Kathmandu, May 6
The Women and Social Committee of the
Parliament Wednesday directed the government to enhance the access of
vulnerable people like children, pregnant women, disabled and senior citizens
to relief and psycho-social health facilities.
A meeting of the committee today directed
the government and the Ministry of Health and Population and Ministry of Women,
Children and Senior Citizen to run a publicity campaign to create awareness
about the child-friendly materials and arrange further coordination and
monitoring to ensure the access of vulnerable people to the relief and other
facilities during the coronavirus pandemic period.
"It can be estimated that the impact
of lockdown would take a heavy toll on women, children, senior citizen and
disabled people. So this committee draws attention of the MoWCSC to make
necessary arrangement to ensure the access of those people to the relief,"
said the committee.
It has also directed the government to make
periodic monitoring of the orphanage, child home, maternity hospital and home
for elderly citizens and examine the condition of nutrition.
Likewise, the house panel also said that
the quarantine facilities were not managed so as to address the demand of
different sex, age and physical condition and directed the MoWCSC and National
Women Commission to manage the quarantine camps in a way to minimise the
sexual, physical and psychological violence.
It also asked the ministries to arrange
facility to hear the compliant online and via toll-free telephones.
"Priority should be given to the grievance and compliant of the vulnerable
people," it said.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 7 May 2020.
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