The summary report outlines findings from the baseline study conducted to implement the Strategic Note 2023–2027, which guides the UN Women's work in Nepal. Divided into four outcomes, the report examines the current state of women's rights and gender equality

This policy brief addresses some of the key factors and measures to be adopted in a Post-Crisis GESI Analysis, to effectively address a crisis’s differential impacts on gender, social disability, and age. The recommendations are intended to support analyses undertaken immediately after a crisis, to represent structural inequalities...

A handbook on gender-responsive police services, published by UN Women under the framework of the UN Joint Global Programme on Essential Services, in collaboration with UNODC and the IAWP, has been published in the Nepali language.

The Nepal Country Gender Equality Profile (CGEP) describes and analyses the current situation in Nepali women’s lives along three key themes: women’s representation in the political arena, economic security and gender-based violence.

Women’s Rights Organisations’ (WROs) played a leading role in the COVID-19 response in their communities, despite limited support from other humanitarian actors and donors WROs directly supported the economic recovery of individual women and advocated for gender-sensitive policies to support equitable recovery.

The study could also open avenues for further research and advocacy on various dimensions of LGBTIQ+ experiences not covered by the study.

The brief has been developed under the ‘Enhancing Access to Justice for Women in Asia and the Pacific’ Regional Programme, jointly implemented by UN Women, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Commission of Jurists, with generous support from the Government of Sweden.

Ending discrimination and exclusion is core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Leaving No One Behind. Now is the time to make a conscious choice for better representation. Read the updated checklist on how to make your panels and events diverse and inclusive.

The UN Women Nepal Country Office undertook a national study to better understand the enabling and obstructive factors of women’s political participation as elected officials. This study examines the violence locally elected women representatives in Nepal face when holding public office at the local level. It focuses exclusively on women’s time in office and does not cover campaign or election periods. This is the first study on VAWP in Nepal. It is part of the UN Women’s global initiative to develop harmonised survey tools on VAWP.

The study report of National Women Commission, Nepal, monitors the progress on the implementation of the 2018, Concluding Observations issued by the CEDAW Committee on the sixth periodic report of Nepal. The progress was systematically monitored on the basis of a novel and practical tool.

The study report of the National Women’s Commission of Nepal provides the implementation status of the 2018, Concluding Observations of the CEDAW Committee on the sixth periodic report of Nepal. The report serves as tool for enabling the State to fulfil its human rights obligation, particularly in light of the seventh periodic report that has to be submitted to the CEDAW Committee in November 2022.

The 25th Gender Equality Update highlights the importance of ensuring equitable distribution of the covid-19 vaccine in Nepal. It includes a checklist including key issues around women´s leadership, gender barriers, disaggregated data, access to data and countering misinformation.

The Gender Equality Update 19 focuses on women’s leadership in Nepal the context of COVID-19 response. It aims to bring forth the voices and highlights the emerging issues from women mayors and deputy mayors.

Women are significantly under-represented in political and electoral processes everywhere in the world – be it as voters, candidates, elected representatives, or electoral administrators. The Election Commission Nepal, together with the United Nations Gender Theme Group (UN GTG) and the Sajha Abhiyan (Women's leaders' Coalition) organized on 20-21 April 2017 a national conference in response to the identified shortfalls in terms of women's participation and representation. The conference...

A “ Research report on women’s access to justice through the Nepali judicial system ” (Nepali version) has been published under the leadership of the Supreme Court by the National Judicial Academy (NJA) with support from UN Women. This study was conducted with an objective to gain a more enhanced understanding of what enables women’s access to justice and what hinders it, and to obtain a better sense of the current level of women’s confidence in Nepal’s...

In this edition: (*) Gender Equality in the Humanitarian Response - Gender Monitoring Indicator (*) Women's voices: Findings from feedback survey with UN Women supported communities (*) Reflection on response and good practices and more...

In this edition: (*) Guidance on Gender Mainstreaming in Transition Process (*) Update on Response Monitoring Gender Indicators (*) Response and good practices and more...

Two months after massive earthquakes impacted Nepal, representatives of foreign governments, development partners and multilateral agencies gathered in Kathmandu for the International Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction. Before the Conference the Government of Nepal presented the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA), which estimates the damages, losses, and needs for Nepal to resume a normal national life...

The study analyzes the existing status of women in terms of education, health, social security, employment, property rights, and participation and representation in politics and in public forums.

The study concludes that the political parties in Nepal are guided by patriarchal norms and values and the representation of women in decision-making positions in political parties is symbolic.