Participants of a seminar have pointed out the need of women’s involvement in policymaking and initiation of various programmes to end domestic violence.
Speaking at the program organised by Civil Servant Wives Association, chief secretary of the government, Lokman Singh Karki, said that the association should reach rural areas for women empowerment and for this the assistance of government, NGOs and INGOs is necessary, according to reports.
He informed that a proposal would be submitted at the Council of Ministers for women empowerment and to provide equal opportunity to women in civil service.
Representatives of the UNFPA, Junko Sajaki, said no development is possible without women’s participation and stress should be given for equality of sexes and the discrimination in sexes should be abolished.
Presenting working papers on ‘Domestic violence against women’, counselor Anita Khadka Karki said that the laws on beating, physical and mental torture, sex exploitation, home violence, polygamy should be formulated and the women themselves should be aware of these matters.
Presenting another working paper on ‘Need to increase the number of women in policy making’, joint secretary of the Public Service Commission, Dr Niranjan Prasad Upadhyaya, said work for women’s overall development should be done from the early stages and some quota should be reserved for women in civil service.