Nepal

This discussion guide aims at serving the community organizers and trainers of Asian rural and indigenous organizations as a tool for discussion. It aims to develop a common understanding of globalization; presents critique of globalization and its impacts on rural and indigenous women of Asia.

The report provides in depth presentations on different aspects of ‘culture’ and its effect on women and violence against women. It also sets out effective strategies for addressing culture at the community, national and international level.

The assessment is designed to identify the specific elements and approaches which were most effective in encouraging women’s participation and leadership in political parties.

International IDEA interviewed Maria Ruiz, amember of the Bolivian Constituent Assembly, following her visit to Nepal in September 2008.

This guide is the first of its kind to provide an overview of the current range of local representative arrangements and electoral systems in Asia and the Pacific.

DidiBahini is a non-profit non-governmental organization established with the goal of facilitating gender mainstreaming into the development process in Nepal.

This report documents a seminar held by the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Nepal in July 1997. The seminar presented a comparative perspective on parliamentary practices with respect to parliamentary discipline, parliamentary whips, and anti-defections legislation.

This training manual includes a detailed description of an eight-week long training session conducted for women political leaders in Nepal.

This report presents an overview of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs' program to increase the number and effectiveness of Nepali women seeking to run in the 1997 local elections.