One day awareness raising and empowerment interaction has been held among the social leaders of Walling.
Although there is a lot of talk about women's rights in the constitution, the National Commission for Women has interacted one day on women's rights, saying that women are still lacking in their role of empowerment. Although the constitution has ensured women's rights, the commission is of the view that many problems have been faced by women due to lack of study of law.
Secretary of the National Commission for Women, Dipendra Kafle, said that about 15,000 women from all over the country have been reporting problems in the helpline of the commission. However, Kafle said that despite the provision of free call for women in the commission, they rarely come due to women's issues. Kafle said that the problems of many women, including violence against women, rape, partisanship and deprivation of citizenship, which are left behind due to their social rights, now need to be addressed in toll roads. The Commission has stated that despite the respect for women's rights, the tendency of women not to seek and fight for their rights has left them behind.
It is said that the campaign is aimed at raising the awareness of women social leaders at every local level with the objective of helping them to move forward in a strong manner on the issue of rights when women are being neglected by the society. Deputy Secretary at the Commission, Mira Sherchan, said that the implementation aspect was weak even though at least 33 percent participation of women was mentioned in every development program. "Women are not taking the lead in social work," said Sherchan. "Those who know don't teach those who don't know and those who don't know don't seek to know," said Sherchan.
Sherchan said that the next generation would also be more comfortable if the lessons learned from the program could be put into practice. Mothers' groups within Waling Municipality, representatives of women's cooperatives, and women leading various women's organizations were briefed on women's rights.
Deputy Chief Kalpana Tiwari said that Waling Municipality is working with special importance on the issue of children and women. Tiwari presented to the commission a working paper on the development of women's leadership, from women's participation in every development project. "Women should not wait for their rights," said Deputy Chief Minister Tiwari.
He argued that he was left behind in the forefront of social work when he did not seek the rights given by the constitution. The participating women stressed on the need to facilitate the capacity building of women by making a separate action plan at each local level. Cooperative expert Khumkant Aryal said that women-run organizations have been facing controversial problems due to lack of honesty in work but ignorance in law.
(Thanks: News of Nepal)