This position paper has been developed by Right Here Right Now (RHRN) Nepal for the
consideration of Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women (VAW), Dr. Dubravka
Šimonović, prior to her country visit to Nepal. RHRN Nepal is a civil society network comprising of
15 women-led, youth-led and youth-serving organizations1 and has been advocating for
advancement of young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and bodily
autonomy. Our advocacy work focuses on three priority areas: i) provision of age-appropriate
comprehensive sexuality education, ii) legalization of same sex marriage, and iii) provision of
stigma-free, youth-friendly safe abortion services.