Nepal: Major political parties fall short to ensure gender parity in politics
Source: Nepal Live Today
Almost all political parties have an extremely lower ratio of women to men candidates fielded under the first-past-the-post category in the upcoming elections.
Kathmandu: The preliminary data released by the Election Commission, the country’s election management body, shows that few women are contesting in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Nepal.
According to the Commission, a total of 2,526 candidates have filed their candidacies under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category for the upcoming elections of federal and provincial parliament. Out of them, 2,291 are males while only 235 (just 10.25 percent) are females.
Click here to read the full article published by Nepal Live Today on 11 October 2022.
Almost all political parties have an extremely lower ratio of women to men candidates fielded under the first-past-the-post category in the upcoming elections.
Kathmandu: The preliminary data released by the Election Commission, the country’s election management body, shows that few women are contesting in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Nepal.
According to the Commission, a total of 2,526 candidates have filed their candidacies under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category for the upcoming elections of federal and provincial parliament. Out of them, 2,291 are males while only 235 (just 10.25 percent) are females.
Click here to read the full article published by Nepal Live Today on 11 October 2022.