16/05/2026
We welcome the Government’s decision to reform the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens into the Ministry of Women, Children, Gender and Sexual Minorities and Social Security. This is a positive and meaningful step toward recognizing the identities, rights, and lived realities of gender and sexual minority communities in Nepal. We hope this change will go beyond the name and lead to genuine reforms in policies, programmes, institutions, and public attitudes so that inclusion, equality, and human rights are truly upheld in practice.
At the same time, we are concerned that senior citizens have been removed from the Ministry’s title. We sincerely hope this is only a symbolic change and that the dignity, rights, care, and social security of senior citizens will continue to receive equal priority and protection from the Government.
We believe every person — regardless of gender, age, identity, or social background — deserves equal rights, dignity, justice, and access to social protection.