The report has pointed out that there is still institutional discrimination against women in Nepal and discriminatory arrangements are still in place in some laws.

The shadow report submitted by the Nepalese civil society at the meeting of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CID) Committee has exposed this situation in Nepal. In the 90th session of the SID Committee held in Geneva, Switzerland, the leadership Women, Law and Development Forum submitted the report on behalf of the Nepalese civil society. Advocate Savin Shrestha, executive director of

platform, informed that the integrated report prepared covering all the 16 articles of CID has been submitted. The government has submitted a report on its behalf. We have submitted a shadow report on behalf of the civil society," he said. The

report states that Nepal is moving forward towards gender equality and women's empowerment. "There is still institutional discrimination against women in key areas. This makes the issue of inter-division serious. It also puts women from marginalized groups at risk of becoming victims of multifaceted discrimination,' commenting on the report, Advocate Shrestha said, 'Although Nepal has introduced various gender-sensitive and responsive laws that define "discrimination against women" and women with disabilities, Dalit women, single women, religious minority women, LBTIQ, tribal women, Madhesi women, senior citizen women, girls and adolescents, and those affected by humanitarian crises A special and effective legal system has not been implemented to address the intersectional and mixed discrimination experienced by women, including women.

At present, the Criminal Code of Nepal, 2074, prohibits the discriminatory behavior of officials who exercise their rights in accordance with the law and criminalizes it and provides punishment. But the report points out that there is a need to adopt effective measures to criminalize and punish all types of discrimination in the individual and private sector.

Advocate Shrestha said, 'Nepal ratified the CID Convention 35 years ago in 1991. But ironically, there are still discriminatory laws in the areas of nationality, registration, employment, migrant workers and mobility, sexual and reproductive health, transfer of property, marriage and family relations etc.'  The

report has pointed out that the government is giving very little budget in the field of women's empowerment and rights. The government has allocated only 0.0095% of the budget to the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens in the budget of the current financial year, while the budget allocated to the National Commission for Women is also decreasing. It is mentioned in the report that Nepal should strengthen the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens and the National Commission for Women by providing adequate human and financial resources. 

'An estimated 1,500 cases of conflict-related sexual violence  Despite the number of victims, due to the limited scope of these cases, they are deprived of justice. "It is an urgent need of the present time to remove the scope of sexual violence during the conflict and provide proper compensation and compensation to the victims and those affected," said Advocate Shrestha.

Nepal approved the Palermo Protocol in 2020, but the report mentions that the Human Trafficking and Trafficking (Control) Act, 2007 has yet to be amended in line with the Palermo Protocol so that the definition of 'human trafficking' is not linked to sex work and other issues are in line with the protocol. 

The Sexual Harassment (Prevention) Act, 2014 does not cover informal sectors. Where most of the women are working as labor force. Therefore, this Act should also include such informal sectors. Nepal also needs to ratify the ILO Convention,' said Advocate Shrestha about the report. 

Nepal government is submitting the seventh report in the meeting of SID. But the shadow report submitted by the civil society has pointed out that the government needs to make more reforms in order to act in the field of women's rights in accordance with the provisions of the convention.