Karnali Daughters Conference held for the first time in Karnali has been completed. The conference held for three days in Birendra Nagar of Surkhet issued 10 points of commitment.

Organized by Shree Jyoti Foundation and Ministry of Social Development, two girls from all 79 local levels of Karnali Province participated in the conference. Participating daughters had their own problems. 

The conference was organized with the aim of supporting the development and development of conscious, capable, and self-reliant daughters of Karnali through the empowerment campaign.  In the

letter of commitment, issues such as creating a strategic action plan to end child marriage at the regional and local levels and implementing programs focused on girls and teenagers, helping in the creation of laws against discrimination, etc. are included in the letter of commitment to end child marriage and disputes, which are an obstacle for building a bright future for girls in Karnali. 

The Chief Minister of Karnali Province Government, Yamlal Kandele, said that even though it is said to be free of disputes in terms of the constitution, there are still dimensions of discrimination in practice. "There is superstition and corruption in the society," he said, "that has not changed yet, everyone's participation is necessary to change the situation in Karnali." Social Development Minister Ghanshyam Bhandari said that the Karnali state government has taken the issue of girls seriously. He said that it is not the case that the daughters of Karnali are weak. "When listening to various sessions during the three-day conference, I felt that our daughters are not lacking," he said. In order to end child marriage and gender discrimination, which have become obstacles for the bright future of girls in Karnali, to create a strategy and action plan to end child marriage at the provincial and local levels and implement programs focused on girls and young women. 

2. Prepare and implement the necessary policies and programs to fully comply with federal, state and local laws to make menstruation dignified and safe by eradicating the discriminatory and harmful practices related to menstruation known as chhaupadi, chhui or chhauka. 

3. In order to prevent and reduce all types of violence and abuse against girls and teenagers, including the implementation of complaint hearing mechanisms in all schools within the province, advocating for the implementation of child protection standards in the private sector and social organizations that are directly related to children, including these subjects in the local curriculum of schools for non-discrimination education. To take the initiative.

4. To prevent and reduce harmful customs, traditions and harmful values ​​in the society, to end discrimination against gender and sexual minorities and to end caste discrimination by forming girls' networks in every municipality and mobilizing girls as agents of social change. Conducting a transformative campaign by giving high priority to parent education and awareness. 

5. Advocating for the promotion of adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health education, adolescent-friendly information centers and services, school nurses, life-use skills, financial literacy and transformative education at school and community level to end child marriage, child marriage and violence and abuse against girls and adolescents (including gender-identified feticide, violence and abuse caused by misuse of technology).

6. Ensuring the participation of girls in the stages of disaster management and addressing their special needs in order to reduce the impact of climate change and natural disasters on girls and teenagers in Karnali Province.

7. Arrange menstrual hygiene services and necessary materials by arranging menstrual rest rooms for proper menstrual management in public schools. To take the initiative for the arrangements that should be considered when deciding on the choice of subjects that should have these services while building and recommending a model school.

8. Advocating for a policy to make quality and non-discrimination in public schools an integral subject of education, disability-friendly physical structures, management of special education, special initiatives for teachers' training and adequate educational materials in time, and taking initiatives to arrange workplace training for girls and teenagers who have been given SEE in technical education and institutions.