Relationship between Gender Inclusion and Local Development in Context of Nepal

The article is based in gender equity, inclusion and its relation with local development in the contextof existing federal structure Nepalese government. Gender” refers to the roles, responsibilities, attributes, and power relations all sector of local government, this article focused on two objectives; to find out the gender inclusion and its relation with local government and to examine the gender inclusion policy provision in three level of government. This article used in secondary sources, the researcher collected and reviewed the similar literatures through the books, articles, election commission’s reports, related acts, policies, constitutions, collected profiles. The require data collected through semi structure of questionnaire method. Finding this article, 31.1 percent are elected and 58.9 percent are male and 41.10 percent are female. In province number five 22.28 percent are elected and 58.78 percent are male and 41.22 percent are female. In province number six, total numbers of candidates 29.73 percent are elected and 59.97 percent are male and 40.03 percent are female. In the province 7 total numbers candidates 26.73 percent are elected and 59 percent are male and 41 percent are female. Among the elected candidates, gender equity and its relation to government is quite high than allocated by Nepal Constitution 2072 as well as election manifesto 2074 of different political parties because, the Nepal Constitution 2072 mentioned that each and every political parties should at least 33 percent women included in their political activities including election too. The gender inclusion on decision making and leading role of women. In the local development programme and policy making, the allocation of gender friendly budget, lack of participation of local development activities.