”There is still a lot of struggle to be done to combat social discrimination and create a social transformation that creates an environment where single women can live with dignity,” said Dr. Lily Thapa.
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Stakeholders have said that single women still have to face prejudices such as family discrimination, social stigma, inequality and domestic violence in society.
Stakeholders and leaders of single women's groups participating in the Lumbini Province-level gathering of the Single Women's Group for Human Rights, organized in Bhairahawa on Tuesday on the occasion of the 16th International Single Women's Day, said that there is a great need for widespread awareness and organizational solidarity among single women in Nepali society against social evils.
Dr. Lily Thapa, a member of the National Human Rights Commission and founding chairperson of the Single Women's Group for Human Rights, gave an example of how some elite people used abusive and derogatory words against her on social media a few days ago, exposing the view of single women in Nepali society.
'There is still a lot of struggle to be done against social discrimination and to create an environment where single women can live with dignity,' Thapa said.
Lumbini Province Chief Krishna Bahadur Gharti Magar had said that after Bidya Devi Bhandari, who held the post of the country's highest president for two terms, entered the Janaki Temple, forgiveness was offered and single women were unable to protest at that time.
Single women leaders have complained that the state has made arrangements for reservations for ethnic groups with a very small population, but has not made arrangements for reservations for single women, who constitute 11 percent of the country's population.
According to the latest census, the total number of single women in Nepal is 826,147. Of these, 141,589 are in Lumbini Province.
Lumbini Province President Aruna Shrestha of the group said that society has not easily accepted the public presence of single women during festivals and religious functions, and single women have been more persecuted by witches and social boycott.
Central member of the group Ekamaya Bishwakarma complained that the state and federal governments have neglected the upliftment of single women, who are discriminated against by society and even their families.
