Status of Elderly People in Nepal
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FOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY ESID/HLM-MIPAA/6 9 October 2007 ENGLISH ONLY
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC High-level Meeting on the Regional Review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) 9-11 October 2007 Macao, China
Elderly People in Nepal What happened after MIPPA, 2002?
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Nepal Participatory Action Network
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This paper was prepared by Mr. Bhola Prasad Dahal, Immediate Past Chairperson/Executive Committee Member, Nepal Participatory Action Network, Nepal, for the High-level Meeting on the Regional Review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), 9-11 October 2007, Macao, China. The views expressed do not necessary reflect those of the United Nations. The paper has been reproduced as submitted.
Elderly People in Nepal
What happened after MIPPA, 2002?
“Matri devo bhawah, pitri devo bhawah and guru devo bhawah”
By Bhola Pd Dahal, NEPAN
1.0
Introduction
Nepal is one of the world’s poorest countries ranking 138 out of 177 in the human development index Nepal is a naturally beautiful country of 147,181 sq km in the south Asia region having 885 km in east-west direction and with a mean north-south width of 193 km. Nepal is renowned for socio-cultural diversity having more than 101 ethnic groups, 92 language, ten religions and three geographical regions with a population of 23.1 million people living 157 persons per sq km which was just 40 in 19111. The 2001 census showed that 57.5 % of the population belonged to a caste, 2/3 of them living in the hills and 1/3 in the Tarai. Dalits (untouchables) who make up 13.6% of the population are one of the most disadvantaged and backward groups2. It has five development regions: Eastern, Central, Western, Mid-western and Far-western with 14 zones, 75 districts, 58 municipalities and 3915 village development committees which are further divided into small political units called wards. National standard living survey 2003/4 reports that poverty
FOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY ESID/HLM-MIPAA/6 9 October 2007 ENGLISH ONLY
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC High-level Meeting on the Regional Review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) 9-11 October 2007 Macao, China
Elderly People in Nepal What happened after MIPPA, 2002?
*
Nepal Participatory Action Network
*
This paper was prepared by Mr. Bhola Prasad Dahal, Immediate Past Chairperson/Executive Committee Member, Nepal Participatory Action Network, Nepal, for the High-level Meeting on the Regional Review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), 9-11 October 2007, Macao, China. The views expressed do not necessary reflect those of the United Nations. The paper has been reproduced as submitted.
Elderly People in Nepal
What happened after MIPPA, 2002?
“Matri devo bhawah, pitri devo bhawah and guru devo bhawah”
By Bhola Pd Dahal, NEPAN
1.0
Introduction
Nepal is one of the world’s poorest countries ranking 138 out of 177 in the human development index Nepal is a naturally beautiful country of 147,181 sq km in the south Asia region having 885 km in east-west direction and with a mean north-south width of 193 km. Nepal is renowned for socio-cultural diversity having more than 101 ethnic groups, 92 language, ten religions and three geographical regions with a population of 23.1 million people living 157 persons per sq km which was just 40 in 19111. The 2001 census showed that 57.5 % of the population belonged to a caste, 2/3 of them living in the hills and 1/3 in the Tarai. Dalits (untouchables) who make up 13.6% of the population are one of the most disadvantaged and backward groups2. It has five development regions: Eastern, Central, Western, Mid-western and Far-western with 14 zones, 75 districts, 58 municipalities and 3915 village development committees which are further divided into small political units called wards. National standard living survey 2003/4 reports that poverty