August 8, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\nWith an objective to encourage women participation in local governance across governments of South Asian countries, the All Nepal Women’s Association organized a two-day South Asian Women\u2019s Conference that began in Kathmandu on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The conference intends to bring out issues concerning women participation in local governance and express support to women politicians and right activists fighting for political rights of women in South Asia.<\/p>\n
The event witnessed a participation of around 70 members, including lawmakers, civil society representatives and women rights activists from various South Asian countries, such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n
In his augural address at the event, CPN-UML Chair Oli said Nepal did a commendable job in protecting and strengthening women rights.<\/p>\n
A report, titled Women in Politics, launched by Inter Parliamentary Union and UN Women in July 2017, identified Nepal as the leading South Asian country in terms of women participation in governance.<\/p>\n
Nepal with 29.6 per cent women representatives in Parliament stood top of SAARC nations, followed by Afghanistan (27.7 percent), Pakistan (20.6 percent), Bangladesh (20.3 percent), India (11.8 percent), Bhutan (8.5 percent) and Maldives (5.9 percent).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
August 8, 2017 With an objective to encourage women participation in local governance across governments of…<\/span><\/p>\nRead more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1129,52,98,177,1127,1126,1125,1128,1130],"yoast_head":"\n
Nepal Hosts South Asian Women\u2019s Conference | Nepali Sansar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The South Asian Women\u2019s Conference witnessed a participation of around 70 members from various South Asian nations.NepaliSansar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nepal Hosts South Asian Women\u2019s Conference | Nepali Sansar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The South Asian Women\u2019s Conference witnessed a participation of around 70 members from various South Asian nations.NepaliSansar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nepali Sansar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NepaliSansarNews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-08T10:39:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-08-14T06:27:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Women-in-Politics.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sai Nikesh D\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nepalisansar4u\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nepalisansar4u\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sai Nikesh D\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/\",\"name\":\"Nepal Hosts South Asian Women\u2019s Conference | Nepali Sansar\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-08T10:39:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-08-14T06:27:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abff42663c1ece4b8854ad6d6a856d85\"},\"description\":\"The South Asian Women\u2019s Conference witnessed a participation of around 70 members from various South Asian nations.NepaliSansar\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nepal Hosts South Asian Women\u2019s Conference\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/\",\"name\":\"Nepali Sansar\",\"description\":\" A Site for Global Nepali Community\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abff42663c1ece4b8854ad6d6a856d85\",\"name\":\"Sai Nikesh D\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02f4be314744965948aad00bc321f302?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02f4be314744965948aad00bc321f302?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sai Nikesh D\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/author\/nikesh\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nepal Hosts South Asian Women\u2019s Conference | Nepali Sansar","description":"The South Asian Women\u2019s Conference witnessed a participation of around 70 members from various South Asian nations.NepaliSansar","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nepal Hosts South Asian Women\u2019s Conference | Nepali Sansar","og_description":"The South Asian Women\u2019s Conference witnessed a participation of around 70 members from various South Asian nations.NepaliSansar","og_url":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/","og_site_name":"Nepali Sansar","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NepaliSansarNews\/","article_published_time":"2017-08-08T10:39:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-08-14T06:27:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Women-in-Politics.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sai Nikesh D","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@nepalisansar4u","twitter_site":"@nepalisansar4u","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sai Nikesh D","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/","url":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/","name":"Nepal Hosts South Asian Women\u2019s Conference | Nepali Sansar","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-08-08T10:39:46+00:00","dateModified":"2017-08-14T06:27:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abff42663c1ece4b8854ad6d6a856d85"},"description":"The South Asian Women\u2019s Conference witnessed a participation of around 70 members from various South Asian nations.NepaliSansar","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/news\/nepal-hosts-south-asian-womens-conference\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nepal Hosts South Asian Women\u2019s Conference"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/","name":"Nepali Sansar","description":" A Site for Global Nepali Community","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abff42663c1ece4b8854ad6d6a856d85","name":"Sai Nikesh D","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02f4be314744965948aad00bc321f302?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02f4be314744965948aad00bc321f302?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","caption":"Sai Nikesh D"},"url":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/author\/nikesh\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}