Improve
Women's Role In Decision-making, by Jeewan Rimal (rn
23/09/2023)
Women's
participation in decision-making level pathetic (rep
15/09/2023)
Educated
Women Victims Of Domestic Abuse, by
Upasana Rana (rn 10/09/2023)
Patriarchal
Nepal sees steep rise in female-headed households :
Agriculture Census 2021-22 report, released on Thursday
by National Statistics Office, shows 32.4 percent, or
1.33 million, households in the country are headed by
women, by Sangam Prasain (kp 08/09/2023) [This
is far from being a reason for the ruling machos to
grant women equal rights and participation!]
Women
need de jure, de facto rights to end discrimination
(ht 01/09/2023)
Single
women’s population rising markedly in Nepal : Study
shows nearly 1.2 million Nepali women separated,
divorced or became widows in a decade, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 21/08/2023)
Battling
Discrimination To Empower Women, by Sunil Poudel (rn
18/08/2023)
iolence
against women in politics : By breaking down barriers
and fostering an enabling environment, women can take
their rightful place as catalysts for change in various
fields, including in politics and decision-making,
by Kabita Pandey (ae 17/08/2023)
USAID
Urja Nepal concludes leadership and management training
for women : The programme was aimed at assisting women
leaders in advancing their leadership skills, enhancing
their professional influence, and making effective
business decisions to accelerate Nepal's energy
transition (kp 29/07/2023)
Addressing
Population Issues : A Call For Gender Equality, by
Ramesh Kumar KC (rn 14/07/2023)
'Time-bound
programme needed to abolish dowry', by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 02/07/2023), Woman
and daughter found dead in Rautahat (ht 02/07/2023)
Recognise
Women’s Domestic Labour, by Bini Dahal (rn
30/06/2023)
First
conference on women shelters begins (ht 26/06/2023)
Female
participation in higher education : How Good Is Good
Enough?, by Bhim Prasad Subedi (rn 23/06/2023)
Female
mahout numbers grow as safaris get popular in protected
areas : Women mahouts are dedicated and can handle
challenging tasks easily, park officials say, by
Rupa Gahatraj (kp 19/06/2023)
Women
in Nepali society: An overview of Lichhavi era and Vedic
age : Women in the Licchavi era were not just confined
to the household works. They were given an equal
opportunity to contribute in the society, by Shreena
Nepal (nlt 17/06/2023)
Women
of Gorkha, Chitwan pursuing economic independence
through farming, by Sushil Darnal (rn 09/06/2023)
With
men away in India for work, women fill void in
construction : Until a few years ago, contractors would
not hire women in construction projects, but that has
changed now since most villages are almost devoid of men,
by Tripti Shahi (kp 03/06/2023)
Embrace
women’s diversity : The experiences of women of
historically marginalised groups aren’t discussed,
by Sangmo Yonjan-Tamang (kp 28/05/2023)
Women
working for daily wage to run houses independently
(rn 15/05/2023)
Perspective
On Nepali Women's Journey, by Sadhana Dahal (rn
28/04/2023)
Code
of conduct: Only for women? It is important for the
state to realise that restrictive borders and policing
the so-called ‘dignity of Nepali women’ is not the
solution to existing problems, by Swasti Gautam (kp
24/04/2023)
NWC
receives 42 percent complaints of mental violence in
nine months (ae 24/04/2023)
Behind
births of fewer girls than boys : Preference for sons,
which leads to female foeticide, is among the suspected
reasons, by Arjun Poudel (kp 02/04/2023) [Only
males are full Nepalis. This is what is written in the
constitution and laws and especially in the minds of the
patriarchal machos!]
onomic
Empowerment Of Women, by Namrata Sharma (rn
29/03/2023)
History
of women lawmakers : To ensure women’s rights, their
presence is necessary in Parliament and the law-making
process, by Khim Lal Devkota (kp 22/03/2023)
Girls
who marry early face abuse and health issues, by
Anushka Nepal (ae 16/03/2023)
Violence
against women on the rise : Experts working in women’s
rights point out the patriarchal mindset of people,
taking the woman as second class citizen, rise in
reporting of the incidences and use of various social
media as some of the causes for a rise in the number of
cases of violence against women, by Sabitri Dhakal
(ae 15/03/2023)
Once
sold in Kuwait, she still lives in pain back home :
Sanimaya’s tale represents countless Nepali women who
are taken to various Gulf countries on visit visas and
then are made to work in virtual slavery, by Anup
Ojha (kp 15/03/2023)
Women
Farmers in Nepal : Vanguard of Rural Economy, by
Kiran Mainali (rep 14/03/2023)
Behind
the mask of happiness : In many Nepali households, men
continue to make financial decisions, including how
women’s earnings are spent, by Mimamsha Dhungel (kp
09/03/2023)
Long
fight against culture of rape and impunity : Women know
the battle for justice won’t be easily won but refuse to
give up. They vow to speak up louder, by Anshrica
Dewan (kp 08/03/2023)
Evolving
gender equations : Women should speak up for justice
notwithstanding concerns of family reputation or social
pressure, by Sushila Karki (kp 08/03/2023)
Many
Achham parents favour boys over girls for schooling :
Parents don’t put much effort into educating their
daughters since they think that girls will someday leave
them and go with their husbands, by Menuka Dhungana
(kp 08/03/2023)
In
Nepal, farm women are becoming entrepreneurs : Women are
experiencing increased responsibilities and workloads,
especially in situations where there is climate-driven
out migration of men and young people, by Subin
Adhikari (kp 08/03/2023)
Empowered
Nepali women : Things will change when men who do not do
dishes at home stop lecturing on women’s empowerment,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 07/03/2023)
Women’s
participation in state’s bodies being ensured: Speaker
Ghimire (kh 07/03/2023) [With
a few exceptions, the women involved only play backstage
roles! More than the 33 per cent of women
parliamentarians prescribed by the constitution are not
involved anyway. In the Council of Ministers and other
institutions, not even this is achieved!]
The
women connecting Nepal : From Mechi to Mahakali (and
rivers in between) women engineers overcome hurdles to
make Nepal more accessible, by Sahina Shrestha (nlt
03/03/2023)
Beset
by poverty at home, Banke women face horror abroad :
Several debt-ridden Nepali women who illegally visited
Gulf nations for jobs are in captivity and crying for
help, by Rupa Gahatraj (kp 03/03/2023)
Calls
grow for gender equality in foreign jobs m: The
restrictive policies over the years, regarding labour
mobility of women, have made them vulnerable to
trafficking and forced labour, observers say, by
Pawan Pandey (kp 28/02/2023)
Period
Kaa Kura: Promoting period positivity, by Parushka
Khadka (ae 22/02/2023)
When
will women lead big political parties? Bibeksheel Sajha
recently elected Samikchya Baskota as party chief while
Ranjita Shrestha heads another new party, the Nagarik
Unmukti Party, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 21/02/2023)
Helping
women in business : Women entrepreneurs lack
technical knowledge to expand their business
operations, by Roshee Lamichhane (kp
20/02/2023)
Lack
of infrastructure shattering women’s dream to pursue
career in sports (kh 08/02/2023)
Landmark
bill to boost women candidacy in polls : Election
Commission is drafting a bill to increase women’s
candidacy in all three tiers of government by a third,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/02/2023), Hope
amid despair : The proposed bill to field more directly
elected women candidates is a silver lining (kp
03/02/2023)
Trap
of trafficking: How women and girls are lured into
trafficking by their own relatives : According to
police, a significant number of girls sold into brothels
are trafficked by their own family members or
acquaintances, by Sushmita Aryal (nlt 30/01/2023)
Post-menopause
healthcare : As the population continues to age, support
for middle-aged women has become crucial, by Dushala
Adhikari (kp 30/01/2023)
Rural
women turning self-reliant (kh 18/01/2023)
Women
representation still remains bare minimum, by Arpana
Adhikari (rn 25/12/2022)
Early
marriage traps disadvantaged girls in poverty cycle : A
multisectoral approach is needed to understand and
eradicate this multifaceted social evil, say experts,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 15/12/2022)
Combating
violence against women in politics : We should realise
that a threat to women in politics is a threat to our
entire democracy, by Sagoon Bhetwal (kp 13/12/2022)
Women
should not be denied
legal rights: CEC
Thapaliya (kh
09/12/2022)) [But
they are. The
participation in the
electoral system and the
treatment of women by
the political parties
and their macho leaders
are prime examples!]
Nepali
women packing a punch : Nepal occupies a respectable
16th position among the 133 countries regarding the
proportion of elected seats held by women, by Khim
Lal Devkota (kp 02/11/2022) [This
comparison is misleading! The high percentage of women
is based on legal regulations. Responsibility is still
withheld from women today. Moreover, the legal
regulations are increasingly undermined by the leading
male politicians!]
UN
CEDAW concerned about dire situation of women's rights,
gender equality (ht 31/10/2022)
Dangers
of blindly following traditions without questioning :
The four Vedas do not state that a woman’s body is
impure or a woman cannot perform poojas during
menstruation. Prohibiting women from entering temples
and castigating them is against the teachings of Vedas,
by Ruchi Dhital (nlt 14/10/2022)
Limited
number of women candidacies recorded under FPTP (kh
10/10/2022)
Affirmative
inaction : Party patriarchy sidelines women aspirants to
office, and gives bare minimum representation (nt
09/09/2022), The
power to have a say in her-story : As the November
elections approach, Nepal’s male-dominated parties are
loath to let women contest, by Shristi Karki (nt
09/09/2022)
Teej
is changing: What does it mean to today’s Nepali women?
Once viewed as a celebration of patriarchy in the name
of culture, modernity, money, freedom and women’s rights
have come to define what Teej should be and should not
be, by Shrutika Raut (nlt 30/08/2022), “Women
need economic empowerment and social security” (kh
30/08/2022)
A
viral dance step ruffles feathers among Nepalis, mostly
men, on social media : A group of Nepali women upload a
video enacting a viral dance move. Moral police online
accuse them of stepping out of line, by Aakriti
Ghimire (kp 28/08/2022)
School
education boosts self-confidence of adult women (kh
24/08/2022)
Menstrual
cups are gaining currency, albeit slowly : They are
reusable after cleaning, and a sustainable option to
pads and tampons. But opinion among Nepali women is
divided over convenience, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
20/08/2022)
Voices
grow for fair representation of women as major elections
near : Women leaders complain parties field fewer women
for direct election. Experts blame the patriarchal
mindset, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 13/08/2022)
How
some restaurants are working to normalise menstruation :
Eateries are offering sanitary products for free.
Experts and users call it a good initiative towards
dismantling period stigma and stress replicating it in
other places, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp 11/08/2022)
Rs
28.8 million plus revenue exempted as women register
land plots in their names (rep 05/08/2022)
MPs
demand 50 per cent FPTP tickets for women, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 02/08/2022)
Employing
dhami-jhankri to promote dignified menstruation : Faith
healers commit to ensuring dignity of menstruators in
Sudurpaschim and Karnali, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
27/07/2022)
Youngest
female electric bus driver aims to achieve inclusivity :
Nisha Chaulagain, the youngest female driver of Sajha
Yatayat e-buses, says she joined Sajha to break through
into a male-dominated profession and out of her love for
driving, by Anup Ojha (kp 21/07/2022)
Rafting
provides women river guides opportunities to grow
(rep 19/07/2022)
Women
still no more than eye candies on big screen, by
Anushka Nepal (ae 14/07/2022)
A
blueprint for political empowerment of Nepali
women : Male politicians in dominant positions
should face the reality that women in Nepal have no
equal opportunities to contest the elections, by
Simone Galimberti (nlt 09/07/2022)
Public
scrutiny of emotions : The flawed notion of a woman
weaponising her tears precludes any appreciation of her
as a human, by Avasna Pandey (kp 04/07/2022)
How
heat waves hit women farmers : Heat waves are concerning
from a gender perspective, as research in Nepal, India
and Bangladesh shows, by Heather Randell and Emily M
L Southard (kp 30/06/2022)
Biopolitics
In Women’s Marital Age, by Namrata Sharma (rn
22/06/2022)
‘Low-quality
sanitary pads have health impacts on women’ : Bring a
national program for free, biodegradables and reusable
pads to all the women and girls in the communities and
schools: MHM PA nlt 19/06/2022)
Patriarchy
blamed for suffering of mothers, kids (ht
18/06/2022)
The
burdens of a Nepali woman : Women are still seen as
subservient figures everywhere they go. Meanwhile,
patriarchy has gone beyond being a belief system and
become a way of life for many of us, by Anushka
Nepal (ae 16/06/2022)
Strides
In Women Empowerment, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn
11/06/2022)
Call
to address issues of urban poor women more sensitively
(ht 07/06/2022)
Singh
becomes first non-technical female officer in Nepal
Police to become AIG (rep 07/06/2022)
Women
in Balambu band together for a common cause : Misa
Pucha, a 250-member women's group, was established to
arm women with the skills to become financially
independent, socially adept and confident in their
everyday life, by Rajani Shrestha (kp 26/05/2022)
Female
riders in ride-hailing services are rare in Nepal :
Compulsion to perform household chores, safety concerns,
and lack of dignity of work keep female riders from
joining such platforms, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
19/05/2022)
Uphold
Women’s Constitutional Rights, by Namrata Sharma (rn
18/05/2022)
Why
aren’t more women selected as candidates?
