The Nepal Women Association has drawn the government's attention against the efforts being made for law allowing polygamy.

The Bagmati Province Committee of the Association submitted a memorandum before Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, urging him not to draft the law that encourages polygamy. 

Nepali women have been suffering much from patriarchal oppression for long, the Committee reminded, adding that the achievements made through various struggles and sociopolitical movements must not be jeopardized.

It further expressed worry over the decreasing representation of women in politics due to electoral alliance. 

The efforts being made against women empowerment are therefore deplorable, the Committee added.

Association's Chair Bimala Chaulgain informed that entire Nepali society was alarmed over the efforts to draft a law with the amendment of Criminal Code, 2074, thereby allowing polygamy.