Women Leadership Summit 2025: PM Oli calls for bringing positive change through equal participation

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that it is necessary to bring positive change in all sectors of the society through equal participation of men and women.

Inaugurating the Women Leadership Summit 2025 organized by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies and the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) today, PM Oli stressed on the need for equal participation of women as Nepali culture and tradition portrayed women as a change-oriented and dynamic force considering them as goddesses.

“The chariot cannot move ahead with only one wheel, so we have to take the entire society forward with equal participation of men and women. We should work with the private sector on the issue of poverty eradication by establishing social justice and equality,” the Prime Minister said.

Stating that women have been appointed in high positions as the President, the Chief Justice and the like, he expressed happiness over what he called the increasing participation of women in politics. “But we should not be complacent with this alone. We should push ahead with women in education, entrepreneurship and employment sectors,” he added.

PM Oli on the occasion stated that enterprise development and women empowerment have been encouraged by increasing cooperation between the government and the private sector, and the government was committed to promote good governance along with the development of the economy.

He said, “We have to move forward. There should be no turning back. The back gear is sometimes applied only when there are sharp turns on the road. There is no back gear on the highway. Democracy is our highway.”

Stressing that the laws should be made to help in development rather than to hinder the works, the Prime Minister expressed the commitment to refine the government’s policies, practices and the laws by studying the suggestions received from the conference.

Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Damodar Bhandari said that the present government has given priority to the promotion of industrialization in collaboration with the private sector.

He shared that works were underway for the development of the economic sector through reforms, including issuing guidelines related to the use of domestic products in government bodies.

On the occasion, PM Oli honored national football player Preeti Rai and social activist Ruksana Kapali.