ActionAid Nepal

19/05/2026

17/05/2026

On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia ( ), we celebrate the courage and leadership of LGBTQIA+ communities in Nepal. 🌈

This year’s theme "At the Heart of Democracy" strongly reflects our collective effort through the Breaking Barriers project to strengthen LGBTQIA+ political leadership because meaningful participation in politics is key to ensuring rights, dignity, and representation for all.

Elisa’s journey is a powerful reminder that representation matters.

Read Elisa’s inspiring journey here:
https://nepal.actionaid.org/stories/2026/struggle-leadership-political-journey-elisa

04/05/2026

Advancing Tax Justice, Managing Debt, and Reframing Nepal’s Fiscal Future

Policy Dialogues | TaxED Alliance, TAFJA Nepal & ActionAid | 2-3 May 2026

Policymakers, parliamentarians, economists, journalists, civil society leaders, and regional partners convened in a series of policy dialogues - including the two‑day dialogue “From Budget to the Economy: Breaking the Barriers” - to address the widening gap between Nepal’s budgets and real economic outcomes as the country prepares for its upcoming national budget and LDC graduation.

Key discussions and agenda highlights focused on Nepal’s regressive tax structure and heavy reliance on indirect taxes, the rapid rise of domestic and external public debt and mounting debt‑servicing pressures, deep‑rooted institutional and governance barriers, and the urgent need to realign the budget toward productive and social sectors such as education, health, energy, agriculture, and decent employment.

Core messages emphasized that Nepal’s fiscal challenges are structural, not technical: weak direct taxation, informality, and under‑taxation of wealth are constraining fiscal space; rising debt servicing is crowding out social spending; and without governance reform and policy coherence, fiscal stability alone will not deliver inclusive growth.

Key advocacy asks called for progressive income, wealth, capital gains, and inheritance taxation; reduced dependence on regressive indirect taxes; stronger parliamentary oversight of budgets and finance acts; prudent, project‑linked borrowing and debt sustainability frameworks; curbing wasteful recurrent expenditure; tackling tax leakages and informality; and adopting a transformative, gender‑responsive, and employment‑centred budget framework.

Facts and findings highlighted that taxes contribute over 90% of total revenue, with more than 70% from indirect taxes; public debt has risen sharply, with debt servicing exceeding 30% of revenue in recent years; wealth is highly concentrated (the top 10% hold nearly 60% of total wealth); and weak fiscal governance and public expenditure inefficiencies continue to undermine development outcomes.

Way forward: The dialogues reinforced that tax justice, debt justice, and budget accountability must move together to protect social spending, finance public services, and advance equitable and sustainable development in Nepal.

01/05/2026

आज अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मजदुर दिवस।
आज पनि असंख्य अनौपचारिक श्रमिकहरू ज्याला ठगीमा परिरहेका छन्। यो अध्ययन आजको मात्र होइन, तर युग यहाँसम्म आइपुग्दा पनि प्रवृत्ति परिवर्तन भएको छैन।
त्यसर्थ, हाम्रो आवाज ती असंख्य अनौपचारिक श्रमिकहरू, मुख्यतः महिला श्रमिकहरूका लागि हो।
सबै सजग बनौँ र ज्याला ठगी बन्द गरौँ।
बुद्ध जयन्ती र उभौली पर्वको शुभकामनासहित, अनौपचारिक श्रमिकहरूको सम्मानको कामना गर्दछौँ।

21/04/2026

Factsheet (तथ्यपत्र) Alert!
“भविष्यका लागि वित्तीय व्यवस्था: नेपालमा दिगो विकास लक्ष्य ४ (SDG 4: गुणस्तरीय शिक्षा) को कार्यान्वयन”

शिक्षाका लागि विश्वव्यापी कार्य सप्ताह (Global Action Week for Education) को अवसरमा,
हामी “भविष्यको लागि वित्तीय व्यवस्था: नेपालमा दिगो विकास लक्ष्य ४ (SDG 4: गुणस्तरीय शिक्षा) को कार्यान्वयन” विषयमा तथ्यपत्र सार्वजनिक गर्दैछौं।

नेपालमा सार्वजनिक शिक्षामा अझै पर्याप्त लगानी भइरहेको छैन। शिक्षामा पहुँच बढेको भए पनि गुणस्तर र समानतामा ठूलो कमी छ। अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मापदण्डअनुसार कुल बजेटको १५–२०% वा कुल ग्राहस्थ उत्पादन (GDP) को ४–६% शिक्षा क्षेत्रमा लगानी हुनुपर्नेमा नेपाल अझै पछाडि छ। उता बढ्दो ऋण भुक्तानी र सीमित वित्तीय स्रोतका कारण विद्यालय, शिक्षक र गुणस्तरीय सिकाइमा लगानी थप सीमित भइरहेको छ।

