Lawmakers demand stern laws against VAW

KATHMANDU, August 24: Lawmakers in today’s meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) have demanded for stern actions against the culprits of violence against women.

While participating in the deliberations on the resolution proposal presented in the meeting today, they have stressed to prioritize for violence free society as it is the first priority of prosperity.

The speakers have further opined for practically ending all kinds of violence after introducing strong laws.

Lawmakers have focused on effective and reformed laws, raising awareness against the VAW and ending economic and social discrimination against women.

They have further stated that cases of sexual harassment and rapes were on rise therefore, the Parliament and government should enact stern laws to control the crimes.

Lawmaker Binda Pandey opined for introducing new curriculum in school level to raise awareness to control such crimes. She also urged the government to be serious regarding the issues of violence against women.

Pushpa Bhusal shared that the resolution proposal was tabled to end the cases of violence against women (VAW) and children that is increasingly in a staggering number lately.

Yashodha Gurung stated although there were laws against the violence against women, the women and children were increasingly falling prey to the violence due to the lax implementation of those rules.

Rekha Sharma opined that a social campaign on violence against women should be launched to the grassroots level.

Similarly Durga Paudel emphasized on a common resolution to end the cases of VAW.

Laxmi Pariyar commented that the cases of rape on girl child were rising lately due to the lack of social awareness and ranted that the culprits were moving scot-free in the public.

Radha Kumari Gyawali demanded devising a special high-powered mechanism that would be operative for round -the-clock and would take action against the cases of VAW. She also demanded capital punishment for those attempting rape or raping the minors.
Khagaraj Adhikari reaffirmed his committed to work against VAW till his last breathe. He vowed that he would vacate his position in his party if situation would arise when women were elected unanimously.

Amresh Kumar Singh argued that the cases of VAW were increasing owing to legal, social and economical issues and spoke of the need to empower women economically and socially.

Krishna Bhakta Pokharel underscored the need for the civic societies and the political parties to launch a special campaign against VAW. He recalled that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s policy of zero toleration against VAW.

Padam Giri remarked that the cases of VAW were increasing day by day due to lack of stern action against the culprit of VAW.

Nirudevi Pal and Nabaraj Silwal asserted that the cases of VAW would not wane unless deeply rooted superstitions are uprooted from our society. They demanded life imprisonment with confiscation of all properties to the culprits in such heinous cases. RSS