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Women’s Rights – 2007

In the interim parliament, which was established through the Interim Constitution of Nepal (2007), there were 330 members, 57 of which were women. The total number of Maoist Parliamentarians was 83; 31 of these were women. The Interim Constitution of Nepal (2007) required, for the first time, that the one-third of total seats for the representation of women through the PR system. Given that the 1990 constitution mandated that at least 5 percent of the seats be represented by women, the 2007 constitutional provision indicates substantial progress.