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Women’s Rights – 2014

Gender based discrimination remains a serious issue. The Human Rights Watch reported that much of the conflict-era sexual violence against women by both the government forces and the rebel forces remains unreported and uninvestigated.¹ The most important issue however is whether women’s rights are promoted and safeguarded in the new constitution.

1. “Silenced and Forgotten,” Human Rights Watch, http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/nepal0914_ForUpload_0.pdf, 2014.