Reports and Analysis

Nepal is generally categorized into three geographical zones – the Terai, Hill and Mountain areas. The Hills and Mountains are highly susceptible to landslides and debris flows, including those caused by landslide damming, excessive erosion of hill slopes and rock falls. The monsoon season typically leads to a spike in landslides and related mortality and morbidity in Hill and Mountain areas. The flat plains of the Terai are at the highest risk of flooding. Some years are worse than others.

Disasters or emergencies do not affect everyone in the same way. In every humanitarian crisis, we know that women and girls are affected differently than men and boys, and that vulnerabilities are often exacerbated by other factors such as age, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity, caste, ethnicity or religion.

The Government of Nepal has shown its full support for the UN reform, welcoming the reforms towards creating synergy and coherence of the UN system, which adheres to the principle of keeping people at the centre. The reform,which will make the UN more fit-for-purpose, has been publicly commended during the statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the General Assembly in September 2019.

Every year, people across Nepal are subjected to violence, poor health outcomes, and death as a result of harmful practices.

These practices stem from deeply embedded patriarchal norms and unequal power relations and are a significant barrier to the realization of human rights and equality in development outcomes, particularly for women and persons from excluded groups. Despite significant advancements in legislative and policy frameworks, harmful practices continue to pervade in Nepal.

Harmful practices can be defined as persistent behaviours that discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, age, caste/ethnicity, language, religion, amongst others. They leave women and people from excluded groups at risk of violence, poorer physical and psychological health, limited educational and economic outcomes, injuries, and even death.

Notably, harmful practices are not isolated or random; they stem from deeply-rooted patriarchal, social, cultural and religious norms perpetuated throughout centuries that view women, as well as lower caste groups, as inferior.

Domestic violence is the most prevalent type of violence in every society, in every class. It is very complex, as it is intimate, and it is difficult for people who endure that type of violence to speak out.

Every year, during the monsoon period of June to September, communities in the Terai face heightened risk of flooding. Such risks can lead to humanitarian suffering, exacerbate pre-crisis vulnerabilities and erode development gains

The aim of this document is to strengthen preparedness planning in seven provinces with a focus on highly flood prone areas in the Terai.

he United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) is the primary strategic planning and oversight tool for the UN Country Team (UNCT) in Nepal. This annual report shows the collective achievements of the UN Country Team, together with the Government of Nepal in 2017, on the ten jointly established UNDAF outcomes.

UNDAF outcomes and the governance arrangement

The UNDAF (2013-2017) has three major components for enhancing development cooperation, which is then again broken into ten outcomes:

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Lisa Sutton, Director of the Independent Evaluation and Audit Services (IEAS). IEAS was created in 2018 to perform internal oversight through the Independent Evaluation Service (IES) and Internal Audit Service (IAS). Under Lisa’s leadership, this co-location of IES and IAS will help ensure UN Women delivers on its integrated mandate to achieve gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment.

The greatest global challenge seen to sexual violence is in full flow.

From every region, women have grasped the power of social media to expose their pain and harm, including through use of the hashtags #MeToo, #NiUnaMenos, #BalanceTonPorc, #PrimeiroAssedio, #Babaeko and #WithYou6.