For example, in Nepal UNDP supported a cross-party women’s caucus that successfully built power and a common agenda around women’s rights in the Constituent Assembly from 2008 to 2013.118 However, its success was not long lasting, and the second Constituent Assembly, elected in 2013, abolished the caucus. In the eyes of the women involved in the caucus, this was because they had built up a solid power base, solidarity and a strong voice across party lines that threatened the leadership and status quo. Under the Soviet Union, women’s participation in labour markets and politics was equal to men’s participation.