KATHMANDU, JULY 19

Women and Social Committee under the House of Representatives has directed the National Women Commission to work in a more sensitive way to serve the needs of violence survivors.

According to committee President Niru Devi Pal, today's meeting of the committee instructed the NWC to focus on promotion of overall interests of women and to deliver effectively. The conclusion of the meeting is that NWC, despite constitutional recognition, has not been able to connect and coordinate with other bodies working for the rights of women. The committee urged NWC to ensure effective collaboration and make integrated efforts to meet its objectives and goals.

The goals of the commission are to eliminate all sorts of violence against women and ensure social, economic and political empowerment of women through their meaningful inclusive and proportional representation in all sectors and levels of government and non-government bodies and the effective enforcement of national and international legal instruments related to the rights of women. Besides, the assessment of the meeting is that the NWC has also failed to ensure in-house cooperation and coordination. 'It is a matter of concern that survivors of violence against women have been deprived of necessary assistance,' the meeting said.

A version of this article appears in the print on July 20, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.