How to develop Gender Statistics• CEDAW & Women situation in Japan

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

7. Challenges• Instability of politicalenvironment• Deep rooted culturaland social norms andvalues• Lack of goodmechanism formonitoring andevaluation
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

8. Action Plan on combating humantrafficking

Back Ground:• Human trafficking has
been an ancient
practice in Nepal.
• In 1846-1950 women
were use to betrafficked from the rural
areas to the Ranas
palaces for slavery andsexual exploitation.

Women in Indian sex market

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

Action Plan...

Back Ground.....

• In 1960-1990 the cross boarder trafficking
increased numerously manly meant forprostitution.
• Afterward migration for job in middle-east,
south-east Asian countries are also increase.
Research shows that because of unsafe
migration process most of the women andgirls are trafficked in Nepal.
• 5000-7000 Women and Girls used to be
trafficked every year (2001)
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

Action Plan...

Objectives• Goal: To prevent and protection children andwomen from human trafficking• Short-term objectives:– Capacity building: National and districtlevel committees for anti-trafficking
perform effective and efficient role toprevent and protect children and womenfrom trafficking.
– Awareness: Raise awareness about
trafficking and safe migration
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

Action Plan ...

Target Group:– National Committee and District
Committee (26 District)– Staff from Women Development office,member from women’s group, member from
Local development committee, member
from some local NGO’s, Local school ( 4Pilot district)

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

Action Plan...

Activities:– Capacity Building Training for National andDistrict level Committee (26 District)– Training for Trainers about Safe migration(TOT)– Making and Disseminating IEC (information,education and communication) Material ofAnti- Human Trafficking
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

Action Plan...
Expected outcome:– National level and District level committee
will be able to educated about their duty andresponsibility– Final Manual of training including detailed
session plan will be ready– Awareness level of community will beincreased– TOT trainees will be able to conduct
awareness program in their community level
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal