KATHMANDU, Feb 29: A team of Nepali women left for Kala Patthar to observe the International Women's Day aiming to draw global attention to snow melting caused by climate change and its consequences for the local communities.
A team of Nepali women left here for Kalapaththar to observe the International Women's Day aiming to draw global attention to snow melting caused by climate change and its consequences on local communities.
With the theme 'Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow', International Women's Day (IWD) is being marked with a variety of programmes across the world today. As IWD's slogan suggests, this day is highlighting the contributions of women and girls around the globe to the participation of communities in climate change adaptation, mitigation, and response in order to create a more sustainable future for everyone. The United Nations started celebrating IWD since 1975. That year was also declared as the International Women's Year. Two years later, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) announced March 8
Women and stakeholder organisations on Sunday said that society has not witnessed gender equality as per the ongoing discourse.
Speaking at a policy dialogue programme on 'Gender equality for sustainable future: In the context of climate change' organised by the National Planning Commission (NPC) on the occasion of 112th International Women's Day, they said that good policies have remained on papers but failed to yield impressive results.
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