Inclusion

As you may have read, we recently had Constituent Assembly polls in Nepal to write the new constitution. The people elected 601 members, 191 of which will be women. This assembly will create, draft and implement a new constitution in the next two years. We are hopeful that with a strong representation in the CA, women's rights will be addressed and their voices will be represented. Although only one third of the members will be women, this is considerably more than the 5% of women;s representation back in 1990. Progress is being made, slowly and painfully, but this outcome is positive and we are hopeful that women's presence in the CA will push change.