Stress on need to promote GRB for equality and inclusion

Patan (Lalitpur), May 14: Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, Bahadur Singh Lama, has stressed the need of ensuring proportional opportunities for all in accordance with the laws. 

   
During his address to an orientation on gender equality and social inclusion organized by the Province Good Governance Centre, Bagmati Province in Lalitpur for Province Assembly (PA) women members today, the Chief Minister stressed the need of focusing on the gender-responsive budget (GRB) approach in the budget formulation and its implementation.  

  
"The Bagamati Province has a significant presence of women members. I expect to see a great stride in the achievement of inclusion. The orientation will be crucial in tuning with our efforts of gender equality and social inclusion," he said.    

Bagmati PA Speaker Bhuwan Kumar Pathak described the event as a positive step towards addressing the concerns of women in the budget. "Inclusion is the beauty of the constitution.

It is indeed a positive outcome that women's 33 percent participation has been guaranteed in each state's apparatus. There still lies challenges for addressing inequalities within the women."    

He also stressed the need of empowering the women economically, highlighting the need of increasing the women's participation from 33 to 51. He also claimed that Nepal is in the forefront in terms of promoting the women's participation in the state's apparatus not only in the South Asia, but also in the Asia. "This step is significant."   

 
Bagmati PA Deputy Speaker Apsara Chapagain said the event will be helpful in making the upcoming budget gender-responsive.    

Province Good Governance's Center's executive director Gopal Krishna Neupane said the event aimed to promote the implementation of the principle of social inclusion in the budget formulation procedures.  (RSS)