Domestic Violence and Gender Equality and Social Justice for Women

Abstract

This article based on the secondary data has examined the impact of domestic violence and lack of social justice on women in Nepal. Since gender equality is a right to every citizen in the country as accorded in the constitution of Nepal, 2015, women deserve both equal status and equitable opportunity for being ensured with the social justice. This paper assesses the current practices of social injustice pertaining to gender equality in Nepal and further it has aimed at exploring the reasons for not having addressed the constitutional provisions targeted to maintaining the state of social justice in both personal and public spheres of women. The research demonstrates the socio-cultural hurdles caused by the patriarchal practices in Nepal. The paper has explored the fact that women are vulnerable both politically and socially. Their share in public positions is nominal but security in the private zone is disastrous as many women in the rural Nepal become the victims of domestic violence. Their appeals are discarded, and they can hardly afford to legal justices in the courts that are lawful safeguards to all the citizens including the privileged and underprivileged women in Nepal.