Patriarchy alone is not a sufficient explanation
for the lack of women in candidate selection for
the recently held local elections, by Seira
Tamang (rec 16/05/2022)
Implications
of low women representation in local polls, by
Neelam Dhanuse (rep 12/05/2022)
Women
leaders from across the political spectrum say they feel
constrained : Their representation in local elections
has been trimmed but they cannot speak up. Female
politicians say the fight will continue though, by
Aakriti Ghimire (kp 30/04/2022)
Supreme
Court set to decide today on petition on women’s
representation in local governments : Deadline given to
political parties to file nominations for the May 13
local level elections ends today, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 25/04/2022)
Patriarchy
plagues the lives of young girls in Siraha : When one
girl acts beyond the traditional norms, all other girls
in the village face the consequences—their education is
discontinued and they are married off, by Aakriti
Ghimire (kp 18/04/2022)
Dalit
women were elected in numbers. But have they been
empowered? Despite holding posts, experience as decision
makers was not encouraging as discrimination continued,
they say, by Tika R Pradhan and Binod Ghimire (kp
16/04/2022)
The
women left behind : When Nepali men migrated as warriors
or workers, the women they left behind helped empower
the country, by Sonia Awale (nt 15/04/2022)
Let
Women Lead Local Levels, by Namrata Sharma (rn
13/04/2022), Women
in politics : One can have all the rules and yet find a
million ways to sidestep them (kp 14/04/2022)
Men
make financial decisions despite rising female literacy,
experts say : Women panellists highlight the challenges
faced by women in being financially independent at a
programme entitled Nirvik Nari, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 12/04/2022), Nirvik
Nari: An event celebrating women : Panellists describe
the challenges women face at both social and policy
levels (kp 12/04/2022)
Around
500 women and children rescued from Nepalgunj border
point (rep 08/04/2022)
Alliance
politics may trim women’s representation in local
governments : As coalition partners plan to fight May 13
polls in alliance, observers wonder if the inclusion
idea is at stake, by Binod Ghimire (kp 04/04/2022)
Women
Prove Leadership Mettle, by Mukti Rijal (kp
24/03/2022)
Women
Equality Still A Distant Dream!, by Saudamini
Chalise (rn 21/03/2022)
Women’s
representation and intersectional (un)inclusion, by
Kalpana Jha (rec 17/03/2022)
Minister
Regmi informs global community on Nepal’s efforts on
women empowerment (kh 15/03/2022) [Improvements
yes, but the reality is different. In the constitution,
laws and society, equality between women and men is
still a long way off!]
Time
for Nepali women to stand higher : With local elections
coming up, we must double down on our efforts to create
equal opportunities for Nepali women to lead, by
Nicola Pollitt (ae 10/03/2022)
The
burden of womanhood in Nepal : From making household
chores women’s sole preserve to buying and selling women
into prostitution, there are covert and overt ways in
which women are being exploited and treated as inferior
to men, by Cilla Khatry (ae 10/03/2022)
Mountain
women’s problems are taller than the mountains, by
Upendra Lamichhane (rep 09/03/2022)
Women
look for a human economy— equal for all : Problems
ranging from managing cash, paying workers, rent and
repaying loans caused distress to women during Covid-19
pandemic, forcing many to quit entrepreneurship, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 08/03/2022), Covid-induced
shift to digital has enabled women-led businesses to
survive and thrive : Despite the challenges of
accessibility, affordability and applicability faced by
women-led enterprises, organisations have worked to
overcome those obstacles, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
08/03/2022)
Looking
back at Nepal’s feminist movement – and looking forward
: Nepal’s mainstream feminist movement must go beyond
class, caste, and gender to embrace intersectionality
and encompass diversity in all its forms, say feminists,
by Prasansha Rimal (rec 08/03/2022)
#BreaktheBias:
Sustainable development is not possible without gender
equality : The people in power have a very crucial role
to play in creating an enabling environment for gender
equality and social inclusion, by Rupa Pandey (nlt
08/03/2022)
#BreaktheBias:
We need to continuously speak up for equal participation
of women : The development sector has been working to
ensure gender inclusion and equity in Nepal, by
Ratna Shrestha (nlt 08/03/2022)
Can
Nepal elections change its male-stream politics? This
May, vote for women leaders and minority groups and make
our local governments more inclusive and less tokenistic,
by Aditi Adhikari (nt 04/03/2022)
Girls
just want to have fun : Project to train young Nepali
girls to be sports coaches paves the way for future
leaders, by Aria Parasai (nt 04/03/2022)
Why
(some) women are shunning traditional marriage : There
is still a stigma attached to singlehood, particularly
when it comes to women. But that too will change as more
women become independent and Nepali society opens up,
by Priyanjali Karn (ae 03/03/2022)
Few
women in federal, provincial executive bodies : Nepal
has constitutionally assured 33 percent women
representation in all governmental bodies, but the
provision’s implementation remain poor, by Pratik
Ghimire (ae 03/03/2022)
Monitoring
disparities in gender : It is the informal sector that
we need to watch to measure the depth of the law’s
penetration (kp 03/03/2022)
Commercial
farming empowers women from a Musahar community in
Siraha : Self-employed women from the community are now
able to send their children to school, by Bharat
Jargha Magar (kp 27/02/2022)
Number
of women borrowers soars after pandemic : A record
80,061 women entrepreneurs borrowed Rs73.85 billion in
concessional loans from banks in the first six months of
the fiscal year, data shows, by Krishana Prasain (kp
12/02/2022)
Alcohol
use a driving cause behind domestic violence in
Makawanpur : Although most victims of domestic violence
choose to settle their cases out of court, more women
are coming forward with complaints against their
perpetrators these days, police say, by Pratap Bista
(kp 09/02/2022)
Sex
trade flourishing in and around Nepalgunj (rep
04/02/2022)
Women
light the World (kh 01/802/2022)
Girls
in Pipalgaun deprived of education : There are more than
30 girls of school-going age in Pipalgaun, a Dalit
settlement in Achham, and none of them goes to school as
the parents want them at home to help run the household,
by Menuka Dhungana (kp 31/01/2022)
Despite
constitutional provision, women in Nepal struggle to get
their rightful share of ancestral property : Although
the constitution states that women are equally entitled
to have their share of ancestral property, the law's
implementation has been sketchy, by Anushka Nepal
(nlt 24/01/2022)
Trek
to Kalapathar to advocate for climate justice : The
event aims to highlight the effects of climate change,
especially in the Himalayan region, and advocate for
climate justice (nlt 18/01/2022)
Despite
constitutional mandate, women’s representation in Nepali
politics remains minimal, by Anushka Nepal (nlt
07/01/2022)
90
percent employed women are working informally in Nepal :
Women informal sector workers share a disproportionate
burden of unpaid care work and family responsibilities
that limit their job opportunities, by Aakriti
Ghimire (kp 07/01/2022)
Over
9,000 crimes against women in five months (ht
02/01/2022)
Stop
Downplaying Street Harassment, by Ameesha Rayamajhi
(rep 31/12/2021)
Anti-Chhaupadi
campaign in Achham losing steam : Neither the police
administration nor the local units and local people are
showing interest in effectively implementing the
campaign, women say, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
29/12/2021)
All
kinds of discriminations against women will be ended:
Minister Regmi (rep 24/12/2021) [For
this, the constitution would first have to be amended!]
Climate
change : How it impacts women more, by Jocelyn
Timperley (ht 13/12/2021)
For
the women, by the women : On the occasion of '16 Days of
Activism against Gender-based Violence', four women
across Nepal, who have been relentlessly fighting to end
gender violence, share their experiences, by Pinki
Sris Rana (kp 10/12/2021)
All
in a day’s work : Rejina Basnet finds her job as a
ticket collector, something considered men’s province
until a few years ago, rewarding, which she says earns
her livelihood and respect, by Anup Ojha (kp
09/12/2021)
How
menstrual stigma intersects with violence against women
: Confining women and young girls to small sheds for
three or more days and keeping surveillance on their
daily mobility is a form of violence against women,
by Jyotika Rimal (nlt 08/12/2021)
‘Women
Violence - From Womb To Tomb’ On Display (rn
04/12/2021)
Vow
against VAW : As Nepal marks 16 days of activism against
gender-based violence, Ruby Khan makes an impassioned
plea for justice from her sit-in near Singha Darbar,
by Ruby Khan (nt 03/12/2021)
Saving
one Nepali mother at a time : Dhiru Bista has had 12
pregnancies since she got married at 15, she almost did
not make it this time, by Aruna Uprety (03/12/2021)
Entertainment
as decent work: Give it recognition, dignity, by
Aarzoo Parajuli (ht 18/11/2021)
Women’s
Attraction To Judiciary Rising, by Kalika Khadka (rn
16/11/2021)
Charimaya
Tamang: ‘Who will wipe out the tears of trafficking
survivors if I start crying myself?’ From survivor to
savior: Charimaya Tamang continues to turn around the
lives of trafficking survivors in Nepal, by Anushka
Nepal (nlt 15/11/2021)
Lachchhas
making a comeback : Once worn only by married women,
lachchhas have recently become a popular hair accessory
among young unmarried women, by Pinki Sris Rana (kp
02/11/2021)
Women
and water : Water scarcity and gender inequity predate
the climate emergency but global warming has added to
the burden of Nepali women (nt 29/10/2021)
Misogyny
in Nepal: Little acts, big consequences, by Cilla
Khatry (ae 02/11/2021)
Women
take pills to delay periods. But many are not aware of
the side effects : The deeply ingrained notions of
‘impurity’ around menstruation are forcing women
to pop pills so that they are socially acceptable during
festivals and rituals, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
26/10/2021) [A consequence of
the discriminatory attitude of the medieval patriarchal
society of Nepal!]
Women
carry body to the pyre (kh 23/10/2021) [What
sounds like a normality not worth mentioning is a great
revolution in arch-patriarchal Nepal!]
