The nation of Nepal has made substantial progress in the growth of women's representation in politics with women having thirty three percent representation in the Constituent Assembly. Nepal has also recognizes gay community rights and has a female Prime Minister. However, violence against women as a social issue continues to be a problem posing challenges of its own in a "deeply gender unequal feudal legacy." A United Nations study found that one out of three women would or have already been assaulted in some form. This illustrates that one billion women would be assualted in their lifetime worldwide. A campaign has emerged to raise awareness of violence against women worldwide and has gained the support of over one hundred sixty countries including some in the Middle East, like Pakistan and Sri Lanka.The campaign, named Nepal's One Billion Rising, hopes to accumulate one billion supporters and advocates, men, women, and children alike, to advocate for those one billion victims of violence and assualt as well as women's rights worldwide overall by Valentine's Day of 2013. The campaign is targeting activists worldwide, especially youth who tend to advocate for important social issues and civil rights such as these. Nepal's One Billion also plans to involve rural women and girls to advocate on their and for their own behalf. As rape, sexual assualt, increased honour killins, and a decreased sex ratio become for evident, the time has never been better for Nepal's OBR to advocate against violence against women and for women's rights altogether.
This campaign's particular goals are quite controversial in a patriacharal society that exists so prominently in the Middle East and parts of Southeast Asia. However, women's rights are human rights and action should be taken so that women have more say in their lives and more importantly feel secure and safe in their environments.Women have been among the many socially oppressed groups in history and continue to be oppressed. However, the success and future prosperity of many, if not all nations, will be dependent upon women's rights and representation since they are more likely to invest in the future with programs like health care provision and education.
Ketsia Masse, Women, October 8, 2012 11:35 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vday/nepal-rising-in-the-himal_b_1943008.html
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