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Call to ensure women's right to ancestral property

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KATHMANDU, Dec 26: Women Human Rights Defenders´ Network has called for ensuring women´s right to ancestral property at par with their male counterpart as a fundamental right in the new constitution.



The Network has prepared many suggestions regarding the issues concerning women to be incorporated in the new constitution, according to Women Rehabilitation Center (WOREC), the Secretariat of the Network.[break]



The suggestions were prepared after holding consultations and discussions with the regional representatives of the Network.



The charter of suggestions comprises equal rights to citizenship certificate, proportional right of women in every state apparatus on the basis of population, guarantee of women´s first right to the use of natural resources and making an end to all sorts of violence against women.



Besides these, proportional representation of women in all political bodies, guarantee of the right to reproductive health, ending of the usage of gender biased terminologies like Chairman, and separate provision for the disabled are other suggestions prepared by the Network.



The charter of suggestions will be presented to the Constituent Assembly soon, said WOREC Program coordinator Kala Rai.


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