Feel
angry? Read this : Archaic patriarchal beliefs will
persist for years but you can't let negative emotions
consume you, by Anjana Rajbhandary (nt 22/10/2021)
‘Sati
system was the manifestation of structural and cultural
violence inflicted on women’, interview with Sujit
Mainali (nlt 12/10/2021)
Mother
of daughters honoured (kh 06/10/2021)
Into
the World of Tax-free and Stigma-free Period, by
Monika Shrestha (rep 06/10/2021)
A
country where victimization of vulnerable women in the
name of practicing witchcraft is still rampant : In
Nepal, there’s still no let up in cases of violence
based on witchcraft accusations, despite the fact that
the country’s law has criminalized it, by Anushka
Nepal (nlt 04/10/2021)
The
cost of being a menstruating individual, by Rose
Singh (rep 29/09/2021)
Social
Beliefs On Menstruation Take Tolls On Youths’ Mental
Health, by Smita Adhikari (rn 24/09/2021)
'No
changes made in the tax imposed on sanitary pads in new
budget' (rep 24/09/2021), "Do
not impose tax on my period" (Photo feature) (rep
24/09/2021), Women
and activists see red over pink tax : The government
last fiscal year collected Rs342.31 million in revenue
from imports of sanitary napkins. Calls grow to
ensure easy accessibility of menstrual hygiene products,
by Krishana Prasain and Aakriti Ghimire ( kp 25/09/2021)
Menstrual
Cycle in Nepal: Curse to Celebration, by Smriti
Ranabhat (rep 19/09/2021)
Enhancing
women’s access to finance : As a first step, we need to
identify the actual needs and study international
practices, by Shreya Subedi (kp 06/09/2021)
The
systemic silencing of stories of harassment :
Stories of abuse and harassment at educational
institutions continue to emerge but there are few
consequences for the perpetrators, by Kabita
Bahing (rec 03/09/2021)
Nepal’s
unequal marriages : Men cheat and get away with it,
while women are blamed for shaming the family, by
Arjana Rajbhandary (nt 27/08/2021)
Born
unequal, treated unequally : The world treats people
differently based on sex and it starts as soon as the
gender of the fetus can be identified, by Balmukunda
Regmi (ae 26/08/2021)
Women
still face witchcraft charges in Sunsari : Rights
activists say most of the victims of such allegations
are women from marginalised communities, by Sumnim a
Chamling (kp 14/08/2021)
Menstrual
cup conversations, by Shristi Shakya (rec
10/08/2021)
Instances
of VAW far from declining yet, by Sabina Karki (kh
04/08/2021)
The
pandemic has disproportionately affected sex workersSex
workers who want to quit the profession are now finding
it more challenging to do so in the midst of a pandemic,
by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 04/08/2021)
Coping
with patriarchy : Tracking the struggle of women in a
Nepali clan across four generations, by Bhumi
Ghimiré (nt 30/07/2021)
Why
should women accept patriarchal norms?, by Cilla
Khatry (ae 29/07/2021)
'One
in four teen girls miss school during menstruation'
(ht 22/07/2021), Girls'
absenteeism : There is a long way to go before we
totally end school absenteeism during the menstruation
period (ht 23/07/2021)
Towards
safer births : Superstitions and discriminatory customs
continue to deny women their basic rights (kp
21/07/2021)
In
Kalikot, gender discrimination begins at birth : Despite
efforts from social organisations and local authorities
to raise awareness on gender discrimination, prejudices
against girls are still prevalent, by Tularam Pandey
(kp 19/07/2021)
Mansplaining,
misogyny, and trolling on Clubhouse, by Nirvana
Bhandary (rec 24/06/2021)
Right
to bodily autonomy under threat, say activists (ht
07/06/2021)
Badi
women urge government to legalise sex work (ht
07/06/2021)
Women
treated as second class in Nepali films: Study (kh
05/06/2021) [see corresponding research
report]
New
provisions issued to empower women (ht 28/05/2021)
The
subtle art of misogyny: Time to break free of it, by
Supriya Pudasainy (ht 27/05/2021)
How
are we failing our daughters? Parents have the biggest
role to play in taking care of the mental health of
their children, by Rojisha Shahi Thakuri (kp
23/05/2021)
So
what does it take to be a modern Buhari? Tales of a
Modern Buhari, an anonymous feminist account on
Instagram, has become a safe space for urban Nepali
women to share their experiences of being a woman in a
patriarchal society, by Srizu Bajracharya (kp
01/05/2021)
Gender
inclusive public spaces : Thoughtful design is the key,
by Niharika Mathema (ht 23/04/2021)
Six
Nepali women scale Mt Annapurna, by Arpana Ale Magar
(ht 17/04/2021)
How
a conversation around the length of one’s hair exposed
the toxic environment of a Kathmandu school: A number of
former and current students at St Mary’s School say the
institution reeks of toxicity, with many suffering
through years of harassment, queerphobia, and
humiliation, by Ankit Khadgi and Samiksha Baral (kp
13/04/2021)
Women’s
unpaid care work : Let’s recognise it, by Bandana
Rana (ht 13/04/2021)
Shamed
for bleeding : Nepali women still have to deal with
period shame, by Anjana Rajbhandary (nt 09/04/2021)
Still
spoken in whispers : The obstacles of opening up about
menstrual experiences : A woman’s menstrual cycle is the
most normal reality of her life, but menstruation health
and hygiene are still treated as a taboo subject, by
Srizu Bajracharya (kp 01/04/2021)
Pandemic
Puts Women On Receiving End, by Namrata Sharma (rn
31/03/2021)
Empowering
women farmers : Agricultural mechanisation is the key,
by Pratigya Silwal and Subha Khanal (ht 25/03/2021)
My
body, my rights : There is growing evidence that the
Covid-19 economic recession has led to increased
vulnerabilities, by Christian Manhart and Eunsong
Kim (kp 24/03/2021)
Paradigm
shift to the menstrual cup : This budding product is far
better than other menstrual products, by Kribina
Pathak (kp 19/03/2021)
“The
goal is empowerment and independence of women”,
Supreme Court Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla on the struggle
ahead for Nepal’s feminist movement (interview) (nt
19/03/2021)
Let
women lead : Men must be part of the equation but women
must be prepared and assert themselves, by Simone
Galimberti (rep 16/03/2021)
Why
participation isn’t enough : Women’s participation
in decision making may not mean they are truly
empowered, by Sahara Basnet (kp 15/03/2021)
Making
the country safe for women : Many times people who have
been raped feel it was their fault and they end up
feeling disgusted for something which was not their
fault at all, by Nilima Adhikari (rep 10/03/2021)
Harassment,
misogyny still all too common for women : The law has
ensured women’s representation in the political
sphere but attitudes have not changed, by Samiksha
Baral (kp 08/03/2021)
Our
right to move : Restrictive policies have only served to
delegitimise women’s free movement, by Neha
Choudhary and Sandhya Sitoula (kp 08/03/2021)
‘What
I do today will make things better for women tomorrow’ :
Quietly and away from the limelight, across the country
women are working on behalf of women to make
society more equitable and just for them, by Srizu
Bajracharya (kp 08(03/2021)
Women
entrepreneurs struggle to recover from pandemic : Around
15 percent of women-run businesses collapsed while
others are operating only partially, insiders say,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 08/03/2021)
Enterprising
women of Tarai : They have been training, they have been
starting businesses and 80 brides of the community are
in the process of a big venture—they are planning a
cooperative, by Pallav Ranjan (ae 05/03/2021)
Vagina
conversations : Vagina could be a metaphor for 'womxn',
but not all womxn identify with the vagina, by
Pratibha Tuladhar (nt 05/03/2021)
Holding
up the whole sky in Jumla : The mayor of Chandanath
Municpality and her deputy prove that elected women
leaders are more accountable, by Monika Deupala (nt
05/03/2021)
Menstrual
hygiene campaign benefits girl students in Mangalsen,
by Menuka Dhungana (kp 01/03/2021)
Narrow
the gap : Although the constitution has not
discriminated its citizens based on gender, the laws
need to be amended to see this in practice (ht
26/02/2021) [The constitution,
too, discriminates against women, for example with
regard to citizenship law!]
Curtailing
women’s liberty : The rule proposed by Department of
Immigration tries to force the patriarchal vision of
society onto women through the fabric of legislation.
This policy is based on classification of sex, by
Niyati Adhikari (rep 24/02/2021)
Manifestation
of misogyny : If the government really wants to
‘protect’ women it needs to make the country safe from
violence, prejudices, practices and laws that harm and
humiliate women, by Grishma Bista (rep 22/02/2021)
How
proposed immigration policy on women is deeply flawed :
Limiting women’s education, employment and movement
hinders their economic empowerment and freedom thereby
perpetuating their dependency on men, by Tara Kanel
(rep 18/02/2021)
Life
With Dignity A Must, by Namrata Sharma (rn
17/02/2021)
History
of female (im)mobility in Nepal : Immigration Dept
proposal is just the latest proof of a misogynist,
bungling bureaucracy, by Upasana Khadka (nt
12/02/2021), Nepal’s
‘inferior’ women : Nepal is still a highly patriarchal
society that looks upon women as second-class citizens
(ae 12/02/2021), ‘Women’s
March’ in Kathmandu to demand an end to violence against
women and impunity : People from various walks of life
are participating in the march from Basantapur to Singha
Durbar gate (kp 12/02/2021), ‘Justice,
justice, justice’ : Fed up with inaction, women march to
demand end to impunity, by Samiksha Baral (kp
13/02/2021), Hundreds
rally in capital for women’s rights (ht 13/02/2021)
How
Can Our Girls Be Safe?, by Namrata Sharma (rn
10/02/2021)
Why
women should be given equal rights in citizenship :
Nepal’s sovereignty will be stronger if we empower our
women and children and weaker if we disenfranchise the
children of Nepali mothers. A nation that treats its
citizens unequally is doomed from within, by Riti
Prasai (rep 09/02/2021)
Teenage
girl found dead in Baitadi forest : The girl’s family
suspects that she was murdered and have demanded
authorities to arrest the perpetrators, by Tripti
Shahi (kp 06/02/2021), Bhagirathi
Bhatta murder case: Six arrested for interrogation
(kh 06/02/2021)
Let’s
raise our voice : This is a time to unite and educate
every person to speak out against gender violence,
by Sachina Paudel (kp 31/01/2021)
Female
priest appointed at Annapurna Narayan Temple in
Kathmandu’s Ason (rep 29/01/2021), Newly
ordained female priest sees the recognition as sign of
changing times, by Anup Ojha (kp 02/02/2021))
When
women are not paid : Until and unless Nepali women are
relieved of their burden of unpaid domestic works,
gender equality in workforce will remain a mirage and
the goal of women empowerment elusive, by Roshani
Giri (rn 05/01/2021)
Entrenched
Bias Against Females, by Nishtha Shrestha (rn
15/12/2020)
New
year gift: Women national football players to get same
salary as men : The decision by All Nepal Football
Association means women’s pay will see an almost
three-fold increase starting January, by Prajwal Oli
(kp 11/12/2020) [This is not a
gift, but a fundamental right that is generally denied
to women worldwide!]
Synonym
of a woman is “helpless,” says a government textbook,
and Facebook users are outraged (rep 07/12/2020)
15,748
Women In Security Bodies Rise To Ranks For Leadership,
by Purushottam P Khatri (rn 06/12/2020)
Addressing
Rights To Safe Abortion, by Shyam P Lohani (rn
06/12/2020)
Women
leaders set example for rest of Nepal : Imagine if this
women-led municipality in the Tarai was upscaled
nationwide, by Laxmi Basnet (nt 04/12/2020)
Women’s
contributions to development : Modernism and
globalisation are impacting Nepal’s social and economic
scenarios, by Greta Rana (kp 29/11/2020)
Remove
the ‘luxury tax’ to overcome period poverty in
Nepal : Nepal should stop charging value added tax on
menstrual products to make them more affordable, by
Jesselina Rana and Shubhangi Rana (kp 18/11/2020)
Pandemic
disproportionately affects women, girls (ht
01/11/2020)
बुहारी
: लैंगिक विभेदको जीवन्त तस्बिर , by Ghambar Nepali
(Nayan Patrika 30/10/2020)
Patriarchal
Mind-Set Impedes Women Empowerment, by Niyati
Adhikari (rn 03/10/2020)
COVID-19
has taken heavy toll on women's entrepreneurship in
Nepal (rep 18/09/2020)
Access
to formal jobs more restricted for women (ht
11/09/2020)
Covid-19
stops women entrepreneurs in their tracksThey are
involved in sectors such as tourism, food service,
agriculture and manufacturing enterprises that require
daily transactions to stay afloat, by Aditi Aryal
(kp 07/09/2020)
Period
poverty in the time of a pandemic : For the past five
months, sanitary napkins haven’t reached many remote
villages, forcing girls to go back to using unhygienic
methods, according to a study, by Elisha Shrestha
(kp 02/09/2020)
Respect
For Nepali Women Leaders, by Namrata Sharma (rn
02/09/2020)
Gender
inequality in education has widened during the pandemic
: With families struggling financially, girls cannot
focus on their studies. They have to help out in
household chores and do not always have access to
technology for remote learning, by Elisha Shrestha
(kp 26/08/2020)
Menstrual
huts: You demolish one, we’ll build another: In Surkhet
district alone, around 2,000 menstruation huts were
demolished. But with the end of the campaign,
menstruation huts are resurfacing, by Lalit Bahadur
Budha and Hiknat Bahaduur Nepali (ae 14/08/2020) [Ram,
Ram, says the PM!]
Kathmandu
starts drive to provide sanitary pads to students of all
community schools in city: A total of 14,810 girls will
benefit from the scheme, for which the city has released
Rs 14.9 million to all its wards, by Anup Ojha (kp
07/08/2020)
No
To Gender Based Violence, by Namrata Sharma (rn
29/07/2020)
Women
from Chepang community demand skill-oriented training
(ht 29/07/2020)
More
women journalists losing their jobs due to coronavirus
pandemic (ht 28/07/2020)
Ending
Widows’ Woes, by Mahima Devkota (rn 27/07/2020)
Pandemic
has once again thrown light on plights of Nepali women
migrant workers: Blanket ban on women from migrating
overseas for employment has only encouraged labour
trafficking and exploitation, labour migration experts
and rights groups say, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
16/07/2020)
Women
rights organisations urge Human Rights Council to take
up issue of women’s equality in citizenship rights:
National Women Coalition has called for a revision in
the constitution to redress discriminatory citizenship
law, by Binod Ghimire (kp 12/07/2020), Institutionalising
discrimination: A society that treats its sons and
daughters differently will never achieve prosperity,
by Bina Jha (kp 12/07/2020)
Women
politicians go unheard when they speak out but are
ostracised if they oppose party narrative: The trials of
Sarita Giri illustrate just how difficult it is for
outspoken women to have a career in Nepali politics,
politicians and activists say, by Aditi Aryal (kp
10/07/2020)
Imagining
a motherland: Gender and nationalism; The boundaries set
by the nation, state, families and societies often do
not allow a woman to become a citizen. This leads to
women not becoming the part of the nation but just a
national embodiment, by Swasti Gautam (rep
09/07/2020)
Exploitation
risk for women migrant workers has increased during
pandemic, labour migration experts and rights activists
say: They have urged the government to protect
vulnerable women migrant workers and ensure their wages
and other legal rights, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
05/07/2020)
Time
To Have Boldness On Feminism, by Namrata Sharma (rn
01/07/2020)
From
farming to female empowerment: Formalising the
production process could improve working conditions for
women, by M Niaz Asadullah (kp 30/06/2020)
Women’s
rights groups call for safe, dignified repatriation and
reintegration of returnee female migrant workers: They
have demanded that the government allow registration of
illegally migrated women workers with the Foreign
Employment Board and ensure the rights of returnee women
migrant workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
19/06/2020)
Married
daughter entitled to inherit parental property: SC,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 12/06/2020)
Skirting
the issue: On paper, Nepal has made some important
strides towards gender equality and inclusion. Yet, in
reality, the situation is far from perfect, by
Deepak Thapa (kp 11/06/2020)
A
shadow pandemic: With the lockdown grabbing all
attention, domestic violence against women is often
overlooked, by Nilima Adhikari (kp 07/06/2020)
Easing
the lockdown and its impact on women: For women in
Nepal, easing of the lockdown has potential to further
compound pre-existing gender inequalities based on
caste, class, geographical location and various
religious conventions and beliefs, by Swasti Gautam
(rep 06/06/2020)
Farming
falls on women's shoulders: But their work and
contributions tend to be invisible to policymakers and
academics, by Subarna Malla Singh (kp 31/05/2020)
Periods
don’t pause for pandemics: Only by understanding
menstruation as a biological necessity can society
tackle the real problem, which is poor menstrual hygiene,
by Subidha Parajuli (kp 29/05/2020)
Revised
regulation in Security Allowance Act hangs single
helpless women out to dry: The new regulation issued by
the Department of National ID and Civil Registration to
exclude single women below 60 years of age from
receiving the Helpless Single Woman Allowance, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 29/05/2020)
Involving
men in eliminating taboos surrounding menstruation: As
menstrual stigmas have largely been put in place and
supported by men, their participation in uprooting these
taboos is critical, gender rights activists say, by
Elisha Shrestha (kp 28/05/2020)
Shedding
light: It is disturbing that pages propagating rape,
misogyny, paedophilia and the invasion of privacy exist
(kp 08/05/2020)
For
Nepali women, rampant objectification and sexualisation
on the internet: One community on Reddit with more than
4,500 members has been sexualising, objectifying and
humiliating women with photos taken from their social
media accounts, by Aditi Aryal (kp 07/05/2020)
‘Women
are the most vulnerable right now’: As the nation-wide
lockdown extends, Lily Thapa talks about how mass
starvation could become as big a crisis as Covid-19 in
Nepal and how her nonprofit has provided more than
10,000 meals to low-income families (kp 07/05/2020)
(interview)
Agricultural
Feminisation In Nepal, by Namrata Sharma (rn
06/05/2020)
Extended
lockdown brings many women entrepreneurs to the brink of
failure: Women entrepreneurs are engaged in agriculture,
handicraft, hospitality and other service sectors,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 04/05/2020)
For
many women, working from home has meant working while
doing the housework: During the lockdown, women are
having to work shifts from home alongside unpaid
housework, coupled with the anxiety of losing their jobs
if their performance is subpar, by Aditi Aryal (kp
02/04/2020)
Women
and the media: While newsrooms have come a long way,
they must do more to become truly inclusive, by
Narayan P. Ghimire (kp 24/03/2020)
Women
invisible: Let's have more women on televised
discussions, in newspaper interviews and on debate
panels, by Andrea Upadhya (kp 19/03/2020)
Financially
free abroad, socially constrained at home: Women
migrants acquire expertise and financial independence
abroad but on return, they find themselves trapped in a
social order that does not value their talent, by
Elisha Shrestha (kp 12/03/2020)
Women
have numerical strength in local units, but little say:
Gender pay gap runs deep in all kinds of profession in
Makwanpur, women leaders say, by Pratap Bista (kp
09/03/2020)
Women’s
status: Figures speak for themselves, by Chanda
Chaudhary (ht 09/03/2020)
Nepali
women are unequal by law: Nepal is still lagging far
behind international human rights standards concerning
equal rights to citizenship, by Jesselina Rana (kp
08/03/2020)
Empowerment
vs Commodification: While Nepal is heading toward
institutionalizing the federal democratic republic,
re-conceptualizing women empowerment appears a vital
task, by Mohan Nepali (rep 08/03/2020)
Women
journalists bring diverse perspectives, but their
presence in newsrooms remains sparse: It’s time for the
Nepali media to reflect on gender inequality in
newsrooms and act to reverse the imbalance, women
journalists say, by Srizu Bajracharya (kp
08/03/2020)
Justice
and gender equality in the age of #MeToo: It is only a
matter of time before the men hiding behind their title
and power are unveiled and brought to justice, by
Sakun Gajurel (kp 08/03/2020)
No
More Misogyny, by Prativa Subedi (rn 08/03/2020)
Celebrating
the heroes: This Women’s Day, let’s celebrate our
everyday local women, our mothers, sisters, maids,
colleagues or common everyday women who can be our
heroes and inspire us, by Ushma Rebel (rep
08/03/2020))
Caste-based
domestic violence against women rife in Rolpa, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 08/03/2020)
There
are more women in politics, but few and far between at
decision-making level: Despite inclusion refrain, there
is a huge underrepresentation of females in Nepali
political parties and state organs, by Elisha
Shrestha (kp 08/03/2020)
Female
guides juggle work and home, by Shusma Barali (nt
06/03/2020)
All-male
panels are on their way out, but women’s representation
remains tokenistic: Instead of acknowledging that women
have valuable contributions to make, they are often
limited to women-specific panels or are placed as
moderators, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 23/02/2020)
Students
are missing classes as schools fail to distribute
sanitary pads: In May 2019, President Bidya Devi
Bhandari had announced that sanitary pads would be
distributed to girls in community schools for free from
the beginning of the current fiscal year, by, by
Pratap Bista (kp 16/02/2020)
‘Herstory’
repeats itself: The misogynic politics of all political
parties mustered to make women the political underdogs
of Nepal, by Chandra Bhadra (kp 13/02/2020)
Darchula
women tailor their way towards financial independence:
Most women are engaged in tailoring businesses that have
enabled them to support themselves and their families,
by Manoj Badu (kp 05/02/2020)
Majhi
women build integrated settlement, by Dhruba Dangal
(rep 01/02/2020)
Who
will save Nepal’s poor new mothers? … a government plan,
or God?, by Rojita Adhikari (nt 31/01/2020)
The
real reason women are less likely to seek cancer
treatment: Health literacy: Even women who know the
risks of cancer are hesitant to go to the doctor,
research has shown, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
30/01/2020)
Women’s
concerns won’t be addressed unless they are at the
decision-making level, interview with Binda Pandey,
NCP (kp 27/01/2020)
Issue
Of Women’s Empowerment, by Kundan Aryal (rn
24/01/2020)
Women
at work, by Anweiti Upadhyay (rep 24/01/2020)
Women
Leadership At Local Level, by Mukti Rijal (rn
23/01/2020)
Let
women rise (rep 22/01/2020)
Underage
mothers regret early marriage, by Mukti Narayan
Neupane (rep 21/01/2020)
Tipping
point on menstrual banishment in Nepal: It is when local
women take the lead to end the practice that it is most
effective, by Marty Logan (nt 17/01/2020)
Young
girls taking one step at a time to fight menstrual
banishment: Although complete eradication of the
practice seems like a far cry at the moment, various
anti-Chhaupadi campaigns launched by young women have
paved a way to fight against the practice, by
Tularam Pandey (kp 15/01/2020)
Widows
in Nepal still need to fight for their property right:
Despite legal provisions that ensure widows’ rights to
the property of their husbands, implementation has been
impeded by societal norms and customs, by Elisha
Shrestha (kp 15/01/2020)
For
Nepali women seeking work in the Gulf, new routes and
old risks: Despite restrictions from traveling to the
Gulf countries, desperate Nepali women are falling into
traps of trafficking agents who are exploiting new
routes to take them out of the country, by Parbat
Portel (kp 04/01/2020)
Changing
lives of Nepali women: Microfinance is shattering the
glass ceiling placed over women by a patriarchal
society. No longer confined, women are dispelling gender
norms. No longer afraid, they are taking back right to
be independent, by Quah Wei Vei (rep 01/01/2020)
In
Achham, nineteen percent of women give birth before 20:
Despite many campaigns and efforts, child marriage is
still rampant in the district, by Menuka Dhungana
(kp 26/12/2019)
No
help at home for women migrants who come back with
babies: When women migrants get pregnant out of wedlock,
they are generally evicted from their destination
countries and come back to stigma at home, by Elisha
Shrestha (kp 25/12/2019)
Senior
citizens, single women and people with disabilities
deprived of social security allowance in Siraha: They
have been protesting in front of the Bhagawanpur Rural
Municipality office for the past two days, by Bharat
Jarghamagar (kp 19/12/2019)
Bank
accounts for daughters in Karnali (ht 18/12/2019)
Everything
you need to know about Chhaupadi, the taboo ritual of
banishing women to period huts: Legal actions and social
campaigns have failed to make people in Nepal’s remote
western regions understand the urgency of abolishing the
deadly tradition, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 12/12/2019)
Female
deputy speakers of various provinces complain of being
given rights, but no responsibilit: The task of the
deputy speaker is to run the house in the speaker’s
absence but the position doesn’t allow one to take
decisions independently, by Pratiksha Kafle (kp
11/12/2019)
Nepali
women say they are not just ‘cheli’ but individuals in
their own right: Many have protested the media’s use of
the word ‘cheli’ to refer to women athletes, arguing
that it is patronising and demeaning, by Ankit
Khadgi (kp 10/12/2019)
In
Janakpur, a traditional Mithila folk dance is helping shape
women’s identities: The folk dance, Jhijhiya, has been
economically empowering women of the Musahar community, by
Srizu Bajracharya (kp 10/12/2019)
Government
aims to achieve gender equality by 2030 (ht
09/10/2019)
Women
in climate hot spots face challenges adapting: Migration
of men, poverty and poor working conditions diminish
women’s power to act, by Marty Logan (nt 06/12/2019)
“Menstruation
is not private business, it is everyone’s business”:
Nepali activists mark 8 December as the Day for
Dignified Menstruation, by Reeti K.C. (nt
06/12/2019)
In
Achham, domestic abuse is driving women to depression:
Every week, the Bayalpata Hospital, which has a
dedicated mental health bureau, sees over a hundred
women suffering from depression, doctors say, by
Menuka Dhungana (kp 28/11/2019)
Meet
the women goldsmiths of Dharan: A few women artisans are
breaking the mould by pursuing a profession that is
predominantly considered a man’s job, by Sumnima
Chamling (kp 28/11/2019)
Women
shouldn't be forced to wear the sari in formal settings:
If women's clothes had pockets in them, they wouldn't
have to face difficult situations, by Sabitri Gautam
(kp 26/11/2019)
Our
songs from the forest: Finding freedom from menstrual
taboos in the lap of nature, by Uma Bista (kp
23/11/2019)
Women
go abroad for work and return duped and abused: There is
no data on women who go abroad for employment, but the
trend is on the rise in Rupandehi, according to an
association of women migrants, by Amrita Anmol (kp
17/11/2019)
1000
Women Entrepreneurs Seminar next week (ht
16/11/2019)
‘Beti
Bachau-Beti Padhau’ campaign fails to take off this year
in the absence of employees: Under the scheme, which is
often referred to as a pet project of Chief Minister of
Province-2, Lal Babu Raut, every newborn girl is to be
insured across all eight districts in the province,
by Santosh Singh (kp 14/11/2019)
Anupama
Khunjeli: Women should have the confidence to demand
what we want: Nepal’s first female CEO of a commercial
bank talks about how her institution is encouraging
women entrepreneurs and how women need to prioritise
their careers, by Pranaya SJB Rana (kp 20/10/2019)
Time
for celebration: While Nepali women continue to face
numerous obstacles in everyday life, celebrations are in
order to honor the achievements that have been made so
far, by Katie Morris (rep 20/10/2019)
In
the far-west, dozens of women lose their lives while
fetching fodder every year: In the last three years, 41
people have died while fetching fodder in hills—of them,
six were men and 35 women, by Basanta Pratap Singh
(kp 20/10/2019)
Women
face unequal vulnerabilities during disasters: The
phenomenon of male out-migration alters how women are
affected during natural catastrophes, by Shristi
Shakya (kp 03/10/2019)
Dashain
is a time for celebration—but just for men: Gender
biases are more visible during festivals, with household
and kitchen chores assigned solely to the women of the
house, by Srizu Bajracharya (kp 03/10/209)
Online
violence against women in Nepal on the rise: Nearly 70
percent of the 353 cases filed at the cybercrime bureau
in the last two months were online abuse directed
towards women, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 01/10/2019)
Married
as children, women in Bajhang are abused, abandoned and
killing themselves: The majority of marriages in the
district are still between underage children, which
often leads to polygamy and gender-based violence,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 26/09/2019)
The
unending horror of gender-based violence: Unless we
question the very fabric of our social norms and destroy
them one by one, nothing will ever change, by Pooja
Pant (kp 26/09/2019)
Meet
Dang’s barefoot Dungli: Dungli Chaudhary says she vowed
never to wear slippers when her request for one was
turned down by her in-laws decades ago, by Durgalal
KC (kp 26/09/2019)
District
girls paint, write and scrawl for equal rights: From
crayons to coloured-water balloons, these young Nepali
girls are being encouraged to express themselves, by
Alisha Sijapati (kp 25/09/2019)
Hey
men, women don’t want to be told to be like a woman:
Nepali women still grapple with sexist language and
expressions that most men easily dismiss, by Srizu
Bajracharya (kp 18/09/2019)
Menstruation:
Let’s not make it taboo, by Sharmila Ranabhat (ht
17/09/2019)
Women's
battle for citizenship continues: The new proposals
regarding the Citizenship Amendment Bill still treat
women as second-class citizens (kp 16/09/2019)
Girls
just wanna have fun on Teej, but men won’t let them:
Nepali internet is divided over how Nepali women should
celebrate Teej, by Bhrikuti Rai and June Karkee (kp
04/09/2019)
Teej
and the changing definition of womanhood: With the
expansion of urbanisation, migration and economic
opportunities, women will continue to resist
subordination, by Mira Mishra (kp 30/08/2019)
Celebrating
#Womenhumanitarians: In the aftermath of disasters,
women’s specific humanitarian needs are often not
adequately identified nor responded to. Women and other
minorities face further marginalization during disasters,
by Indu Ghimire and Valerie Julliand (rep 19/08/2019)
Women
actively working as paralegal practitioners in Dhankuta:
Women are catching up to men and are surpassing them in
the quality of work they produce at the office, by
Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp 18/08/2019)
Worldwide
women’s activist: Bandana Rana has risen from local
campaigner to a policy-making role on gender rights at
the UN, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt 16/08/2019)
Need
for presenting progress of Nepali women stressed (ht
(ht 15/08/2019), Civil
society, gender rights activists call on govt to present
consolidated reports (rep 15/08/2019)
Gender
stereotypes: Hamper social inclusion, by Bina Jha
(ht 02/08/2019)
Away
from a society that judges, Nepali women are turning to
Facebook for help: Thousands of Nepali women have joined
closed—and secret—Facebook groups in search of
solidarity, friendship and safe space, by Bhrikuti
Rai (kp 29/07/2019)
Women
workers in construction sector continue to experience
exploitation on several fronts: The workers are formally
organising against unequal pay, workplace safety, and
workplace harassment, and this is helping them protect
their rights, recent study concludes, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal(kp 26/07/2019)
How
government bureaucracy killed a new mother: Goma Osti
needed an airlift from Nuwakot to Kathmandu after
postpartum complications. But a labyrinthine bureaucracy
delayed her treatment by four hours—and took her life,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 26/07/2019)
Nepal
has more female DJs than ever, but the crowd’s attitude
remains the same: Female DJs encounter teasing, obscene
gestures and unwanted touching from the crowds they
perform for, but they’re not quitting, by Sneha
Dahal (kp 24/07/2019)
A
day with the only female driver of Sajha Yatayat: Many
appreciate Harmita Shrestha’s work, calling it a step
ahead for women empowerment, but in a ‘man’s world’ days
aren’t always that easy, she says, by Anup Ojha (kp
18/07/2019)
The
dismissal of gender equality: Although the government
does have social inclusion provisions, they are largely
ignored or purposefully ridiculed, by Deepak Thapa
(kp 11/07/2019)
Despite
visibility, societal acceptance remains difficult for
LGBTIQ community: Many queer individuals still hesitate
to come out publicly because they are afraid of stigma
and discrimination, by Shikha Neupane and Diya Tijal
(kp 30/06/2019)
Single
women still face social discrimination, by Sabitri
Dhakal (kp 25/06/2019)
Political
violence: Missing the gender lens, by Susan Risal
(ht 25/06/2019)
Why
do we encourage women to give up their careers?We, as a
society, never question the added responsibility we so
often place on women, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp
21/06/2019)
CBS
report brings to fore huge gender pay gap: Nepali women
earn 29 per cent less than equally educated men, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 20/06/2019)
Women
hold up more than half the sky: The road to the last
district in Nepal without one is being built almost
entirely by women, by Achyutraj Bhandari (nt
14/06/2019)
Wider
world for women: Nepali women are taking on the Solo
Woman Travel Challenge to break barriers and discover
their country, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt 14/06/2019)
Household
chores: Every citizen’s responsibility, by Sangita
Chalise (ht 12/03/2019)
Girls
who fightLearning self-defence helps girls feel secure,
empowered and confident, by Kusum KC (kp 09/06/2019)
Breaking
the glass ceiling: The participation of women in Nepal’s
info-tech sector is still very low but the future holds
promise, by Asmod Karki (kp 01/06/2019)
Having
The Period Of Dignity, by Prativa Subedi (rn
31/05/2019)
In
educated and elite circles, a different kind of ‘period
huts’: Young Nepali women living in cities may not be
banished to sheds, but many of them are forced to adhere
to a long list of menstrual restrictions, by Tsering
D Gurung (kp 28/05/2019), Meet
Nepal’s ‘Pad Man’ who is challenging menstrual taboos:
Not content with selling reusable sanitary pads, Gyan
Maharjan visits communities and schools in Lalitpur,
teaching girls, boys and teachers about menstrual
hygiene, by Anup Ojha (kp 28/05/2019)
Naugadh
women are learning to become economically independent
amid exodus of men: Around 176 women were trained in
vegetable farming, hosiery making and Allo (Himalayan
nettle) production, by Manoj Badu (kp 28/05(2019)
Mothers’
groups uplift women and create social awareness in rural
parts of Baitadi: These groups have also been actively
championing causes to create a safe and equitable
society for women, by Tripti Shahi (kp 27/05/2019)
This
is how society and state continue to fail rape
survivors: Many survivors have their lives uprooted, and
are forced to relocate, live away from their family and
friends, and start fresh in an unfamiliar setting,
by Tsering D Gurung (kp 25/05/2019)
Sherpa
widows scale Mt Everest to inspire single women (ht
24/05/2019)
Say
no to dowry: Don’t make it a status symbol, by
Sangita Chalise (ht 24/05/2019)
Who
runs this bank? Women.Tripureshwor office of Agriculture
Development Bank is one among its three branches staffed
entirely by women, by Abani Malla (kp 19/05/2019)
Sex
and society: A society that expects women to be virgin
until the day they get married and expects these women
to become sex slaves will never know the impact women
have in changing history, by Ushma Rebel (rep
19/05/2019)
Nepali
women abroad: Effective policies should be created to
make life easier for women migrant workers, by
Prabha Poudel (kp 19/05/2019)
Allure
toward tailoring growing in Humla women, by Janak
Bahadur Shahi (rep 15/05/2019)
Why
aren’t there more women in IT? Nepal is part of a global
trend in technology—there are vastly fewer women in tech
than men, by Prajesh SJB Rana (kp 14/05/2019)
Failed
marriages blamed for two women’s suicides by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 14/05/2019)
Joint
land ownership campaign leads to rise in number of women
land owners in Baitadi, by Tripti Shahi (kp
12/05/2019)
Majority
of girls in Achham district out of school system, by
Menuka Dhungana (kp 06/05/2019)
Rural
municipality provides public speaking training for women,
by Kishan Sangeet Nepali (kp 06/05/2019)
Nepal’s
indecision
on same-sex marriage leaves couples in limbo: Nepal
acknowledged rights for LGBTIQ community over a decade
ago, but same-sex couples who want to tie the knot
continue to face hurdles, by Asmita Manandhar and
Alisha Sijapati (kp 04/05/2019)
Only
22 percent of working-age women are employed in Nepal:
There is also gender pay gap and it must close, experts
say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 02/05/2019)
‘65
pc cases of violence against women occur inside home’
(ht 02/05/2019) [see WOREC
Nepal report]
Women’s
empowerment: Still an uphill task, by Kokila Khadka
KC (ht 01/05/2019)
Voices
of women being heard in Dadeldhura, by Panta (kp
29/04/2019)
Beauty
for what purpose? Miss Nepal may provide a platform for
many women, but it cannot claim to be a source of
empowerment, by Shrijana Singh Yonjan (kp
16/04/2019)
Don’t
compete, cooperate: The savings and credit concept has
proven to be an effective tool to empower women, by
Prativa Subedi (kp 14/04/2019)
Women
groups in Kailali empower rural women, by Ganesh
Chaudhary (kp 11/04/2019)
Is
Nepal’s
progressive trans rights movement bracing for a setback?
LGBTIQ community expresses reservations about provisions
in the citizenship bill which, according to them, can
result in further discrimination against sexual
minorities, by Asmita Manandhar (kp 31/03/2019)
Women
in remote Achham village taking lead roles, by
Menuka Dhungana (kp 24/03/2019)
Citizenship
bill
clause on sex change certification alarms LGBT
community: Sexual minorities fear losing hard won
victories if officials approve amendment demanding
a ‘proof’ of sex change in the citizenship bill, by
Bhrikuti Rai (kp 18/03/2019), Right
to choose: A citizenship amendment that demands proof of
gender reassignment is unfair to the trans community
(kp 19/03/2019)
Death
of
a transgender woman raises alarm among the trans
community in Kathmandu: Members of the LGBTI community
say the death of Junu Gurung is the latest
reminder of just how perilous living as a trans person
can be in Nepal, by Tsering D Gurung (kp 12/03/2019)
Be
the change: Behavioural transformation is the key to
societal transformation, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
12/03/2019)
He
for she: Men too have a responsibility in ensuring
gender equality in every field, by Prakash Banjade
(kp 10/03/2019)
In
Dhangadhi, women auto drivers are gaining financial
independence, by Mohan Budhayer (kp 09/03/2019)
How
do
transwomen describe themselves? Women.Meet the women who
are defying media’s unrealistic body imagesTranswomen
shaping broader, inclusive narrative to redefine
womanhood, by Asmita Manandhar (kp 08/03/2019)
Seeking
change: Women and girls should have autonomy over their
bodies, by Sivananthi Thanenthiran (kp 01/03/2019),
She
Decides Day: Speaking out for sexual rights, by
Sivananthi Thanenthiran (ht 01/03/2019)
The
silent
sufferers: Labor-intensive agriculture increases women’s
workload in the farms and the overworked women farmers
face many health issues, by Ram Saran Tamang (rep
01/03/2019)
Nepali
women lag behind in economic empowerment (ht
01/03/2019)
Girls'
education still not a priority for Jumla families,
by DB Budha (rep 25/02/2019)
Concerns
of Nepali women to be presented at international stage,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 24/02/2019), Customs
trump law on issue of gender equality (kp
24/02/2019)
The
erasure of transwomen: Social constructions of
‘womanhood’ need to include all women, by Rukshana
Kapali (kp 19/02/2019)
We,
as
a society, have kept quiet on sexual harassment, abuse
and violence so far’: Issues of sexual violence must be
included in public discourses to ensure equality for
women (kp 19/02/2019)
Dalit
woman thrown out of house in Salyan, by Biplav
Maharjan (kp 17/02/2019)
Tharu
women are taking role of community chief in Kailali,
by Ganesh Chaudhary (kp 15/02/2019)
Women
run the fields: Agriculture in Nepal is experiencing
rapid feminisation - why isn’t legislation catching up?,
by Maina Dhital (kp 03/02/2019)
Focus
beyond reserved seats, Dahal tells women (kp
01/02/2019) [Yes, they are still
ignored by all political parties despite appropriate
legal regulations!]
Remarriage
for single women still not an easy choice, by Sher
Bahadur Jero (rep 27/01/2019)
Rise
against
cybercrimes: Women are more susceptible to cyber crime
as perpetrator’s identity remains anonymous and he may
constantly threaten and blackmail the victim by using
different identities, by Dikchya Raut (rep
20/01/2019)
On
identity: In Nepal, a woman’s identity is still tied to
their male kinfolk—first father, then husband, by
Bibhu Kuitel (kp 19/01/2019)
Madhesi
woman drives auto rickshaw for livelihood in Janakpur,
by Shahiman Rai (kp 17/01/2019)
Breaking
the
silence on #MeToo: Women’s silence in Nepal’s feeble
#MeToo movement has also to do with illiteracy and
socioeconomic disadvantages majority of women face,
by Gyanu BK (rep 06/01/2019)
Study
explores plight of Nepali female migrant workers in Gulf
countries (ht 06/01/2019)
Give
birth to a girl, get insurance of Rs 100,000: CM Raut,
by Madan Thakur (rep 30/12/2018)
Tharu
women becoming self-reliant thru farming (ht
30/12/2018)
Men
in business, women in socio-political affairs, by DB
Budha (rep 30/12/2018)
Expensive
periods: Why tax on pads?, by Pooja Bista (ht
28/12/2018)
The
new trailblazers: It is important to open up
non-agricultural avenues for rural women, by
Khilendra Basnyat (kp 27/12/2018)
FWEAN
for creating enabling environment for women
entrepreneurship (rep 25/12/2018)
Chhaupadi-free
drive ineffective, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
22/12/2018)
Let
women work: Our society does not encourage women to
develop entrepreneurship skill even if they are capable
of doing so, by Kabi Adhikari (rep 22/12/2018)
Combating
trafficking:
There are no urban centers, in and outside Nepal, where
Nepali women and girls may not have been forcibly
trafficked, by Nilam Sangroula (rep 19/12/2018)
Women
labour migration: Causes and consequences, by Jaya
Shor Chapagain (ht 18/12/2018)
Experts
seek gender-responsive policies for safe migration of
women (rep 13/12/2018)
Returnee
women migrants starting their own businesses, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 10/12/2018)
Staying
home during periods becoming normal in rural Achham,
by Khamma Khatri (rep 09/12/2018)
Madam
diplomat: Women should get more opportunities to show
their potential in the global arena, by Illa Mainali
(kp 06/12/2018)
Women
in
civil services up by 8 percent: In the fiscal year
2017-18, at least 20,334 women held various positions in
government offices-making it 23 per-cent of the civil
service. Government records show there are 87,753 civil
servants across the country, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 08/11/2018), Let
them in: Active representation of women in bureaucracy
cannot be ignored anymore (kp 08/11/2018)
Educate
girls & women: For a prosperous community, by
Pushpa Priya (ht 07/11/2018)
#Theytoo:
Recent #MeToo accusations barely scratch the surface of
widespread hidden abuse of women in Nepal, by Sewa
Bhattarai (nt 02/11/2018)
Girl
child insurance scheme gains popularityThe policy has
reduced financial burden on parents: Locals (ht
30/10/2018)
Deconstructing
#Metoonepal: Besides dismantling patriarchy, the
movement is also about creating safe spaces for women,
by Prakriti Yonzon (kp 29/10/2018)
Power,
consent, and my newsroom: Let’s hope that local stories
challenge the culture of complacency in our workplaces,
by Subina Shrestha (kp 17/10/2018)
Let
women
decide: It’s a long way for Nepali women to freely
choose their partners as they want, when they want and
how they want, pre-wedding or post-divorce, by Ushma
Rebel (rep 14/10/2018), My
struggle
with widowhood: A man marries another woman just after
completing 13 days of death rites of his wife but a
wife, when widowed, is doomed, by Lily Thapa (rep
14/10/2018)
Parties
fail to represent 33 percent women: The issue of women’s
representation in the central committee surfaced after
the recently unified NCP failed to assign roles to women
in line with the legal requirement, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 08/10/2018)
For
women, by women: Nepali women need to be unified at the
forefront to inspire any kind of change in society,
by Somy Paudyal (kp 07/10/2018)
Breeders
of machismo culture: Violence based on gender has much
to do with societal power structures, by Bhawana
Upadhyay (kp 01/10/2018)
Burning
shame: Gender-based violence flourishes because of a
misogynistic society (kp 27/09/2018)
Pushing
women
away: It is very difficult for women to access
information on safe migration. Many do not realize the
implications of being flown via India or Nepal, by
Ayushma Basnyat (rep 22/09/2018)
Women
and the welfare state: The second class treatment that
women feel they are getting should be eliminated, by
Kartika Yadav (kp 20/09/2018)
They
are citizens too: Gender equality was sacrificed in the
name of preserving social and cultural values, by
Bharati Silawal Giri (kp 14/09/2018)
Deconstructing
Nepali
womanhood: Nepali women are fighting against all odds
and breaking all forms of social barriers. It is unfair
to portray them as weak and dependent, by Guneshwor
Ojha (rep 12/09/2018)
Women
who drive, by Swasti Gautam (rep 31/08/2018)
Workshop
held to prepare report on women’s issues (ht
29/08/2018)
Unequal
society:
Many tend to think that our social structure will break
down if women are empowered politically and infidelity
will increase, by David Kainee (rep 26/08/2018)
End
inequalities:
Children of Nepali women, irrespective of who she is
married to, should unquestionably be entitled to
citizenship by descent (ht 20/08/2018)
Nepal’s
suffragette moment, by Om Astha Rai (nt 17/08/2018)
Women
take over farming: Male out-migration and gender norms
driving feminisation of agriculture in Madhes, by
Krishna Kumar Sah (kp 16/08/2018)
Inevitability
Of Womenomics, by Kanhaiya Mathema (rn 16/08/2018)
Bill
to amend citizenship act: Ruling party lawmakers object
tweaks to law, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 14/08/2018) [The male Tagadhari politicians will
take care that women will never be equal to men!]
Invisible
citizen: It is imperative that the state guarantee
women’s entitlements as citizens (kp 13/08/2018)
Gender,
nation, and women’s honour: Women’s bodies have been
instrumentalised to legitimise certain groups’ political
and business interests under the pretext of nationalism,
by Sangita Thebe Limbu and Kalpana Jha (kp 10/08/2018)
Son
worshippers: It is sad when women have to achieve
recognition by having a male child (kp 09/08/2018)
Women
in
cilvil service: Why we lag behind; While the decision
making executive positions are strictly male arena,
women officers often get lost in the labyrinthine of the
social and cultural gender constructs, by Smita
Poudel (rep 05/08/2018)
Women
in agriculture: Agriculture sector is being feminised
but their contribution is still undervalued, by
Arati Joshi (kp 02/08/2018)
Teaching
menstruation
to boys: We need to teach boys about menstruation. Early
interventions will instill sense of responsibility in
adolescent boys to educate their peers, by Ayush
Joshi (rep 14/07/2018)
Let
women rise: Economic and social empowerment will help
women emerge as leaders and policy-makers, by
Sarmila Bagale (rep 14/07/2018)
What
makes news: The media gives little coverage to women’s
issues regardless of their importance, by Rashmila
Prajapati (kp 08/07/2018)
Spotlight
on female trekking guides, by Manoj Ghartimagar (rep
08/07/2018)
Participation
of Nepali Women in Politics, by Sarmila Bagale (rn
27/06/2018)
Conflict-hit
women: Still far from justice, by Susan Risal (ht
14/06/2018)
Women
and livestock: Let’s recognise their roles, by Kedar
Karki (ht 11/06/2018)
Untold
stories
of women: Untold stories of rural women need to be told
for change and for raising awareness that women’s rights
are human rights, by Sabita Nakarmi (rep 03/06/2018)
Disproportionately
disadvantaged: Entrenched gender biases make women more
vulnerable to disasters and its effects, by Jyotika
Rimal (kp 20/05/2018)
Women
woes: Even as the importance of women in agriculture in
Nepal has increased, they continue to be undervalued,
by Kantilata Thapa (kp 13/05/2018)
From
the fields: Women can add value to climate
change-friendly farming practices and technologie,
by Menila Kharel Dhungel (kp 06/05/2018)
Let
a
girl live: Why does our society only teach girls how to
behave, where to go, what to do and what to wear? Why
cannot we teach the boys to protect independence of
girls?, by Jyoti Sharma (rep 29/04/2018)
‘War,
disaster worsen women’s condition’ (kp 26/04/2018)
Menstruating
women, girls fear ‘invisible’ power (ht 23/04/2018)
Rethinking
society: Violence against women is not only a female
problem, it is also an issue of men, by Milan Pandey
(kp 15/04/2018)
Can
men
be feminists? If men want to understand feminism and
help the cause, they first need to analyse the norms
that inform their social identity, by Sangita Thebe
Limbu and Kalpana Jha (kp 13/04/2018)
Women
increasingly opting for divorce to end abusive marriages
(rep 11/04/2018)
Strengthening
Tamang women: Education and jobs will prevent them from
falling into the trap of human traffickers, by
Samaya Lama (kp 08/04/2018)
Women
demolishing Chhaupadi sheds in Achham, by Khamma
Khatri (rep 04/04/2018)
Girls
learn lessons on self-defence (kp 01/04/2018)
Women
enjoying economically independent lives in Dhading,
by Sarita Shrestha (rep 26/03/2018)
Teenage
pregnancy rates on the rise (ht 22/03/2018)
An
unresolved agenda: Current lawmakers have the
opportunity to end the discrimination faced by women on
citizenship rights, by Anjita Parajuli (kp
20/03/2018)
Entertainment
industry workers seek respect (ht 17/03/2018)
