INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, September 25
Members of the parliamentary Financial Committee and Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee have
stressed on the need to formulate plans and policies for sexual minorities in orderto ensure their access to dignified life.
Speaking at a
workshop on ensuring LGBTIQ rights organised here today by Mitini Nepal with the support of UNDP, six lawmakers of both the committees urged
the government to formulate necessary plans and policies.
Speaking at the workshop, Krishna Prasad Dahal, chairman of the financial
committee, said although the constitution guaranteed equal rights to the people of sexual minorities, they were not able to enjoy these
&We need to allocate reservation quota for sexual minoritiesas well,& he added.
Main objective of the workshop was to help achieve
Sustainable Development Goals-2030, which envision progress of various 17 human development index as set by the United Nations.
Ram Kumari
Jhankri, a member of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee, said since the country had ratified the SDGs, we should not
leave any one behind including LGBTIQ
&We should develop a mechanism which will help sexual minorities to be accepted by their families and society,& Jhankri said.
Various people
representing the LGBTIQ group also shared their stories of struggle and hardship for their acceptance in the society
They also talked about the difficulties they had to face in orderto get education, health care facilities and jobs
Sarita KC, executive director of Mitini Nepal, talked about the strategies the government could adopt to address the issues of LGBTIQ
She said the government should allocate quota for sexual minorities in civil service, provide scholarships and allocate budget for their
development and create new job opportunities for them.
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