Nepal: Nepalese Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare Says NO to Violence against Women

July 11, 2008 - (UNIFEM) H.E. Pampha Bhusal, Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare, signed onto UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women campaign at a ceremony on 9 July 2008 in Kathmandu, Nepal, during an interactive panel co-organized by UNIFEM and Saathi to share and disseminate the findings of the UN Secretary-General's Report on Violence against Women.

Minister Bhusal said in her remarks that she would provide her full support to legislation that promotes women's rights, including the Bill on Domestic Violence.

Special guest Ms. Nain Kala Thapa, Chairperson, National Women's Commission (NWC), said that it is important to redefine the status of the NWC as an autonomous body to ensure that women's rights issues are regarded as human rights issues.

Dr. Arzu Deuba Rana, Member of the Constituent Assembly, chaired the session and expressed her satisfaction that violence against women is being recognized in Nepal as a violation of human rights.

Present at the interactive panel were participants from the Government of Nepal, non-governmental organizations, research institutions, women's and human rights networks, and the media.

From:http://unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=702