MP Gaire questions gender bias in citizenship rules
She said that although women have gained rights through movements ranging from voting rights to lineage rights, societal attitudes on property rights remain unchanged.
KATHMANDU: Rajendralaxmi Gaire, a lawmaker from the CPN (Unified Socialist), has drawn the government’s attention to the persistent discrimination against women in property rights in Nepal.
Speaking at Friday’s meeting of the National Assembly, she said that although women have gained rights through movements ranging from voting rights to lineage rights, societal attitudes on property rights remain unchanged.
Gaire noted that during the 2062–63 People’s Movement, issues such as women’s citizenship, lineage, and property rights were raised, leading to some legal progress.
However, she stressed that these laws have not been effectively implemented in practice, preventing the end of discrimination against women.
She also demanded the removal of what she called a discriminatory provision in the citizenship amendment bill, which requires women to make a self-declaration but imposes no such requirement on men.
