iarjhssIARJHSSIARJHSS2708-6267https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjhss.2021.v02i01.003An Over View of Gender Status in Nepal (1981-2011)DipendraBikramSijapatiManaMayaMishraIndiaThe term Gender was first coned by psychologists and used by feminists to get away from the biological inferences of the word sex. WID and WAD both tended to focus on the development of income Generating Activities, without taking much into account the time burden that such strategies place on women.The labour invested on family maintenace, including child bearing and rearing, care of the ill and elderly and the like has been considered to belong to the private domain and outside the purview of development projects aimed at enhancing income generating activities. As a result, as an alternative to the earlier approach Gender and Development (GAD) approach to development evolved in the 1980s. The main objective of this article is to analyze the changing gender status in Nepal. The article is based on the secondary information obtained from reviewing the different published and non-published articles, sesearch reports, jounrals, text book, reference books, and poplicy papers. The article is mainly descriptive and analytical nature of methods. In Nepal, the gender status of demographic, social- economic, health and politcial are greatly changed since 1981 -2011.