From the time of birth, most preferences and opportunities are given to male children in Nepal. Factors such as lack of education, cultural taboos, and strict patriarchal society deprive women of opportunities.
Strict patriarchal societies have precipitated abortions of girl children in many villages of Nepal. This is because of the sociocultural belief that the male child carries the family line forward. In Nepal, the cultural belief system states that women are supposed to get married before the age of 23-25 years. In lower castes, women are not allowed to go to school. Since childhood, they are forced to learn household work.
So far, a new law has been brought through the government in each municipality to train more women and encourage them towards entrepreneurship, but the training is limited to the basics, which is insufficient to make one an entrepreneur. Furthermore, there is no link between the market and women entrepreneurs.
-
“Women’s Economic Empowerment in Nepal | Interactions.” Empowerment of Women and Girls | Interactions, http://interactions.eldis.org/economic-empowerment/country-profiles/nepal. Accessed 17 Aug. 2021.