Parents Mind Set of Education Investment for Daughters
The Nepal Ministry of Education’s data reveal that 95% of children are enrolled in primary schools with gender parity! It is therefore likely that Nepal is going to achieve the Millennium Development Goal on promoting gender equality (Ministry of Edu...
UNICEF, (2013)
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Obstetric Fistula
Every day, almost 800 women die from pregnancy complications. For every woman who dies, 20 or more are injured or disabled. One of the most serious injuries of childbearing is obstetric fistula, a hole in the birth canal, caused by prolonged, obstruc...
UNFPA, (2011)
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Civil Society Report on Beijing+20 Nepal, “Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!!!”
The Beijing +20 Review holds a lot of significance for women as it provides an important opportunity to examine the efforts of government, non-government organizations as well as civil societies in realizing the commitments to the goals of equality, d...
BBC, NNBN, UNWOMEN, (2014)
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MARCH 2017
Policy Brief
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES OF NEPAL:
Trends and Policy Implications
Nepal’s demographic experience is remarkable in many ways. In the span of a few decades, Nepal has achieved significant declines in mortality rates, fertility rates, and population growth rates (Table 1). Most significant, Nepal’s demographic transit...
GON, UNICEF, (2017)
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Nepal
Human
Development
Report 2004
Empowerment and Poverty Reduction
Nepal has made progress in raising living standards over the last 50 years, particularly since 1990. Yet the country’s level of human development remains among the lowest in the world. Development outcomes have varied inequitably, manifesting themsel...
UNDP, (2004)
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DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES OF NEPAL:
Trends and Policy Implications
Government of Nepal
National Planning Commission
KATHMANDU, NEPAL
MARCH 2017
This timely report about Nepal’s changing demography reveals the unique position of the country vis-à-vis its demographic transition. As the population rapidly ages, there will be a higher number of elderly people for each working-age person to suppo...
GON, UNICEF, (2017)
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