Girls
of Badi community being deprived of school education
(ht 17/03/2018)
Should
we
still focus on woman farmers? The answer is yes, because
attitudes and practices at the policy formulation and
implementation level are still gendered, by Gitta
Shrestha (kp 16/03/2018)
A
woman on Women’s Day: No matter the ethnicity or
grouping, Nepali women face strange scenarios of extreme
prejudice, by Pramod Mishra (kp 15/03/2018)
VAW
and Women’s Empowerment, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
15/03/2018)
Gender
equality: New Opportunities, by Pratik Chhetri and
Neha Malla (ht 13/03/2018)
In
pursuit of understanding: Many rural women do not think
that International Women’s Day is relevant to them,
by Prativa Subedi and Juliette Josse (kp 11/03/2018), A
long way to go: There are many women whose sufferings
remain hidden, by Sulochana Nepal (kp 11/03/2018)
Choosing
grace:
The strict customs that women have helped impose on
other women have been too perplexing for the younger
generations, by Anusha Thapa (rep 10/03/2018)
Women
to make Thalara Rural Municipality free of inequity,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 09/03/2018)
Women
trained as masons build houses in Eklephant, by
Anish Tiwari (kp 09/03/2018), Fewer
women in quake rebuilding work says survey (kp
10/03/2018)
An
unfinished agenda: We need to rethink the influence
gender biased mythology plays on our treatment of women
and girls, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 08/03/2018)
Time
is now #PressforProgress, by Elisabeth von Capeller,
Veronica Cody, Vallerie Julliand, Mashfee Shams and Alaina
B. Teplitz (ht 08/03/2018), Gender
equality still a distant dream, by Bhim Chapagain
(rep 08/03/2018)
Hindu
custom of Chhaupadi: Kanchanpur continues to isolate
menstruating women in sheds (kp 03/03/2018)
Triple
burden of women: Conflicting gender norms, by Anusha
Ban (ht 02/03/2018)
Who
runs the world? Girls: Five generations of women in a
Kathmandu family underline the importance of educating
daughters, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 02/03/2018)
Way
to emancipation: Many girls migrating from rural to
urban areas have become successful beauticians, by
Guneshwor Ojha (kp 25/02/2018)
Child
marriage taking toll on rural women's life, by Jagat
Khadka (rep 24/02/2018)
Making
room
for women: Women can be empowered through creation of
equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of
decision-making, by Sapana Phuyal (kp 20/02/2018)
An
unequal
constitution: For all the years of debates and
discussions on constitutional issues, we could not do
justice to Nepali women, by Mohna Ansari (kp
19/02/2018)
Women
and men: Greater efforts should be made towards gender
sensitisation to create a better society, by Bina
Jha (kp 11/02/2018)
Against
lingerie feminism: The question of women’s empowerment
and liberation should not be judged by the clothes she
wears, by Sangita Thebe and Kalpana Jha (kp
04/02/2018)
A
different lens: How virtual experience of swapped gender
roles can change social understanding, by Renaud
Meyer and Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 28/01/2018)
Women
reluctant to work in forestry sector, by Rupesh
Acharya (ht 28/01/2018)
Practicing
care:
An everyday story; Unequal gender relations are not
limited to the household. In the workplace and also in
one’s social circle, women have to do a greater share of
the unpaid emotional and care work but there is hardly
any space to talk about these things openly, by Dawa
Sherpa (kp 27/01/2018)
The
migrant wife, by Manita Raut (rep 27/01/2018)
Are
you a feminist? Why do most people not prefer to be
called as feminists? Is it because feminism is a taboo?,
by Bina Jha (rep 22/01/2018)
Bridging
the gender gap: Everyone should be given equal
opportunities so that they can be assets to the nation
building process, by Samaya Lama (kp 21/01/2018)
Pad
Power: Taiwanese activist leads village women to embrace
the beauty of the feminine cycle, by Ziyu Lin (nt
19/01/2018), Removing
menstrual shame: The underlying problem for Buddhist and
Hindu women in Mustang who avoid certain activities
while menstruating is that they believe their naturally
functioning bodies are shameful, by Clara Hare-Grogg
(nt 19/01/2018)
‘Sahi
Ho!’ campaign launched (ht 18/01/2018)
Rautahat
rural women becoming self-reliant (ht 16/10/2018)
Continuous
isolation:
Changing a long-held tradition requires a more
comprehensive approach than legislation alone can ever
provide, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp 14/01/2018) [on
Chhaupadi]
Female
masons making their marks in reconstruction, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 02/01/2018)
Shedding
veils
to shed tradition: Women in Siraha’s Jahadi settlement
find their voice as they defy the practice of wearing
‘Ghumto’, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 01/01/2018)
Male
chambers:
Only six of 165 candidates picked for House of
Representatives under FPTP are women, which comes to a
paltry 3.63 percent, by Meena Bhatta (rep
24/12/2017)
Women
risking their lives in Achham in obsession for a male
child, by Khamma Khatri (rep 16/12/2017)
Pressed
into service: Massage parlours operating as fronts for
illegal activities give real ones a bad name, by
Ruku Pandey (kp 12/12/2017)
Women
still doing more household chores than men (ht
02/12/2017)
Working
Women, by Sanjog Rai (nt 01/12/2017)
Better
safe than sorry, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep
27/11/2017)
Breaking
with tradition women perform final rites (ht
25/11/2017)
Space
of absence: Women and other marginalised gender groups
cannot afford to ignore inaccessibility to
fundamental rights, by Archana Thapa (kp 24/11/2017)
Nilam’s
dream: Nilam’s activism against abuse has left her
ostracised by her own community as she continues to try
to convince Muslim, Dalit and minority families to
protect and educate their girls, by Sonia Awale (nt
27/10/2017)
Makhamali
garlands turning Gundu women self-reliant, by Anup
Ojha (kp 19/10/2017)
Call
to ensure a better future for girls (ht 12/10/2017)
Being
a
girl: Although I see smile on the faces of parents after
the birth of their first child, a girl, their
disappointment is hard to conceal, by Usha Pokharel
(rep
07/10/23017)
My
body, sacred or profane? To remove the idea of impurity
associated with women's body during menstruation, it is
crucial to change how people view the monthly cycle,
by Pabitra Gurung (rep 07/10/2017)
Strength
of a woman: Shortcomings with the microcredit approach
have to be addressed to fuel women’s development, by
Guneshwor Ojha (kp 22/09/2017)
At
21, Sita Sunar runs own furniture business, by
Kishan Sangit Nepali (rep 09/09/2017)
Number
of
women trek guides on rising trend, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 04/09/2017)
Old
beliefs
die hard: The stigma surrounding menstruation should be
effectively challenged, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp
27/08/2017)
Just
victims?
Nepali women migrating out for work do also come back
with higher remit and non-exploitative experiences,
by Guneshwor Ojha (kp 25/08/2017)
Women
can
have it all: Achieving work-life balance often seems to
be an impossible goal, by Sushila Nepal (kp
13/08/2018)
Gender-aware
policies
needed: Nepal can’t hope to graduate from its LDC status
without reaching out to the poor, by Subhash Nepali
(kp 06/08/2017)
Give
me a daughter, by Geeta Pandey (rep 05/08/2017)
Awakening
Urgency For Nepali Females, by Prem Khatry (rn
01/08/2017), More
teeth
sought for NWC (ht 01/08/2017)
The
second
sex: Menstruation - a natural, physiological cycle -
should be destigmatised (kp 20/07/2017) [Why
do you not call male gender the second sex? Life is
given by women!]
Missing
daughters:
At the root of sex-selective abortion lies the culture
of preferring sons, by Anjita Parajuli (kp
16/07/2017)
Rural
women
turning into entrepreneurs (ht 14/07/2017)
Poverty
forcing
women into migration: Report (kp 13/07/2017), Exodus:
Structural
barriers and discrimination in local labour market drive
women to work abroad (kp 14/07/2017)
Village
women
transform into clean energy entrepreneurs in Nepal initiative:
Empower Generation plans to expand the number of female
energy entrepreneurs to all 75 districts from the current 11
(kp 13/07/2017) [see website]
Her
future
is our future: When a woman is free to make choices
about her life, her children, her family and everybody
else will benefit, by Giulia Vallese (kp
11/07/2017), Women
empowerment:
Many barriers, by Prativa Subedi (ht 12/07/2017)
Women
Need
To Stand Up For Themselves, by Aditi Aryal (sp
07/07/2017)
Women
at work: Women are praised for creating life but never
encouraged to build something for the future, by
Priyanka Chand (rep 03/07/2017)
Women
make
up majority of rights victims, shows study (ht
01/07/2017)
Fair
Sex,
Unfair Deal: Women’s empowerment underpins equal, just
and peaceful societies (sp 23/06/2017)
War
on
words: Branding feminists as terrorists may be libellous
because ‘terrorist’ is a highly politicised term, by
Archana Thapa (kp 23/06/2017)
34
pc
women victimised by kin (ht 19/06/2017)
Girls
lag
despite outnumbering boys in exams, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 18/06/2017), Education
of
daughters: Disparity in SEE performance shows that girls
still have a long way to go (kp 19/06/2017)
Oh
boy,
women bleed! Only when mothers treat menstruation as
just another natural growth in their children’s bodies,
will little girls will learn to accept their bodies and
grow up to be confident women, by Shradha Giri
Bohora (kp 17/06/2017)
Voice
for
equality: Nepal’s Female Labor Force Participation Rate
is 80 percent. But women have a long way to go achieve
gender equality, by Ayushma Basnyat (rep 13/06/2017)
Women
power:
Arming women with legal and constitutional rights is
inadequate without an attitudinal change in society,
by Apurba Bhattarai (kp 04/06/2017)
Colour
Code For Woman Only!, by Bhawana Pokhrel (rn
02/06/2017)
Thanka
art
proves a boon for illiterate woman, by Rajkumar
Parajuli (ht 01/06/2017)
Including
the
excluded: The real winners of the local elections are
not political parties, but women, by Om Astha Rai
(nt 26/05/2017), Federal
feminine
republic of Nepal (nt 26/05/2017)
Female
migrants
at higher risk of suicide (ht 11/05/2017)
Women
in
reconstruction: Rasuwa women are taking on new roles to
build back better, by Utsav Shakya (kp 29/04/2017)
Woman
beaten
in captivity by husband, in-laws over dowry (kp
28/04/2017)
Better
than
before? Women’s empowerment requires concrete policies
and their robust implementation (kp 28/04/2017)
President’s
Women
Empowerment Programme starts in 26 districts: It aims to
provide skill development training to Dalit, indigenous
and marginalised women, by Samipa Khanal (kp
24/04/2017)
A
social syndrome: Gendered norms on childcare have
resulted in the construction of guilt in women, by
Anjam Singh (kp 23/04/2017)
Women’s
voices
enrich public life: Building strong gender equal
communities requires every individual citizen to stand
firmly in the political landscape, by Valerie
Julliand, Alaina B. Teplitz, Mashfee Binte Shams, Rensje
Teerink, W. Swarnalatha Pereira and Ingrid Dahl-Madsen (kp
21/04/2017)
Women
in
politics: The way forward, by Ayush Joshi (ht
19/04/2017)
Need
for
black feminism: Madhesi women face double
discrimination: one, as Madhesis and, two, as women,
by Kalpana Jha (kp 14/04/2017)
Most
women unaware of reservations, by Jitendra Kumar Jha
(rep 04/04/2017)
Female
turnout
disappoints EC: Women job aspirants account for only
14pc of total 179,486 applicants, by Manish Gautam
(kp 02/04/2017)
Road
to
Inclusion: Progress in inducting women into public
service may be small, but in light of the country’s
dismal history of inclusivity, it is a much welcome
change, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/04/2017)
On
‘wine
feminists’: These are self-styled feminists who are
often found in conferences and parties in Kathmandu,
sipping their wine and talking about women’s rights,
by Shuvechha Ghimire (rep 01/04/2017)
Exploring
resilience:
Women are more vulnerable to climate change because of
their dependence on climate sensitive sectors, by
Prativa Sapkota (kp 31/03/2017)
When
women
win: The new constitution offers a valuable opportunity
to ensure that women and girls have the same prospects
in life as their male counterparts, by Alaina B.
Teplitz (rep 30/03/2017)
Blame
us
all, not just men: Continuing to castigate men will only
make gender polarisation more rigid, by Seema Subedi
(kp 28/03/2017)
Gender
equality:
The Nordic Model, by Kjell Tormod Pettersen (rep
22/03/2017)
Khadka
addresses
UN’s CSW session (kp 17/03/2017) [??]
