In Nepal political and economic power was consolidated by interlinking it with the Hindu caste system. The priestly Brahmans were at the top of the ritual order, with the Kshatriya (kings and warriors) just beneath them and in command of the political order; next came the Vaishya (merchants) and the Sudra (peasants and labourers). Beneath everyone were occupational groups, considered impure, and untouchable or acchut. In the Hills, in-migrating Hindus of Caucasoid stock made up the priests and warriors and the lowest untouchable groups. The middle rank was accorded to indigenous groups, the Janajatis, generally of Mongoloid racial stock. Officially abolished in 1963, caste-based discrimination, while diluted, remains even today.
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Document Date
2006/04/01
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Document Type
Working Paper
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Report Number
37966
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Volume No
2
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2
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2011/08/10
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Disclosed
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Doc Name
Executive summary
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Keywords
form of discrimination against woman;affirmative action;unequal citizens;Policy and Institutional Framework;social inclusion;monitoring and evaluation system;data collection and analysis;affirmative action policy;access to health;education and health;access to asset;civil society;senior government official;barriers to inclusion;quality and relevance;low infant mortality;minister for woman;structure of governance;access to health-care;local government spending;piece of legislation;devolution of fund;dimension of woman;access for woman;struggle for democracy;situation of women;bachelor of arts;civil society group;dimensions of poverty;Access to Education;social accountability mechanism;areas of health;denial of access;incidence of poverty;participation of woman;
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Unequal citizens : gender, caste and ethnic exclusion in Nepal (Vol. 2) : Executive summary (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/745031468324021366/Executive-summary