gender discrimination and women at work in nepal

Gender discrimination

Gender Discrimination and Women at work - Sushmita Timilsina

the practice of granting or denying rights or privileges to a person based on their gender

Gender discrimination


Local level

Simple case if a boy asks to go out, he easily gets permission but when a

girls asks…….. you are not powerful enough because you are a women Kti manchhe vayera this and that in society Looks of people on street Unsocial words (Chiss chiss) Swasnimanchhe(words makes difference) Mental torture through mails, letters, telephones leading females to reach

to the decision of suicide Misbehaviour at work place Discrimination and dominating of interest What are they going to do studying, at last they are gonna go others house

A female has to go through


Regional level

Girls trafficking

Prostitution

Domestic violence( especially by

husband)

Early marriage(is there any boy of 14 years getting married to 40 year female??)

Economic difference(salary)

Always threat of


Is it because we are:

Less powerful and

less worthy

If so, then who are they

Pasang lambu sherpa

Anuradha koirala(CNN hero)

Pushpa Basnet

Jhamak kumari Ghimire

Rakhshya Rana

Why??


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anuradha_Koirala2.jpg

Female themselves

The senior female member played a commanding role within the family by controlling resources, making crucial planting and harvesting decisions, and determining the expenses and budget allocations

Then why is there this gap


Attitudes

Male dominating society

Egoism

Generation gap

Culture, political, historical

Economic difference

Educational difference


The present status of women is said to be strong than the

past but it is the same.


1. Women and Poverty 2. Women and Education Only 17.9 % of the females have achieved the secondary level education 3. Women and Health Women are said to live more then that of men yet the mortality

rate is 170 per 1000,000 (2010) 4. Women and Violence Many stories…dowry, for not giving birth to male child,

naming witches, deuki, jhuma etc

Gender Equity and Women's Empowerment National Work Plan


5. Women and Armed Insurgency In the Nepalese Army there are a total of 1776 female personnel in all ranks, which makes 1.91% of the total army strength 6. Women and Economy More than 80% are in labour force 7. Women and Policy Making Lack of meaningful participation of women in power and decision making 8. Women and Institutional Structure House of Representative 12(5.8%) and National Assembly 9(15%) Civil Service 7713 out of 98,689(7.8%)

Gender Discrimination and Women at work -

Sushmita Timilsina

9. Women and Human Rights Prevailing socio-economic and cultural biases 10. Women and Environment Inadequate knowledge and skills on the part of the staff of the implementing agencies. 11. The Girl child Children (0-14) constitutes about 40%(9.2million) of the 23 million population of Nepal. Out of this 49% is girls 12. Women and Media Radio Nepal(17%), Nepal Television(16%), The GorakhaPatra Sansthan(14%) Total percentage of women working in the media sector is 12%


Recently, concluded one meeting about the status of

women disclosed that Nepalese women stand at 99th position among 106 nations


Nepal’s total population is about 23 million. Out of

this about fifty percent is Women.

Also there we say nari as adhi aakash

Have half of the sky been well developed and get to enjoy every rights of them??????

Is it enough


NO worries we can


Kayodevi Yami(president of Loksewa Aayog, Nepal)

Anuradha Koirala(CNN hero award)

Pushpa Basnet(CNN hero award nominee)

And to some extent we have


In medical

In engineering

Military:

Although in the past we see no such relevant participation of females but now there are several females working as apart of Nepalese Army.

In the Nepalese Army there are a total of 1776 female personnel in all ranks, which makes 1.91% of the total army strength

Business

Women at work


Reshma shrestha: First of all women themselves need to

change their vision towards other women. Women themselves are dominating other women (socially, culturally).

Second the dominating factors embedded in the society itself needs to be eliminated.

Thirdly, women shouldn’t be seen as less capable. They should be provided with platform to demonstrate their capability.

Now in most of the programs (education, job opportunity, projects), the participation of women has been encouraged. This has created some space for women empowerment. This type of notion should not be for the sake of fulfilling the requirements of donor agencies, but also there need to clear process and procedure for marginalized women to have access of it.

Intelligence mind to eliminate gender discrimination


To reform what does intellectuals have to say about it strong

organization working for women should be formed compulsorily at every institution thereby encouraging all the girls to participate in its activities. Most importantly, we the girls ourselves have to stand together for any sort of biasness and unite together to combat any problems. Until we are together with common vision for empowering ourselves, male will keep on discriminating us for what we are; the way of discrimination may differ but discrimination is still existing in our society- Laxmi Thapa, KU student(2008-2012), currently empoyee at Survey Department


Some initiatives…


It is true that until and unless we do not walk up to make our stand in the society, the differences between male and female will always exists. This is not only the society that makes us weak, but its us who let them make us weaker.


One women may not………….


http://www.irinnews.org/Photo/Details/201109081421350434/In-Tanzania-most-cases-of-domestic-violence-are-never-reported

But many can……….


Change will not always be easy or conflict free but change will occur as women and men push for it together.

Change is must
