Unfulfilled promise of inclusion

The demoralising number of women on the candidacy list for the March elections cannot be overlooked.

For many young women, the slogan chaurasi ma mahila, hunu parcha pahila (In 2084 BS, women must be ahead) carried hope: That in the years ahead, we would finally have more women in visible leadership that we could look up to, learn from and imagine ourselves becoming. Yet today, even after a political revolution calling for change, the candidacy list for the federal elections in March has pushed those expectations further.