At a time when the issue of violence against women (VAW) has raised media frenzy, stakeholders have stressed the need for restructuring organizations including schools, factories, and offices for properly addressing the issue and provide justice to the victims. They have said that establishing gender desks at every organization is an essential step of structural reform that can subsequently provide justice to the victims.

Speaking at a function themed 'Public security and preventive measures of violence against women and children', organized in the capital on Friday, Saraj Raj Thapa, a legal expert at the National Women's Commission (NWC) stated that separate desks should be set up at all schools, factories, and offices to address the issues of violence and complaints of the victims. Stating that the implementation of the Supreme Court orders regarding VAW-related cases has remained unsatisfactory, he said that victims cannot have access to justice and proper compensation when the government doesn't act on the recommendation of the NWC. He even opined that the issue of domestic violence should be included in courses at all schools and training curriculum in order to raise awareness about the issue.

Data provided by NWC show that 296 cases of domestic violence were registered in the fiscal year 2013/14. The number in the year 2012/13 was 230 and it was 133 in 2011/12. Likewise, the total case of domestic violence was just 149 in 2010/11. Similarly, former chief judge of Appellate Court Keshari Raj Pandit opined that structural reforms in organizations must be accompanied by effective laws and reporting agencies to ensure that the victims get justice. Similarly, Chetana Lokshum, a psychologist at The Relief Fund, stressed that survivors need psychological counseling and trauma therapy to help overcome problems of humiliation, shame, fear, suspicion, and trauma. Presenting a paper at the function, she said, “Psychological counseling and crisis intervention services should be opened for survivors from across the country including necessary community intervention in urban slums.”