ल हेर्नुहोस जेठी श्रीमती र कान्छी श्रीमतीको यस्तो घमासान युद्द ! पाच जना छोरा छोरी हुदाहुदै श्रीमानले कान्छी श्रीमती ल्याए पछी जेठीले दिईन यस्तो दनक

The global community recognizes the contributions and accomplishments of women and girls around the world. Together, on March 8th, we celebrated International Women’s Day and advocated for greater empowerment of women and girls.

As we commemorate 70 years of progress and partnership between the United States and Nepal, we also reflect on the achievements we made together to advance equal rights and opportunities for women and girls in Nepal.When we established bilateral ties in 1947, the legal marriage age for Nepali girls was five years. In 1960, the average life expectancy was just 35 years, and in 1980, the literacy rate for women stood at just 9 percent. Today, the legal marriage age for Nepali girls is 20, the average Nepali lives to be 70, and 65 percent of women are literate. Today, maternal deaths have dropped by 75 percent since 1990, helping Nepal achieve this Millennium Development Goal, and more than 80 percent women are active in the workforce putting Nepal’s female labor force participation rate far above other countries in the region, including India (27 percent), Bangladesh (58 percent), and even China (64 percent).