यसका असरहरू:
- सार्वजनिक विद्यालयमा स्रोतको अभाव
- निजी र सार्वजनिक शिक्षाबीच बढ्दो असमानता
- सीमान्तकृत बालबालिका पछाडि परिरहेका

कम आय भएका परिवारका लागि सार्वजनिक विद्यालय मात्र विकल्प बन्दै गएको छ, तर यिनै विद्यालयहरू सबैभन्दा कम लगानी भएका छन्। यस्तो अवस्था जारी रहेमा अवसर आयमा निर्भर हुने दुई तहको शिक्षा प्रणाली बन्ने जोखिम छ।

शिक्षा विशेषाधिकार होइन, अधिकार हो।

दिगो विकास लक्ष्य ४ (SDG 4): गुणस्तरीय शिक्षा हासिल गर्न नेपालले:
- शिक्षामा बजेट बढाउनुपर्छ
- न्यायपूर्ण कर प्रणाली सुनिश्चित गर्नुपर्छ
- आन्तरिक स्रोत परिचालन सुदृढ गर्नुपर्छ
- समानता र गुणस्तरलाई प्राथमिकता दिनुपर्छ



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भविष्यको लागि वित्तीय व्यवस्था: नेपालमा दिगो विकास लक्ष्य ४ (SDG 4: गुणस्तरीय शिक्षा) को कार्यान्वयन

27/03/2026

Congratulations to Rt. Hon. Balendra Shah on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Nepal, along with the newly formed Council of Ministers.
This marks an important moment for the country, bringing renewed hope for inclusive and accountable leadership.
ActionAid International Nepal looks forward to working collaboratively with the Government of Nepal to ensure social justice, development is equitable, people-centered, and leaves no one behind.
In solidarity for a just, inclusive and resilient Nepal.

08/03/2026

International Women’s Day 2026 |
"Accelerate Action for Gender Equality"

Today, on International Women’s Day, we celebrate the strength, leadership, and resilience of women and girls everywhere. But celebration alone is not enough.

Across the world and here in Nepal, women continue to face inequality in access to resources, opportunities, and decision-making spaces. Women in the informal economy, farmers, caregivers, and community leaders contribute immensely to our societies, yet their work often remains undervalued and invisible.

This year’s theme calls on all of us to accelerate action; to move beyond promises and ensure real, lasting change.

At ActionAid, we believe in feminist leadership that places power in the hands of people and communities. We stand with women and girls as they challenge harmful norms, demand justice, and lead transformative change.

Let us work together to build a world where every woman and girl lives with dignity, equality, and freedom.

Let’s accelerate action; not just in words, but in action.

04/03/2026

While we celebrate the Global Days of Action on Tax Justice for Women's Right, we ActionAid International Nepal seems for the commitment where we ensure that our taxes are justified for the hard works of our informal laborers especially women laborers.
This is not just economic; it is about justice and rights.
We demand “Tax Justice for the Human Right to Care” and appeal to ensure it by:
✔ Expanding social protection
✔ Ensuring quality health and childcare services
✔ Enforcing laws against workplace violence
✔ Investing in women’s leadership and entrepreneurship

03/03/2026

Globally, women and girls perform 76% of unpaid care work, and in Nepal, it is 86%, six times more than men. This heavy care burden limits their rights to mobility, education, employment, and equality. Despite unpaid care contributing 6–17% of Nepal’s GDP, women still lack quality, accessible, and affordable public services. As taxpayers and voters, they remain under-supported, with insufficient investment to reduce this burden and ensure full enjoyment of their right.
We stand together to demand . we demand government to
Recognize care as a human right and public good
Fairly allocate taxing rights
Public finance care through progressive and redistributive taxation
Tax the rich and multinational corporations
Deliver a feminist UN Tax Convention
End secrecy in taxation

02/03/2026

As we join the Global Days of Action on Tax Justice for Women's Right, initiated by Global Alliance of Tax Justice, its regional networks, members, and the Tax & Gender Working Group of which TaxEd and ActionAid are proud members, we raise our collective voice for justice. To mark the day, we have a special message from our Executive Director, Sujeeta Mathema, as she highlights:
Globally, 2 billion workers are in the informal sector, and 61% are women. In Nepal, 84.65% of jobs are informal, with nearly 85% being women workers who contribute around 43% to GDP, yet they lack social protection, quality healthcare, childcare, and safe working conditions.
This is not just economic; it is about justice and rights.
We demand “Tax Justice for the Human Right to Care” and appeal to ensure it by:
✔ Expanding social protection
✔ Ensuring quality health and childcare services
✔ Enforcing laws against workplace violence
✔ Investing in women’s leadership and entrepreneurship