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| boston_dude |
Posted
on 14-Mar-02 10:52 AM
The following story appeared on Nepalnews.com:
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Parliament approves property right bill for women
The powerful 205 member House of Representatives for the second time Thursday approved without amendments a bill that for the first time gives equal property rights to women as their male siblings.
The lower chamber of parliament passed the bill by a majority 147-1 vote. The ruling Nepali Congress party, the main opposition CPN-UML, and the Rashtriya Prajatantra party voted in favour of the bill while communist legislator Lilamani Pokhrel voted against.
Nepal Sadbavana and the Nepal Majdoor Kisan party abstained in the vote. The last session of the National Assembly rejected the bill earlier approved by the lower house of parliament.
The bill become law after it receives royal assent. nepalnews.com br Mar 14
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Does anyone have any more details on what exactly are the details of the bill? If in fact, it does give equal property rights to women, I think this is big news. Something that could slowly but surely help change the economic and social standing of women in Nepal. I hope when it does become law, the word is somehow spread to the whole nation so people can really pratice and take comfort in it.
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| boston_dude |
Posted
on 14-Mar-02 10:55 AM
Sorry for the typo (or slow head), The above piece is not a "story" but a news clip of course.
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| Ratatata... |
Posted
on 14-Mar-02 11:30 AM
News at Nepalnews are usually too rhetoric as they're usually "copy pastes" or the major details are taken from the Kantipur Online folks. So, I think, has happened in the above case. The news appeared after the journos at Kantipur Online put up the news...Hence, it looks quiet incomplete without much effort put into it.
The passed Women's Bill, as I've followed in the papers here, grants the provision for women to hold parental property unlike the present Civil Code or Muluki Ain. However, the property has to be returned after they're married again.
Otherwise, I think women married after the age of 35 or sth can keep holding it though...I am not too sure myself. Have to check that provision out.
On the other hand, the Bill is just another gimmick of the political parties who make "women's empowerment" as their election agenda. Not much expected with the newly passed Bill though.
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 14-Mar-02 03:14 PM
I support women's EQUAL right on property.
I mean , come on, this is 21st century. How can the constitution say a son can
inherit the father's property while a daughter has no right on it?
And my complaint to Saptahik's Ashwini Koirala: why she choose gaggle of those
old mindset in her "Saataa ko Grihini"? Most of them are ladies of old school of
thought and they feigned surprise at the prospect of equal property right to
women.
Hey, women, property is power. Go for it!
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| Makuro |
Posted
on 14-Mar-02 03:57 PM
Definately two thumbs up for this legislation. I hope it turns into law. There are many discriminatory laws( in terms of sex) in our country and definately they must go. Another thing, I also love to see is mandatory blood screening before marriage. I know implementing this law outsde the sphere of cities is very hard and almost impractical, nevertheless, given the scourage of many deadly diseases( from bodily fluid) we cannot overlook this thing either right?
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| hmmm.... |
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on 14-Mar-02 04:19 PM
Just like most of Kangressi Bills, this bill is apuro.
Its in the right direction, but is it enough???
Women still don't get "ansha" if they are married away. So this bill is not really equal rights for women yet.
Its better if the parents don't really have to give anything by law to anybody. Make it upto them to disperse their wealth to whomever they want.
Have you heard about the issue of Reverse Inheritence (maybe its a different term)-- when the sons who have inherited from their parents earn, they should redistribute their wealth with their older parents???
There are a lof of cases where after inheritence the older parents are left with nothing. Who looks after them??
just some thought that makes me go hmmm....
Hoohi
hmmm....
Hamrika
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