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Child Marriage in Nepal: An Urgent Call for Change, by Aparajita Gautam (rep 08/12/2024), Child marriage and teenage pregnancy rampant in Baglung despite legal protections : In many cases, legal provisions intended to protect children from child marriage are instead being used to penalise the victims, by Prakash Baral (kp 09/12/2024)

Orphanage reform drive in full swing (ae 13/11/2024)

Campaign to make Nepal street children-free nation expedited (kh 07/11/2024)

Children at high risk of online sexual abuse, exploitation : There’s been a steady rise in online harassment of minors, especially after the pandemic, by Aarati Ray (kp 20/09/2024)

The pitfalls of Nepali parents’ obsession with the ‘doctor-engineer dream’ : Many Nepali parents want their children to become a doctor or an engineer. It’s taking a toll on their children’s mental health, by Aarati Ray (kp 14/09/2024)

National census report shows over 74,000 children get married before 17 in Nepal (rep 25/08/2024)

More than 2 lakh children in economic activity, by Bishwas Regmi (rn 12/08/2024)

Child marriage driving up maternal and newborn deaths: Report : Teenage pregnancy is highest in Karnali Province, at 21 percent, followed by Madhesh Province, at 20 percent, Koshi and Gandaki Province, at 13 percent, and Lumbini Province, at 10 percent, by Arjun Poudel (kp 15/06/2024)

Collective commitment to prevent child marriage in Madhes (rn 05/04/2024)

Child serving time for mother's mistake in overcrowded Kalikot Jail (rep 14/03/2024)

Child marriage, teen pregnancy exacting heavy toll on Bajura girls : Efforts to curb child marriage ineffective due to deep-rooted traditions, local officials say, by Arjun Shah (kp 06/01/2024)


Documents / Websites

Concern Nepal : CONCERN for Children and Environment - Nepal

Voice of Children (VOC), a non-government organization working and advocating for street and sexually abused children of Nepal

HRW report “I Must Work to Eat” - Covid-19, Poverty, and Child labor in Ghana, Nepal, and Uganda, by Human Rights Watch (26/05/2021)

Nepal Child Labour Report 2021, by International Labour Organisation and Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal

Report on Employment Relationship Survey in Nepal. UNICEF, January 2021

Children in emergencies, by Save the Children and Social Science Baha, April 2020

“Our Time to Sing and Play”: Child Marriage in Nepal, by Human Rights Watch, 7 September 2016 [see also video]



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