“Gender equality in Nepal: Facts and Figures” released

Kathmandu: Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens Bhagwati Chaudhary has said that although the situation of women and children in the country has improved in the last decade there is still work to be done towards that end. Releasing a book titled 'Gender Equality in Nepal: Facts and Figures' published by the Ministry, she said that the book prepared by including the conclusions drawn from various studies is expected to be useful for everyone. She also suggested that it would have been more effective if the data could be analyzed covering all the 753 municipalities. Minister Chaudhury said that the statistics showing 79.8 percent of women still being subjected to violence is very sad. "Even though the participation of women in politics is 33 percent the number of elected women is only 5.5 percent. The number is high in reserved seats but our participation is low in competed seats." Source: National News Agency RSS