Rights for Women and Indigenous Population

Women and Indigenous Population Related Rights

- More than half of Nepal’s population is represented by women
- Women empowerment is impossible without defining women rights first

- Nepal Constitution defines the following laws, rights and other factors.
1. Build a cooperative society which is inclusive and involved by all members.
2. End gender inequality.
3. Citizenship obtainable from mother’s name well.
4. No discrimination based on origin, religio caste, gender, disability, etc.
5. Special functions for socially or cultural backwards women, disabled citizens, etc. empower, conserve, or develop the rights.
6. Give women equal rights in hierarchy rights.
7. Give women rights in safe maternal a reproductive health.
8. Violence against women on the basis religious, social and cultural traditions or a physical, mental, sexual, psychological or a other kind of violence to be stopped. Su action is punishable by detention and victi compensation.
9. Involvement of women in every sector of t government by equal and inclusive format.
10. Provide special opportunity for women education, health, employment and soci security.
11. Equal rights for men and women in marit wealth and family matters.
12. Formation of National Women Commission.
13. Women can participate in all of the sta authorities to guarantee the right to equ social justice.
14. Economically disadvantaged and disabl women have the right to social security.
15. Ensuring the fundamental rights and hum rights and ensuring gender equality to be t objective of the government.

Indigenous and tribe related Rights

- Nepal is a multi-languaged and multi-ethnic country
-  More than 125 indigenous cultures live here
- Indigenous means the cultures following their mother tongue, a separate traditional customs, cultural identity, social structure, and written or unwritten history to remember the nation or community
- 59 of these indigenous cultural groups have been further classified as tribal groups
- Indigenous cultures are lagging behind in terms of human development due to their lack of access and progress in education, communication, health care, etc
- Basic level education is a must and has been classified as the rights of indigenous cultures along with the above mentioned basic rights

Educational and other rights for indigenous population

1. Right for basic education free of cost a compulsory for all.
2. Right to child friendly environment in schools.
3. Right to conserve and prosper their languag scripts and civilization.
4. Right to easy access to the natural resourc and means in the locality.
5. Right to education in their own mother tong language.
6. Right to high school education wi scholarships.
7. Special opportunities in service provided by t government in various housing a employment facilities.
8. Right to involvement and inclusiveness different organs of the government.

The government’s attempts to establish indigenous rights

1. Establishing the Nepal Indigenous Commissio
2. Availability of education in mother tongue up the primary level.
3. Involvement in various institutions of the sta for equal access and opportunity to indigeno participants.
4. Curriculum, text books and education materials as well as teachers management teach in mother tongue.
5. Scholarship system