The age of Youth in Nepal is heavily contested issue. The
national Youth policy of the country defines “Youth” as the people who are in
the age bracket of 15-40 whereas several NGOs and INGOs operating in the
country have their own version of definition. YUWA defines the age youth as
15-29. United Nations defines the age bracket for youth as 15-24.
The Constitutional Assembly Election of Nepal which is all
set to happen November this year will see 40.75% youth candidates competing. A
recent analysis done jointly by me and one of my colleague, Sumit portrays an
interesting picture of the trend of age of the candidates of the political
parties.
The lowest age of the candidates is 25 and this extends till
85. 249 candidates are aged 42. The top 5 weight of candidates is in between
35-43. The national average age of the candidates is 53.
The graph below should
be self-explanatory.
