UN Women focuses on strengthening women’s voice, agency, and leadership to advance women’s rights, provide space for their meaningful participation, and contribute to tangible differences in their lives. Nepal Country Office’s (NCO) Strategic Note 2018-2022 (SN) contributes to Nepal’s national priorities as well as UNDAF’s commitment to leave no one behind.
The programme on gender-responsive and inclusive governance strengthens women’s leadership and participation in governance systems and the programme on women’s economic empowerment promotes women’s economic security and rights. Acknowledging that human development outcomes in Nepal continue to be slowed by gender, social and geographical exclusion and inequality, the SN highlights structural causes of gender inequality and inter-sectional social exclusion as bound up in discriminatory social norms. Working with the Government of Nepal (federal, provincial, and local), UN Country Team, civil society, and development partners, NCO pursues transformative change in social norms across its programming areas.