INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, MARCH 6Women leaders of major political parties have said that women should be given major role of executive
posts in the upcoming local polls.
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At a programme organised in the federal capital today, they said women leaders were qualified and
capable of holding executive posts in the local levels
However, he expressed doubts on the party leaderships' unwelcoming trend for women in executive posts.
At the programme
organised by Women's Security Pressure Group leading to the 112th International Women's Day, the speakers said women were looking for major
positions to contribute to the country instead of just seeking minor positions.On the occasion, Minister of Urban Development Ram Kumari
Jhankri argued that the implementation of rights with regard to women was not satisfactory despite huge success in the rightbased approach
"We came through an age of complaint
Now, time has come for competition
Let's overcome the challenges by accepting them as opportunities," Minister Jhankri added.Likewise, National Assembly Member Jayanti Rai
said women have to face challenges in order to perform effectively since they were not in major positions to contribute to the country.Also
speaking at the programme, HoR Member of CPN-Maoist Centre Amrita Thapa Magar claimed that her party was more progressive compared to other
political parties with regard to ensuring 33 per cent involvement of women
"The role of people's war has been crucial for the achievement of women rights at present," she said.Similarly, HoR member Brinda Pandey
argued that women were deprived of rights in some cases as they were not informed about the formulated laws.Nepali Congress leader Pushpa
Bhusal stated that establishing women in the party's leadership was a challenging job, while also calling for specific constituencies for
women contestants to compete with male counterparts.Likewise, HoR Member Amrita Agrahari was of the view that additional struggle was needed
since women's rights would not be obtained just by beseeching.Deputy Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Hari Prava Khadgi also expressed
his views at the event.A version of this article appears in the print on March 7, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
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