The concerned stakeholders have blamed the absence of land ownership
by women as the prime cause of violence against women (VAW). At an
interaction on ‘Food Right, Land Ownership and Violence Against Women’
held by Women Farmers Association on the occasion of the 16-day campaign
against gender violence and 68th International Human Rights Day,
participants called for minimizing the violence against women by giving
more ownership and role. On the occasion, UML Politburo member, Shanta
Manavi, said discrimination would end if state could arrange for equal
division of land among men and women. She pointed out that women were
subjected to violence due to the fact that they did not have land
ownership. Manavi, a former minister, argued that although Nepal had
legal provisions to end violence against women, it was not being
implemented in practice. She called for involving women in productive
sector by giving them right to land ownership. National Women Commission
Joint Secretary Indira Dahal said the constitution has the provision to
end violence but it was not being implemented
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