Civil Society to present report at Beijing+30 Review meeting covering 12 key areas Nepal will present a report at Beijing+30 Review meeting to be held from March 10 to 25 in New York covering 12 critical areas of concerns. Nepal 07 Mar, 2025
Lawmakers laud government's move to amend citizenship law Lawmakers appreciated the government's move to amend the Nepal Citizenship Act to address the problems faced by children of citizen by birth and children of single mothers whose fathers are untraced. Nepal 13 Feb, 2025
Sexual violence on the rise Sexual violence against women has risen from 2387 in 20222/23 fiscal to 2507 in 2023/2024 fiscal. This figure was 2380 in 2021/22 fiscal according to Nepal Police data. Nepal 07 Dec, 2024
Minister Sah highlights commitment to CEDAW implementation at National Consultation Meeting Minister of Women, Children, and Senior Citizens, Nawal Kishor Sah Sudi, has said that his ministry is always active to fully implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Nepal 22 Nov, 2024
Committee formed to study citizenship issues The Ministry of Home Affairs has formed a five-member study committee to address the citizenship issue. It was formed under the coordination of Tokraj Pandey, the head of the policy, planning, monitoring, and evaluation division of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Nepal 17 Sep, 2024
SC rules in favour of gender change The Supreme Court has ruled that a person should be allowed to change his/her gender on grounds of self-realisation different from the sex assigned to the person at birth. Nepal 29 Jul, 2024
Govt has not done enough to ensure women's health and reproductive rights Stakeholders have said that the government has not made enough progress on health and reproductive rights issues and therefore, the government cannot successfully defend its positions with regard to six list of questions posed by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women regarding Nepal's seventh periodic report. Health 15 May, 2024
Nepal Citizenship (Third Amendment) Regulations published in Nepal Gazette, citizenship certificate to NRNs Citizenship certificates will be distributed to Non-Resident Nepalis following the publication of the Nepal Citizenship (Third Amendment) Regulation, 2080, in the Nepal Gazette. Kathmandu 25 Sep, 2023
Citizenship process eased ​​​​​​​The Ministry of Home Affairs hopes that framing of citizenship regulations will ease the process of granting citizenship to children of Nepali mothers and non-Nepali father and children of Nepali mothers’ whose fathers remain untraced and children of citizens by birth. Nepal 25 Sep, 2023
Anti-acid attack law helping victims, but not so well ​​​​​​​Acid attack victims on Monday met CPN- UML Chair KP Sharma Oli and urged him to play a role to address the problems they face at hospitals and in their daily life. Kathmandu 12 Sep, 2023
Women need de jure, de facto rights to end discrimination ​​​​​​​Supreme Court Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla said that her long activism for equal rights prior to her appointment as Justice of the apex court helped bring equal rights to women in Nepal mainly because she used the non-discrimination clause of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Kathmandu 01 Sep, 2023
Citizenship-related Regulations to be tabled in Cabinet soon: DPM Shrestha The DPM and Home Minister reiterated that the Constitution and the Act have made provision wherein the offspring born to Nepali mother can easily get citizenship certificate at present. Nepal 09 Aug, 2023
