The total population of Lumbini is 51 lakh 22 thousand 78. Among them, 2.4 lakh 54 thousand 4 hundred 8 i.e. 47.92 percent are men. Women are 26 lakh 67 thousand 670 ie 52.08 percent. According to Census 2078, 19 percent of Lumbini's youth are abroad.

82.2 percent of those going abroad are men. In this way, about 65 percent of women live in Lumbini. Even though there are so many women, women have not reached the governance process. 

Let's look at the government at the local level in front of the citizen's door. Out of 109 municipalities in Lumbini, 107 are headed by men. Women have been able to lead in only two municipalities. Vimala Aryal in Sunwal Municipality of Navalparasi West and Saraswati Chidi in Bagnaskali Rural Municipality of Palpa are leading. 

Both of them have done so much diligence and hard work that they have made their city a model. At the local level, there are three areas: executive, legislature and judiciary. In their municipality, all three areas are excellent. It's not that men don't do it, they keep doing it. The same thing is done by women in a more subtle manner and by understanding the problem," says Narayan Prasad Panth, a social analyst and professor at Butwal Multipurpose Campus.

Looking at the state level, there is only one directly elected woman member of the state assembly. Krishna KC of Banke is a directly elected member out of 52 state constituencies. Elected for the second term, she has had the opportunity to become a minister many times. There are 33 members of the Provincial Assembly including proportional members. However, so far women have not been able to get not only the Chief Minister but also effective ministries. 

Dang's Rekha Sharma won as federal MP out of 26 constituencies. CPN-UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel was supported by her and she got the opportunity to take over the leadership of the government along with the Ministry of Communication. It has proven that women can do it if given the opportunity. However, half of the population who possess the necessary qualities for strong leadership are far from that opportunity and role. It cannot imagine sustainable development and orderly society. 

"Therefore, for a balanced and sustainable development that benefits not only women, but also men, it is now necessary to bring women to key positions at all three levels of the state," says analyst and social activist Gyanu Paudyal, "Lumbini should work harder to bring women into the state management process through direct elections, not through proportional representation."

The beauty of federalism is inclusiveness. A key theme within inclusion is gender participation. However, looking at the state structure, after federalism, women's concerns have become as if the stick was forgotten. In the past, every district had a women's and children's office. She worked for the development, protection, justice and access of women. Under it were women's development cooperatives, committees and groups. With the federalization, the women's and children's office of the district was merged with the social development ministry of the province. 

Since there was no structure for women under the province, the work of institutionalizing women's development, protection and rights came to naught. Achievements are not increasing, they are disappearing. In order to eliminate this zero situation, the Lumbini state government planned to form a Women's Council for the development, protection and coordination of women in the current financial year.