“The role and status of women in Nepalese society “ is a group report presented for the partial fulfillment of the course of economic development. This report contains facts and figures that provide insight on the condition of majority of women in Nepal in the past as well as in the present. Moreover, it also highlights and emphasizes their role and importance in the context of economic development of the nation.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all who have directly and indirectly co-operated with us in the preparation of this report. Specially, we would like to thank our college, Kathmandu College of Management (KCM) and Dr. Ek Raj Ojha , our course instructor for providing us with this opportunity. Lastly, we’d like thank Mr. Sujan karki for providing us with some of the references that proved to be of immense use while preparing this report.
Sincerely,
Pragya Uprety
Rabi Rayamajhi
Manish Agrawal and
Anurag Joshi
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS…………………………………………………………2
II. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………..5 A. The Urgency………………………………………………………………..6 B. Key facts……………………………………………………………………8
III. STATUS OF WOMEN IN NEPALESE SOCIETY……………………………….9 A. Population ………………………………………………………………...9 B. Access To Economic Resources…………………………………………..10 C. Access To Knowledge…………………………………………………….11 D. Employment……………………………………………………………….12 E. Health ……………………………………………………………………..14 F. Autonomy………………………………………………………………….16 G. Trafficking…………………………………………………………………16
