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Women contenders in direct race have it tough in upcoming parliamentary elections

By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post,23 Oct 2022Despite growing voices for fair representation of women in elections, only nine percent of the total first-past-the-post (FPTP) candidates for November polls are women. The major political parties are particularly to be blamed for this sad state of affairs. The CPN-UML has fielded 11, the CPN (Maoist Centre) nine, the Nepali Congress five, and the CPN (Unified Socialist) and the Rastriya Janamorcha one woman candidate each. Two…