We use Google Cloud Translation Services. Google requires we provide the following disclaimer relating to use of this service:
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, expressed or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement.
Labor, Employment and Social Security Minister Sharatsingh Bhandari has said that it is necessary to make laws that are friendly to the gender and sexual minority communities. He said that only if the rights of those communities are legally established, acceptance in the community will increase and discrimination can be resolved.
Minister Bhandari said in a program organized by Maitini Nepal on Saturday regarding the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.
Minister Bhandari said that the Labor Act is also in the process of being amended in time and claimed that the Labor Act does not discriminate against any citizen . "Everyone should be able to earn their living by working". Our constitution has given all citizens the right to live, work and live in the society without discrimination,' he said, 'Legal arrangements are still needed for sexual and sexual minority communities. It is important to get everyone's attention for that.'
Phobia is a kind of fear and get rid of that fear unitedly He urged the community to move forward with strength. In the
program, Chairman of the Women and Social Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, Kiran Kumar Shah said that it is the responsibility of the state to discuss the issue of gender and sexual minority communities, saying that the constitution and laws do not discriminate against any caste, religion, race, gender and sect. He complained that even now the community has not been able to take advantage of basic human rights such as education, health, employment, social security and marriage and said that the rights of the majority are the same as the rights of the minority.
Maitini Nepal's executive director Sarita KC said that Nepal has accepted the existence of gender and sexual minority communities as the third country in Asia and the world, saying that the presence of the community represents strength.
On May 17, 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses and announced that homosexuality is a natural process. In commemoration of the same day, the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia is celebrated globally. On the occasion of the
program, the book 'Samudaiko Shakti' containing 11 inspiring stories of individuals and couples from the gender and sexual minority community was released. The couples included in the book were also honoured.
