Limits of Inclusion: Women’s Participation in Nepalese Civil Service

Paudel, Narendra Raj

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“…Research trends emerge in South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Pakistan), East Asia (China, Japan, and South Korea), and South East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore). In most countries, while women occupy low ranking positions in the civil service, most high‐ranking positions are held by men, creating a deficit of women in leadership in critical policy‐making roles (Ansari, 2018; Nilmi & Thoradeniya, 2018; Paudel, 2018, Singh, 2018; Zafarullah, 2000).…”

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A long road: Patterns and prospects for social equity, diversity, and inclusion in public administration

McCandless

BishuÂ

HernÃ¡ndezÂ

et al. 2022

Public Administration

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Public Administration, the field's oldest journal, is now 100 years old. Despite this centenary, it has only been relatively recently that scholars have examined questions of: (1) how diverse, equitable, and inclusive the field is; (2) how oppressive administrative structures marginalize groups; and (3) what principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mean globally. We seek to contribute to this conversation by reflecting on what is currently known about answers to these questions, especially from global perspectives. We do this by presenting five purposively selected vignettes, each on some dimension of DEI. We frame and analyze these vignettes using Gooden's “name, blame, and claim” framework. Reflections are offered regarding how the field can better center and achieve DEI.

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Section: Vignette 2: Women In Senior Civil Service In Asiamentioning

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A long road: Patterns and prospects for social equity, diversity, and inclusion in public administration

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BishuÂ

HernÃ¡ndezÂ

et al. 2022

Public Administration

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“…The NCS has 13 categories of services, for instance, General administration, Agriculture, Auditing, Education, and Health services. Nearly half of the country's civil servants work in the General administration and about one-fifth work in the Health services (Paudel, 2018).…”

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“…Although the percentage of women who passed the exams has increased from nine percent in 2007-08 to 12 percent in 2012-13, this is remarkably disproportionate to the percentages of both female and male applicants. Paudel (2018) attributes the increase in female applicants to the inclusion policy, which encourages women to apply for civil service employment. However, since few women passed the civil service exams, this may indicate that they still face a range of challenges.…”

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“…However, since few women passed the civil service exams, this may indicate that they still face a range of challenges. According to the Public Service Commission (PSC), around 250 posts could not be filled due to the lack of suitable candidates (Paudel, 2018).…”

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“…The recruitment procedure takes about 18 months (Paudel, 2018), so it is difficult for women and backward ethnic groups to wait for public service examinations. Furthermore, many women get married and never return to their job in the public sector.…”

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Representative and responsive bureaucracy in Nepal: a mismatch or a realistic assumption?

Jamil

Baniamin

2020

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate, firstly, to what extent has Nepal’s bureaucracy become representative in terms of reflecting the country’s demographic composition, and secondly, has the bureaucracy become more responsive to citizens since the implementation of a quota policy in 2007.Design/methodology/approachThis paper relies on factual and perceptual data in analysis. In order to analyze and interpret representative bureaucracy, this paper adopts factual data derived from the secondary sources, especially data generated by the Government of Nepal. Second, the perceptual set of data was collected through two rounds (2008, 2014) of a country-representative survey in Nepal.FindingsThe findings suggest that in terms of representativeness, the bureaucracy is still dominated by high-caste Hindus, while other ethnic communities, except the Newars, are utterly under-represented. Surprisingly, Dalits are represented in higher posts as per their percentage in the population, but they are still underrepresented in the civil service in general. Women’s representation has also increased through participation in the civil service, but they still mostly hold junior or non-gazetted posts. Citizens’ evaluations regarding responsiveness and processes of service provision are also mixed.Originality/valueThis paper is a unique attempt to understand the aspects of representativeness and responsiveness in relation to Nepalese Civil Service.

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Trustworthiness of the Female Civil Servants in Three South Asian Countries: Exploring Key Determining Factors

Jamil,

Baniamin,

Ramasamy

2023

Public Organiz Rev

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Limits of Inclusion: Women’s Participation in Nepalese Civil Service

Cited by 7 publications

References 2 publications

A long road: Patterns and prospects for social equity, diversity, and inclusion in public administration

A long road: Patterns and prospects for social equity, diversity, and inclusion in public administration

Representative and responsive bureaucracy in Nepal: a mismatch or a realistic assumption?

Trustworthiness of the Female Civil Servants in Three South Asian Countries: Exploring Key Determining Factors

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