Facts on Violence Against Women in Nepal

Violence against women is a pervasive problem in Nepal. However access to justice is becoming merely a dream inspite of the commitment from the States together with support both internationally and nationally. Failure to implement a proper monitoring and implementation system by the Government of Nepal, it has become very difficult for survivors to get support, justice and a conducive environment. Violence, such as, live burning after alleging as being a witch, rampant cases of sexual violence's specially among young girls, failure to protect rights of women migrant workers going abroad and violence upon their return are becoming a usual phenomena in the country. Recent cases of rape of a returnee migrant by a police officer and looting her hard earn money by Immigration Officers can be taken as one example among others