Nepal – 1st – Equality

The Nepalese NAP contains a background section on:

2.1.6 Equality and right to non-discrimination

2.2 Business and Human Rights Implementation Action Plan

1. Protection

S.No.	Activity	Responsible agency	Partner agency	Timeline	Performance Indicator
5	To carry out study on the state of child labour, all kinds of discriminatory practices, and the right to association within the business	Institute of policy studies)	MOLESS Local level/Labour and Employment Office	First year	Study report
12	To conduct awareness programs related to labour rights (prohibition of child labour, prohibition of forced labour, minimum wages/ benefits, holidays, social security, working hours, special rights of women and respect for labour, equal pay for equal work).	Labour and employment offices/ local level/ employers/ trade union	Provincial government, organisations working in the field of human rights, civil society	Continuous	Awareness programmes on labour rights implemented in local levels
23	To carry out survey on child labour and discriminatory practices within the business sector	MOWCSC	stakeholder	First year	Study report
24	To update and implement standards related to breastfeeding room and child care centre in the workplace	MOWCSC	Business enterprises and thematic associations/fed erations	Continu ous	Updated standards of breast feeding room and child care centres
26	To carry out study on workplace sexual harassment, abuse and gender-based discrimination	National Women’s Commission	Business enterprises	Second year	Study report
27	To study the state of implementation of the legal provision to give priority to women in employment along with the special privileges provided by the state	MOLESS	MOWCSC/trade union/ business enterprises	Second year	Increased participation of women in employment
29	Carry out study on whether the women workers in the formal and informal sector are getting equal pay for equal work	MOWCSC	Province and local level	Second year	Study report
32	Take diplomatic initiative for implementation of the provision of equal pay for equal work for Nepali workers in the destination countries	MOFA/diplomatic mission	MOLESS/foreign employment entrepreneurs	Continu ous	Equal pay for equal work implemented
47	Encourage the development of LGBTIQA++ and disabled friendly workplace in the enter prises	MOLESS/MOICS	Business enterprises	Continu ous	Gender-friendly, disabled-friendly and LGBTIQA++ friendly workplace available
49	Put an end to all kinds of discrimination based on gender, geography, race, religion, language and ideology in the business enterprises.	All ministries and com missions	Business enterprises	Regular	End of discrimination
50	To run awareness raising so as to guarantee the right to gender equality and non discrimination.	All ministries and com missions	Business enterprises	Regular	Programmes organised

2. Respect

64	To build discrimination-free, sexual violence free, abuse-friend and human rights friendly working environment in the workplace.	Business enterprises/ thematic association/ federation	Trade union/MOLESS	Continuous	Labour law complied
65	To establish and mobilize gender equality fund in the enterprises.	Business enterprises/ thematic association/ federation	Trade union/MOLESS	Continuous	Establishment and mobilization of gender equality fund
66	To manage mother child-friendly breast feeding room, child care centre and separate gender-friendly toilets in the workplace.	Business enterprises/ thematic association/ federation	Trade union/MOLESS	Continuous	Provision of mother child friendly breast feeding room, child care centre and separate gender friendly toilets
67	To put an end to sexual exploitation, abuse and gender-based discrimination in the workplace and fully comply with human rights law.	Enterprises and business associations/ federation	Trade union/MOLESS	Continuous	Compliance of labour law
83	To implement equal pay for equal work provision without any discrimination based on gender, geography, ethnicity, religion, language and ideology in the business enterprise	Business enterprises/ thematic association/ federation	Labour and Employment Office	Continuous	Provision of equal pay for equal work implemented
84	To identify and enlist the works that require policy of positive discrimination.	Business enterprises/ thematic association/ federation	Labour and Employment Office	First year	Listing of works
85	To run orientation and sensitization pro gramme on human rights in the workplace for equality and non-discrimination.	Business enterprises/ thematic association/ federation	Labour and Employment Office	Continuous	Programme implemented
87	To mobilize the umbrella association/organisations of the entrepreneurs effectively for promotion of equality and non-discrimination.	Business enterprises/ thematic association/ federation	Business enterprises	Continuous	Mechanism run effectively

3. Remedy

103	To develop grievance hearing mechanism for racial and other discrimination and abuse that take place in the business sector.	Business enterprises/ thematic association/ federation/National Dalit Commission/ National Women’s Commission	Province and local level	Continuous	Grievance hearing mechanism developed
114	To develop reliable monitoring mechanism in the constitutional commissions and at the federal, provincial and local level to end racial discrimination and untouchability that takes place in the enterprises.	Concerned agencies/ constitutional commis sions	Stakeholders	Continuous	Mechanism run effectively
115	To make the monitoring by the parliamentary committee and human rights mechanisms of the gender, geography, racial, religious, linguistic and ideology-based discrimination free working environment regular and effective.	Parliamentary Com mittee/constitutional commissions	Stakeholders	Continuous	Effective monitoring
116	Provide free legal aid to the people and communities affected by discrimination in the business enterprises.	Courts/Nepal Bar Asso ciation	NGOs/organisations	Continuous	Free legal aid
117	To facilitate compensation and reparation to the individual and communities affected by discrimination in the business enterprises.	Stakeholders	Rights activists	Continuous	Facilitation
118	Set up fast-track working mechanism for immediate hearing of the violence based on gender, geography, ethnicity, religion, language and ideology that has taken place in the business enterprise.	Business enterprises	MOLESS	Continuous	Fast track mechanism to have been developed
120	Manage an Ombudsperson for hearing the grievances of gender-based and racial discrimination in the enterprises	Business enterprise	MOLESS	Continuous	Provision of Ombudsperson