5048: Nepal, 03/05/2026, Nepalese House of Representatives
| Quota Information | Parliament Information | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Are there legislated quotas? | Yes | Structure of parliament | Unicameral |
| For the Single/Lower House? | Yes | >Current members | 271 |
| Percentage of women | 33.58% | ||
| Source: Gender Quotas Database | Source: New Parline | ||
More than 300 participants at a public dialogue highlight barriers to women's political participation and sign petitions demanding equal representation in decision-making roles.
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: Amid the buzz of election fever in the chilly January air, candidates for the House of Representatives (HoR) election on March 5 have been enthusiastically filing their nominations.
Four days after violence left 51 people dead and devastated key seats of power, the former chief justice of the Supreme Court was appointed as interim prime minister. Parliament was dissolved.
Thousands of young Nepalis have taken to the streets to protest their government over a ban on social media platforms. The protests have garnered national attention as Prime Minister Sharma Oli resigned, and the Nepali parliament was set on fire.
At least 19 people have been killed and dozens injured during violent protests against the government’s social media ban and alleged corrupti
Nepal is heading to the polls in less than two years. Voters will choose their representatives for three tiers of government – the local, provincial, and federal – which will shape Nepal’s political course until the early 2030s.
A new report published by the Open Nepal Initiative (ONI) sheds light on the increasing number of incidents of online violence targeting women politicians in Nepal.
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The Media Advocacy Group, in collaboration with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), organised a panel discussion titled ‘Visibility of Women Leadership in Media’ on Tuesday, at Yak Palace, Pulchowk.
Constitutional, political, and legal arrangements have increased representation of women in various levels of governance in Nepal.
Election Commission is drafting a bill to increase women’s candidacy in all three tiers of government by a third.
As proportional representation votes are scattered among parties, women, Dalits, Janajatis will be underrepresented.
KATHMANDU, Nov 25: Five women candidates have been elected to the House of Representatives (HoR) in the elections held on November 20.
With few women FPTP candidates, more of them may need to be elected to the upper house to meet the requirement.
Almost all political parties have an extremely lower ratio of women to men candidates fielded under the first-past-the-post category in the upcoming elections.
The result announcement of elections held on May 13 have revealed two women candidates as the winners of mayoral elections in two local levels of Rautahat district.
The commission rescinded the decision after the political parties protested against the provision stating that it is against existing laws.
The 22 years old Saraswati Nepali is the mom of two kids and lives approximately five hours' drive (and five hours walk) away from the headquarter of Karnali Province, Surkhet—a place that paid the heaviest of prices in the 10 year-long armed conflict from 1996-2006.
In line with the inclusive principles enshrined in the Constitution of Nepal 2015, the three major political parties—in their recently held general conventions—included cluster-wise inclusion in their central committees (CCs).
After the first elections under federalism in 2017, Hupsekot became one of only two municipalities in Nepal in which women were voted both chair and deputy.
Sarita Giri, on Thursday, was officially expelled from the Samajbadi Party, and consequently as a Member of Parliament, in the culmination of a se
Women parliamentarians and other leaders in politics, on Sunday, discussed how people generally are less likely to recognise leadership qualities in women and stressed on the urgency to break this gender gap with female journalists, in Kathmandu.
Female representation in Nepal's parliament has increased dramatically in the last 10 years.
Nepal’s constitution mandates that women hold at least 33% of seats in the national parliament and provincial assemblies, and at least 40% in local governments.
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KATHMANDU, Feb 28: One of the
By Sophie Kemkhadze, UNDP Nepal Country Director
A recent discussion at the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women initiated by UNDP and partners highlighted what an asset grass-roots women’s organisations can be in the fight against corruption in their commun
Women voters outnumbered male voters in Bhaktapur district in the CA election that concluded on Tuesday with the highest voter turnout in the country's electoral history.
Women rights organizations have urged the political parties and election commission to take care "not to undermine the already won battle" regarding women empowerment by failing to ensure 33 representation of women in the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) election.
As political parties concentrate around preparations for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election, protest programs demanding 33 percent women´s representation in the new CA has fallen under shadow.
US Ambassador Peter W. Bodde today called for increased participation of women in the upcoming elections and announced that his government would work with the government of Nepal and civil society to encourage women and underrepresented groups to participate in politics.
As Nepal grapples with finding a political alternative to the Baburam Bhattarai-led government and awaits an election date, women in the
Around twenty-five different women associations in Nepal voiced their concerns with the lack of adequate representation of women in the interim government.
The Coordinator of Governmental Talks Team Ramchandra Poudel said government had positively taken the demand placed by women representatives for women's proportional representation in each sector of the state and it would help in building of inclusive system of governance.
Women leaders and women’s rights activists submitted a memorandum to the government demanding the inclusion of women in the list of 26 Constituent Assembly (CA) members to be nominated by the cabinet.
In the 2007-2010 interim plan the government incorporated gender empowerment targets. To mainstream gender in national development policies, the Nepali government introduced a gender responsive budgeting (GRB) system in the fiscal year 2007-08.
Women rights campaigners and political activists have said women politicians in Nepal suffer from violence of one form or the other.
National Network for Beijing review Nepal (NNBN) today said it had prepared an NGO Report on Beijing+15 Review revolving around the prevalence of the problem, key gains, existing gaps, emerging issues, and key recommendations in the 12 critical areas of concern of Beijing Platform for Action (BPF
Women in the Asia Pacific region have the lowest rates of representation in politics, employment and property ownership, a new report presented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has revealed.The Asia Pacific Human Development report on gender, which was made public on the occasio
"The problem is not in the laws but in the mindsets of government employees entrusted with the responsibility of issuing citizenship cards. They cannot imagine a women’s identity independent of a man," said the FLWD’s Meera Dhungana.
With one-third women in the Constituent Assembly (CA), the gender issues are likely to get prominence not only in the Constitution, but also in the state mechanism.
