‘1,002 cases of VAW recorded last month’

Kathmandu : The cases of violence against women (VAW) have been on rise lately in the country, with as many as 1,002 such cases recorded last month of Kartik, according to the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen.

The study conducted by the Nepal Police and the Ministry showed of the total VAW cases recorded last month, 177 were related to rape, 75 related to polygamy, 5 child marriage, four allegation of witchery and six related to illegal abortion.

State-wise, State no 2 recorded the highest cases of VAW standing at 341. The data was unveiled in the context of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence being run in the UN-member nations.

The campaign is run from November 25 to December 10 annually. The campaign for this year’s is named, ‘Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands against Rape!’

The Ministry had urged the concerned ministers and agencies of the federal government, all seven State governments, District Coordination Committees and all 753 local units and stakeholders to run the campaign that challenges the violence against women and children.

Joint-Secretary at the Ministry, Rudradevi Sharma, in a press meet organized here Friday, shared that State level programmes were already conducted in five States to make the campaign a success.

Sharma also shared that the Ministry, in coordination with the Ministry of Science, Education and Technology had mooted a plan for on-site visit in the places where Chhaupadi tradition is still in practice despite the government criminalized it.

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