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Abstract: Transformation is apparent in Nepal, a country that underwent a decade of civil war 1996-2006, abolished the monarchy to become a republic in 2007, agreed on a new constitution in 2015 and is currently struggling to implement federalism. Decentralisation and minority repre-sentation are being put on the political agenda alongside efforts to rebuild infrastructure dam-aged through two major earthquakes. Beyond this, Nepal appears to have developed into South Asia's beacon of gender equality. Since 2016 Nepal has had a woman president, a woman chief justice and a woman speaker of parliament. Implementing a quota of 33 per cent women in politics, women politicians now come from a great variety of backgrounds reflecting Nepal's ethnic, cultural, regional and educational diversity. This study takes the entry of 197 female members into the constituent assembly of Nepal in 2008 as a baseline to study the transforma-tion of "patriarchy" and its impact on the heterogeneous group of women po
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In: International Quarterly for Asian Studies (IQAS) ; 48 (2017) 1-2 ; 97-115
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English
DOI:
10.11588/iqas.2017.1-2.4075
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023121913534437871330
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https://doi.org/10.11588/iqas.2017.1-2.4075
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https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023121913534437871330
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https://d-nb.info/1314086529/34
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https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/80976
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