NDLI: Violence against Women in Nepal -- An Overview

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Violence against Women in Nepal -- An Overview

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Joshi, Sunil Kumar Kharel, Jagannath
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Historically, violence against women and girls (VAW&G) has been in existence and a widespread in Nepali society but still unreported problem in Nepal. Data on the issue is hard to come by as there are very few studies done on the subject. Violence against women (VAW) has started being openly discussed and addressed only in the last decade. The lens of looking at women has changed significantly that shifted from being child bearers and providers of health care in the 60''s and 70''s to a slow realization of their critical productive role in rural economy in the 80''s, and to the recognition of women as citizens in need of equal legal and political rights in the 90''s. Without comprehensive, carefully documented research on violence against women, it is impossible to know whether women are experiencing more violence in some countries than in others, or whether they are reporting it more often. In the absence of proper research, it is difficult to compare and assess the scope of violence as well as the effectiveness of programmes to end it. With research, advocates can better understand obstacles and develop appropriate methods for combating them. Research can motivate government and civil society to take action once the extent of a problem is proven. he eyes of the whole world kept wide opened when they knew about the deed of a 73 years old father in Amstetten, Austria, who kept her daughter in captivity for 24 years in a windowless cell, raped her and fathered her seven children. This is most probably the worst case of reported domestic violence against women in the modern world. Domestic violence has been found to be a serious problem in
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