Kathmandu, May 30 (RSS): Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba
has expressed the government's commitment to the overall uplift and development of
women by checking all types of possible discrimination against women.
In a message of best wishes on National Women Rights Day on Monday, he said the law has made any incident of
exploitation and violence against women punishable.
Likewise, women's proportional
inclusion has been ensured in all state apparatuses, he added.
The fourth National Women Rights Day
is being marked across the country today with the slogan 'Respect to Women;
Identify marker of a Civilized Society.
PM Deuba has extended best wishes
to all Nepali sisters and brothers at home and abroad, women rights activists
and individuals and institutions pitching for women's rights on the same
occasion.
The Prime Minister noted that
women's representation and participation have invariably increased in political
and administrative sectors now as a result of policy, legal, structural and
procedural reforms made by the stateside for gender equality, justice, and
women's development.
Active and meaningful participation
of women is inevitable for sustainable development, PM Deuba said, adding the
state, keeping this into consideration, has been adopting the policy to ensure
authentic participation of women in all levels and structures of the
state.
The message noted that the
government has been adopting the policy of zero tolerance to gender-based
discrimination. He expressed firm commitment to implementing the policy in a
further effective manner.