13 Districts Factsheet on Women 33 House of Representative Constituencies 66 Provincial Constituencies 119 Local bodies Nepal, Province 3 1,121 Wards

Source: Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, Election Commission of Nepal

Dhading Sindhupalchowk Rasuwa Population: 336,067 Population: 287,798 Nuwakot Population: 43,300 Sex ratio: 88.55 Sex ratio: 92.58 Population: 277,741 Sex ratio: 98.4 Sex ratio: 91.78 Dolakha Kathmandu Population: 186,557 Population: 1,744,240 Sex ratio: 87.4 Sex ratio: 109.84 Ramechhap Population: 202,646 Chitwan Kavrepalanchok Sex ratio: 85.5 Population: 579,684 Population: 381,937 Sex ratio: 92.75 Sex ratio: 91.93 Sindhuli Population: 296,192 Makwanpur Bhaktapur Sex ratio: 92.25 Lalitpur Population: 420,477 Population: 304,651 Population: 468,132 Sex ratio: 96.67 Sex ratio: 103,42 Sex ratio: 103,49 % of female % of female population population aged Female headed-households 1 with 5 and above Sindhuli 14,148 24.6% disability 2 illiterate 3 Ramechhap 12,323 28.1% Sindhuli 1.9% 44.8% Dolakha 15,718 34.4% Ramechhap 1.9% 42.8% Sindhupalchok 16,037 24% Dolakha 2.7% 42.6% Kavrepalanchok 17,170 21.3% Sindhupalchok 2% 45.1% Lalitpur 26,275 23.9% Kavrepalanchok 1.6% 36.2% Bhaktapur 15,231 22.2% Lalitpur 1% 23.2% Kathmandu 121,287 27.8% Bhaktapur 1% 25.3% Nuwakot 12,612 21.3% Kathmandu 1% 18.4% Rasuwa 2,199 22.5% Nuwakot 1.5% 44% Dhading 20,548 27.8% Rasuwa 2% 50.5% Makwanpur 19,422 22.6% Dhading 2% 41.8% Chitwan 44,638 33.7% Makwanpur 1.8% 36.8% Total/Average 337,608 25.7% Chitwan 2% 27.3% Average 1.7% 36.8% POLITICAL PARTICIPATION 4 At least 2,242 women elected as Nepal has set a national target of ward members, 42% among whom women in local bodies by 1,121 Dalit women, 6 out of 5,605 ward members5 2030

1 woman mayor elected

EMPLOYMENT 7

61.5% 69.5% of women aged 15-49 are of employed women aged 15-49 employed earn less than their husband

46.7% 4.7% 9% 10.8% 3.6% 25% are are employed are employed are employed are employed are employed in in unskilled in skilled in in clerical employed in agriculture manual manual professional/ occupations sales and occupations occupations technical/ services managerial occupations

MIGRATION 8 BANK ACCOUNT 9

20% 82.3% within Nepal 51% of women aged 15-49 1.9% to India migrated in the past of women aged 15-49 10 years 14.9% to others use a bank account

5 These numbers are based on the quota positions and do not include the 62 ward chairs or the 264 women elected to non-quota ward seats. EDUCATION 10

SDG 23.4% 5.3% of women aged 15-49 completed primary education of women aged 15- 10.7% of women aged 15-49 completed secondary education 49 have no 26.2% of women aged 15-49 have more than secondary education education

ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY 11

Nepal has set a national target of 98% of women aged 15-24 years 82.7% 42% of women aged 15- of women aged 15- using internet by 49 own a phone 49 have ever used 203012 internet

ACCESS TO MEDIA 13

23.2% of women aged 15-49 67.1% 20.5% 29.4% access no media in a week of women aged of women aged of women aged 15-49 watch 15-49 read a 15-49 listen to television once newspaper the radio once a a week once a week week

OWNERSHIP OF HOUSE AND LAND 14 91.1% SDG 7.3% of women 15-49 own a house alone of women aged 15-49 1.3% of women 15-49 own a house jointly do not own a house 86.6% 9.5% of women 15-49 own land alone of women aged 15-49 3% of women 15-49 own land jointly do not own a land DECISION MAKING IN PRIVATE SPHERE 15 64.9% 61.9% 85.8% 68.9% of women aged 15-49 of women aged 15-49 of women aged 15-49 of women aged 15-49 decide on their own decide on major decide on the use of decide on the health care alone or household purchases inherited asset alone education of their jointly alone or jointly or jointly children alone or jointly

SPOUSAL SEPARATION 16 SPOUSAL VIOLENCE 17

26.3% of married women 15- of women aged 15-49 21.3% 49 experience consider wife-beating physical violence 24.7% justified of married women 4.9% have their husband living away of married 14.3% 7.9% of married women 15- women 15-49 49 experience experience sexual emotional violence violence

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 18

Nepal has set a national target of 60.1% 6.5% of women aged 15- 19.6% 7.6% 49 who have ever of women aged 15-49 experiencing experienced of women aged 15- of women aged 15- physical/sexual violence by violence have never 49 have 49 have sought help nor told 19 experienced experienced 2030 anyone physical violence sexual violence

Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, 2012, Nepal Population and Housing Census 2011, : map at page 39-40, 1page 115-116, 2page 2018-220, 3page 229-231. Ministry of Health and Population, 2017, Nepal Demographic Health Survey 2016, 7pages 62-64&312, 8pages 30-31, 9page 322, 10page 52, 11page 322 & 60, 13page 56, 14page 315, 15page 325, 16page 51, 17pages 327&355, 18pages 348, un.org.np 349, 351 & 362. facebook.com/ 4 @UN_Nepal National Planning Commission, 2017, Sustainable Development Goals: Status and Road Map 2016-2030, UnitedNationsNepal 6page 54, 12page 55 and 19page 53. Icons: ©thenounproject; ©theglobalgoals