Formal Inclusion, Informal Exclusion: Implementation of Women’s Quota System and Political Participation in Post-Civil War Nepal
Project: Women’s Rights After War
Civil war, ethnic conflicts, and mass movements for justice and equity have transformed Nepal’s politics and the structure of the state over the past two decades. Many of these intersecting conflicts were rooted in grievances raised by women and ethnic minorities, who demanded new forms of political inclusion and representation, and changes to the terms of social equality. Measures addressing many of these demands were successfully incorporated into the Constitution of 2015, which declared the country a republic. These major political reforms and the constitutional arrangement itself culminated in the settlement of the war and ushered in a period of peacebuilding and post-war reconstruction.
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