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, by GURUNG Tsering D.
The attacks on poet Sapana Sanjeevani and leaders of the Women’s March are just one part of a pandemic of online violence against women.
On February 21, almost a week after she received her first rape threat on social media, Sapana Sanjeevani was finally able to register a police complaint. (…)
, by ADHIKARI Rojita
Brutal cuts to US-funded reproductive health services threaten to throw progress in the south Asian country into sharp reverse
Devendra Amgai lost his job in November. The 42-year-old public health professional was working in one of Nepal’s more remote districts, distributing contraceptives (…)
, by ADHIKARI Deepak
Ideas flow easily across the border so it was only natural for the movement to enter Nepal via India.
Inspired by the #MeToo storm in India, women in Nepal have in the past month taken to Twitter and Facebook to tell their stories of sexual harassment at the hands of powerful men. It was only (…)
, by GILL Peter, PASWAN Bhola
Despite political reservation systems, Nepali women, Dalits and other marginalised groups remain severely under-represented.
Over the past nine months, Nepal has held elections for local level officials, provincial assemblies and two houses of national parliament. In total, the country (…)
, by SARKAR Sudeshna
NEPAL Religious Practices Oppress Women
KATHMANDU, Jul 28, 2011 (IPS) - The recent gang-rape of a Buddhist nun and her expulsion from her sect have sparked a debate about the deep-rooted religious traditions and biases that foster discrimination and violence, especially against women, in this (…)
, by GHARTI Jayapuri , WEILL Jim
“We need to have a society where there is total equality between men and women. We want to eradicate all feudalist, capitalist and patriarchal visions. We want to create a new society where there is no inequality. Our goal is not only the Nepalese people, but we also want to make equality in (…)
, by BHADURI Aditi
Inside Nepal’s sealed borders women are running for historic April 10 Constituent Assembly elections. As they take advantage of ambitious gender quotas they are learning how to vote and doing what they can to weather campaign violence.
KATMANDU, Nepal (WOMENSENEWS)—Nepal has sealed its (…)
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