Kathmandu, March 16: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that it is necessary to bring positive change in all sectors of society through equal participation of men and women.
Inaugurating the Women Leadership
Summit 2025 organized by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies and
the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) on Sunday, PM Oli stressed the need for equal participation of women as Nepali culture and tradition
portrayed women as a change-oriented and dynamic force considering them as
goddesses.
"The chariot cannot move ahead
with only one wheel, so we have to take the entire society forward with equal
participation of men and women. We should work with the private sector on the
issue of poverty eradication by establishing social justice and equality,"
the Prime Minister said.
Stating that women have been
appointed in high positions as the President, the Chief Justice and the like,
he expressed happiness over what he called the increasing participation of
women in politics. "But we should not be complacent with this alone. We
should push ahead women in education, entrepreneurship and employment
sectors," he added.
PM Oli on the occasion stated that
enterprise development and women empowerment have been encouraged by increasing
cooperation between the government and the private sector, and the government
was committed to promoting good governance along with the development of the
economy.
He said, "We have to move
forward. There should be no turning back. The back gear is sometimes applied
only when there are sharp turning on the road. There is no back gear on the
highway. Democracy is our highway.”
Stressing that the laws should be
made to help in development rather than to hinder the works, the Prime Minister
expressed the commitment to refine the government's policies, practices and laws by studying the suggestions received from the conference.
Minister for Industry, Commerce and
Supplies Damodar Bhandari said that the present government has given priority
to the promotion of industrialization in collaboration with the private
sector.
He shared that works were underway
for the development of the economic sector through reforms, including issuing
guidelines related to the use of domestic products in government bodies.
On the occasion, PM Oli honoured
national football player Preeti Rai and social activist Ruksana Kapali. (RSS)