INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, MARCH 15Vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun has said that the girls' or
women's relatives were involved in 70 per cent of domestic violence cases.
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Inaugurating a regional conference jointly organised by
the National Human Rights Commission, National Women Commission, Women NGO Federation and Every Woman Treaty here today, Vice-president Pun
said all countries needed to join hands to end violence against women
The vice-president said the rights of women and girls guaranteed by the constitution would be ensured.
Chairperson of
National Human Rights Association Top Bahadur Magar said women continued to be victims of violence mainly because the laws enacted to deal
with violence against women were not fully implemented.Chair of National Women Commission Kamala Parajuli said full and effective
implementation of laws enacted to deal with violence against women remained a challenge.Women rights activist Meera Khanna said violence
against women and girls was increasing and yet the policy makers were not paying attention to the problem.A version of this article appears
in the print on March 16, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
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