Identification of social problems and their solutions 

Society is an organized group of people. We live in a society. A society faces many hindrances and difficulties in its development. Such hindrances and difficulties are called social problems. Due to various reasons, people involve themselves in some antisocial activities. Such activities are known as social evils. Nepal is also suffering from numerous social problems and evils. The forms, frequency, and quantity of social problems differ with place, religion, situation, belief, caste, class and individual. However, they cause the same effects in the society. Such social problems and evils affect the entire nation. The major causes of the social problems and evils are illiteracy, ignorance, traditional values, norms, negligence of people, political instability and so on. On the basis of Nepal's geographical structure, social structure and economic status, the causes of social problems and evils can be identified as follows: 

a. Conservative Tradition and Culture 

In some societies, there are many people who are still not ready to accept change. They hold on to the old traditional values and are known as conservative people. This problem is prevalent in the Nepali society as well. There are a lot of examples from different parts of the country where many males or females have been victimized and accused of witchcraft. Because of the illiteracy, ignorance and superstition, the social problems such as Chhaupadi system, Jhuma system and Deuki system are in practice. The belief of getting sanctity by getting their daughters married in their early age has caused the rise of child marriage and lots of domestic violence. In some culture it is mandatory to consume alcohol during ceremony and festivals which have encouraged this habit among youngsters. This has also contributed in arising many problems in the society. 

b. Discrimination 

The discriminations on the basis of gender, language, region, class, ethnicity, disability has also created social evils. the discrimination towards male, female, and third gender creates gender discrimination. Nepalese society being a male dominant society, ignorance and low economic status of women are the main reason behind it. Due to the lingual discrimination, some languages may fall behind from the mainstream of development. Though, the equal have been given to all physically challenged, ethnic group, class, gender, language, religion, culture, it has not been implemented in practice. Thus, we have not achieved our goals of solving the social problems as we expect. 

c. Economic Inequality 

People of different economic background live in the society. The different economic status of people results into the formation of different classes in the society. As a result the lower level people are oppressed and the higher level people hold the oppressive character. The problem of theft, robbery increase and there can emerge insurgency. The extravagance of the rich people increase the social evils and the people with low economic status go after the same practice and fall in heavy debt. 

d. Misuse of Technology 

Technology is the application of tools and methods for manufacturing and productive processes. The use of technology has played a great role to make our life convenient and manageable. However, its misuse has increased nowadays. Cyber crimes carried out through social accounts, email, websites, etc. is one such example. There is high possibility of arising bad practices such as children may learn bad habits, bad foreign culture may enter in the society, and criminals may expand their network and so on through the means of internet and technology. We have to be aware to prevent such situation. To keep such situations in check, the one, who are involved in cyber crime should be given legal punishment, internet should be used for keeping and searching the correct information and social networks should be used only for building positive and social relation. 

Besides the problems mentioned above, there are many social problems and evils in the Nepalese society and other society too. Corruption, child labor, drug addiction, alcoholism, criminal activities, abduction, difficult settlement, ransom, prostitution, bullying and many more have been disturbing the social development of Nepal. The following measures can be adopted to eradicate the social problems and evils from our society: 

1. Parents should treat both sons and daughters equally. 
2. Government should launch effective plans for reducing unemployment, illiteracy, and poverty. 
3. Society should be made free from exploitation, discrimination, corruption, feudality, and orthodoxy. 
4. Political parties should mobilize their campaigners for creating awareness against social problems and evils. 
5. We, common people should raise our strong voice for truth, justice. 
6. All the stakeholders should work jointly to aware every one about their rights and responsibility.