Bandana Rana elected UN CEDAW vice-chair
February 18, 2019 | 9:06 pm
Kathmandu / Feb 18: Bandana Rana has been elected the vice-chair at the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (UN CEDAW).
Rana was elected for the two-year term as the UN CEDAW vice-chairperson today.
Her election as the expert member of the committee in June 2016 and her new appointment are both firsts for a Nepali.
A former media personality and a renowned social activist, Rana was elected as one of the 11 new members on the committee in 2016.