Status of Women’s Leadership Within Political Parties in Parbat

Status of women’s leadership within political parties in Parbat is a representative vision of the reality. Main thrust of the present study is to identify the situation of women’s position in district committee of political parties, to analyze the associated factors with women to involve in politics and to identify the major problems faced by women in political parties of Parbat district. The entire population has from the selected major political parties: Centre Communist Party and Nepali Congress are the major political parties of Parbat district. The universe of the study includes the total number of women and men who are members of district committees. 41 samples have chosen on the basis of reputational approach, observation method, and opinion leadership approach. The main cause of women’s poor condition of leadership level in political parties is found: low level responsibility to give political parties for women, patriarchal ideology, lack of appropriate policy, no role of decision making process in political parties, fewer opportunities in various fields, high violence of women or gender discrimination of women in comparison to male counterpart. Women are found participated very less in politics as well as decision making process and social activities. Most of the respondents were spent long time in politics but political parties had not to give high responsibility according to their capacity. So women were not very satisfied in the sectors. Women are facing the high economical problem for their work politics. Family and political parties are not enough economically support for women. Women are facing many problem and struggle in own political parties and with all society. Same capable men to reach in leadership level in political parties but same capable women do not achieve the leadership in political parties.