Booklet
on
women entitlements published: The booklet contains
information related to economic benefits provided and
initiatives taken by various agencies for women (kp
16/03/2017)
Girls’
education:
Failed programme, by Chun Bahadur Gurung (ht
14/03/2017)
Mountain
women
The difference between a broken community and a thriving
one is the presence of women who are valued, by
Sunayana Basnet (kp 08/03/2017), Bold
action now: In Nepal, while women work as much as men,
the gender wage gap is still in the bottom half of the
world ranking, by Valerie Julliand (rep 08/03/2017),
Is
women
empowerment just women employment? If this day is to
celebrate your and my achievements, then it does not
need to be marked in the calendar, by Sambridhi
Gyawali (rep 08/03/2017), Exemplary
Muslim sisters empowering women, by Kalendra Sejuwal
(rep 08/03/2017), Working
on
gender: We saw no representation of Himalayan women in
history or literature, nor in the research and
development sectors, by Chhaya Vani Namchu and
Menaka Hamal (rep 08/03/2017), Championing
their
cause: We need to be more proactive in identifying true
champions of women's economic empowerment in Nepal and
build a strong coalition, by Gail Marzetti and Pukar
Malla (rep 08/03/2017), Women
continue
to face discrimination at home, workplace (ht
08/03/2017), Women’s
role
critical for social advancement: Prez (kp
09/03/2017), #beboldforchange:
Things
are far from ideal for Nepali women, but the fight for
equal rights continues (kp 09/03/2017), Thank
you, men: Let’s acknowledge the role of good men who
help women with their personal and career growth, by
Rusha Giri (rep 09/03/2017), Empowering
women:
The most urgent task that lies ahead is to make sure
that women are treated equally in all spheres of life
(ht 09/03/2017)
From
safe
motherhood to safe womanhood: Nepali women deserve to be
recognised as complete human beings and equal citizens,
not just as mothers, by Poonam Thapa (kp 07/03/2017)
The
purse
strings: Women have little control over household finance
despite being important earners, by Ashika Sharma (kp
07/03/2017)
On
the
home front: Listen to the unheard voices of the suffering
wives of migrant workers left behind, by Roni Pradhan (kp
07/03/2017)
The
curious case of unmarried mothers, by Anjali Subedi
(kp 03/03/2017)
Leave
no
one behind: Absorbing women into the labour market by
reinforcing traditional gender roles is not empowering,
by Sangita Thebe-Limbu (nt 03/03/2017)
Women,
teenage
girls receive training to make sanitary pads, by
Agandhar Tiwari (kp 01/03/2017)
All
our
daughters: Where are Nepali women in the metaphor of
coffins, bakasko bimba, which pervades pathologies of
remittance reporting?, by CK Lal (rep 27/02/2017)
Win-all
trade:
Women in Baglung, Parbat and Sindhuli districts have
greatly increased their income from export of items made
from allo, by Erica Prasai (rep 27/02/2017)
Red
Tika
challenge takes internet by storm, by Anita Shrestha
(ht 21/02/2017)
From
a
guerilla fighter to humble Speaker, by Onshari
Gharti Magar (kp 18/02/2017), We
may
have come a long way, but there is much to achieve: The
feminist consciousness flourished after the restoration
of democracy in 1990 and received ample focus
during the decade-long Maoist struggle followed by
people’s movement and constitution-writing process,
by Mohna Ansari (kp 18/02/2017), A
‘competent’ woman politician —a rhetorical excuse? High
time we asked whether all men maintain the highest
degree of competence, by Pranika Koyu (kp
18/02/2017), Women
in
politics: Nepal is among the only 10 countries in the
world having a woman head of state, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 18/02/2017)
Feminism
in
the margins, a Madhesi perspective: Madhesi women are
not a topic of discussion, nor is their contribution
acknowledged in the national discourse, by Rita Sah
(kp 18/02/2017)
Questioning
the
Questions: Caste struggle against structural minds:
Let’s challenge the system by re-imagining, redefining,
re-narrating and retelling our story, by Sarita
Pariyar (kp 18/02/2017)
Representation
of
women: The Nepali media sector, in general, suffers from
patriarchy, by Sumina Rai Karki (kp 18/02/2017)
The
scourge
of stereotype: Even though their workplace is female
dominated, the fact is that the most popular
gynecologist in our country is a male, by Arpana
Neopane (kp 18/02/2017)
Ladies
first:
Women now hold top management positions in various
organizations, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 18/02/2017)
Rootless:
By
birth
a woman belongs to her father’s clan, and then she gets
given to her husband’s. We forget who our mothers and
grandmothers are. Their blood does not flow in our
lineage, by Pooja Pant (ht 18/02/2017)
Post
quake
rebuilding: Let women lead; With male members away,
women have started rebuilding their homes destroyed by
2015 earthquakes on their own, by Kriti Bhuju (rep
18/02/2017)
Nepali
women
row against tide of discrimination on tourist lake
(ht 16/02/2017)
Women
now do all the work in Jumla village, by DB Buda
(rep 08/02/2017)
For
some
women in need, Hatti Hatti has become a home away from
home and a wellspring for creativity, by Abha Dhital
(kp 04/02/2017)
Bill
proposes
grounds for divorce (ht 03/02/2017)
Periods
of
banishment: Women in western Nepal are starting to
refuse to be thrown out of the house once a month,
by Subeksha Poudel (nt 03/02/2017)
Women
learning
masonry for financial independence in Nuwakot, by
Jaya Ram Gautam (ht 30/01/2017)
All
in
the family: Girls are not safe even within their own
homes, especially in households dislocated by the
earthquake, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 27/01/2017)
Migrant
workers: Nepali women ahead of men in committing suicide
abroad, by Rudra Khadka (rep 24/01/2017)
Feminine
FM:
Women in radio stir a nationwide conversation, by
Emma Stolarski (nt 20/01/2017)
Inspiration
as
we rebuild: Venturing into masonry will improve women’s
income and help them challenge traditional gender roles,
by Pratibha Tuladhar (kp 15/01/2017)
Gender
pay
gap: What we can learn from global practices to reduce
inequality in our workforce, by Tara Kanel (kp
15/01/2017)
Stumbling
blocks:
Education and modernisation haven’t weakened ingrained
socio-sexual relationships, by Anjita Parajuli (kp
10/01/2017)
Feminism
through
art: Artist Meena Kayastha’s Divine Debris draws on her
personal experience as a woman growing up in Nepal
watching other female figures around her struggle with
the limits imposed upon them, by Sophia L. Pande (kp
08/01/2017)
Literacy
classes making women's life easier, by Arjun Bhushal
(rep 06/01/2017)
Female
contractor
busy building quake-hit village, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (kp 05/01/2017)
Celebrating
daughter's birth in Bajhang raises eyebrows, by
Jagat Khadka (rep 04/01/2017)
Women-friendly
agriculture:
Agriculture is being feminized in Nepal following the
rapid exodus of men, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep
02/01/2017)
Modern
farming changing women's economic status, by Arjun
Bam (rep 10/12/2016)
Girls
are
the future: Women who have the opportunity to speak up
about challenges women and girls face in Nepali society
can help tackle stigma, by Richard Morris and Gail
Marzetti (rep 10/12/2016)
Unequal,
by law: When a girl or woman is viewed in connection
with a male figure, it creates an unequal society,
by Anjali Subedi (rep 06/12/2016)
#IWalkFreely:
Survey
reveals young women in Nepal are exposed to greater
dangers than just cat calls and wolf whistles, by Asmita
Gauchan (nt 02/12/2016)
Re-examining
value
of girls, by Jessica Rai (ht 26/11/2016)
Safe
education
for all: Structural inequalities and patriarchal
attitudes continue to affect women’s schooling, by
Renu Adhikari Rajbhandari (kp 25/11/2016)
Who
cares?
Women do the bulk of unpaid work in the household
cleaning, cooking, washing, collecting firewood and
caring for children and the elderly, by Sangita
Thebe-Limbu (nt 25/11/2016)
495
couples
in Okhaldhunga get joint land deeds, by Kumbharaj
Rai (kp 21/11/2016)
Where
are
all the women? An underlying reason for the low
representation of women in politics is a
patriarchal mindset that permeates political life,
by Avasna Pandey (kp 18/11/2016)
Social
stigma
related to sexual violence still rampant in society
(ht 17/11/2016)
Global
Gender
Gap Index 2016: Nepal fails to improve on 2015’s place
(kp 13/11/2016) [see Nepal
data
in report by World Economic Forum]
Women’s
health
declining from hard toil (ht 10/11/2016)
Women
and
climate change: Gender responsive adaptive capacity in
communities in rural Nepal is important, by Sushmita
Lama (kp 08/11/2016)
Onward,
nasty
women! Although we see and recognize casual and subtle
sexism around us everyday many of us hesitate to stand
up and protest, by Jigyasa Sharma (rep 08/11/2016)
Muslim
community
stands against dowry, by Pawan Yadav (kp 07/11/2016)
NIC
urges
women to be aware of their rights (ht 05/11/2016), Women yet to
benefit from women-friendly policies, by Tenzin
Tsomo (rep 05/11/2016), Women
hesitant to report cases of sexual harassment, by
Gyanu Sapkota (rep 05/11/2016)
Diverse
experiences:
It is important to understand that empowerment can take
different forms for different women, by Emma Karki
(kp 21/10/2016)
Economic
progress:
Invest in 10-year-old girls, by Giulia Vallese (ht
21/10/2016)
Love
of
reading increasing among local women in Kavre, by
Raj Kumar Parajuli (ht 17/10/2016)
Nepal
ranks
85th in opportunities for girls (kp 14/10/2016)
Filling
the gap: In the absence of men it’s the women who are
taking up the responsibility of rebuilding houses in
rural areas, by Ishwar Rauniyar (rep 28/09/2016)
Girls
no brides: Around 37 percent Nepali girls are married
before they reach 18 and 10 percent before they reach 15,
by David Kainee (rep 22/09/2016)
SAsia
One
Billion Rising campaign gets underway: aunched in 2013,
One Billion Rising is a global movement calling for
action to end violence against women and to protect
women’s rights (kp 20/09/2016)
Working
women:
Women in entertainment sector need to be protected and
accorded dignity (kp 02/09/2016)
Power
to
women: Male politicians still do not believe women to be
as capable and deserving as themselves, by Bineeta
Gurung (nt 02/09/2016)
In
the
driving seat: Apart from proportionate representation,
women need to have rights to grant citizenship as men do,
by Shreejana Shrestha (nt 02/09/2016)
Women
want
dignified, exploitation-free work (kp 31/08/2016)
Breaking
taboos
surrounding widowhood (kp 29/08/2016)
Quake-hit
girls
falling into trafficking trap: According to Maiti Nepal,
trafficking in the earthquake-affected districts has
increased after the earthquakes (kp 02/08/2016)
Unkindest
cut:
The increasing frequency of artificial birth in urban
Nepal disempowers women, by Laxmi Tamang (kp
31/07/2016)
Last
women
first: Widowed by the war, rendered homeless by the
earthquakes, Nepal’s conflict widows have drawn the
shortest straws and are grappling to stay afloat, by
Pratichya Dulal (kp 23/07/2017)
Autumn
of
the patriarchy: Social justice, development and peace
require Nepali women to be on equal terms with Nepali
men in all fields (nt 15/07/2016)
For
a
better today and tomorrow: The longer we take time to
invest in adolescent girls, the more Nepal will miss
opportunities for growth, by Giulia Vallese (kp
10/07/2016), Call
for
investing in teenage girls (kp 12/07/2016)
Nepal
ranked
11th in skewed child sex ratio (ht 10/07/2016)
Women
still
waiting to rebuild homes and lives: Women survivors of
the earthquake struggle to cope with grief, loneliness
and government neglect, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt
24/06/2016)
The
second
chapter: Survivors of trafficking help one another
rebuild their lives, by Tsering Dolker Gurung (nt
24/06/2016)
Widow
woes:
Widows are discounted in statistics, neglected by
authorities and lost within the homogeneous women
population, by Sumeera Shrestha (kp 23/06/2016), Some
men
never changeTop male politicians are trying to undo the
rights given to women by the constitution, by Asmita
Verma (kp 24/06/2016), Widows
demand
economic empowerment (ht 24/06/2016)
The
reject
brides of Rupandehi: Young women who fell in the snare of
child marriage are being disowned by their husbands and
in-laws (kp 17/06/2016)
Female
migrant
Nepalis taking up jobs outside domestic confines, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 05/06/2016)
Men,
women
and corruption: Is it women’s participation in politics
that is reducing corruption or is higher corruption
deterring women from entering politics?, by Narayan
Manandhar (kp 05/06/2016)
Periodic
blues, by Ayushma Basnyat (rep 03/06/2016)
Mobilising
women:
Women’s centres help empower women to claim their rights
and regain their footing, by Ayesha Shakya (nt
03/06/2016)
Equal
but
unequal: Prez Bhandari, Speaker Magar should clearly
state support for women’s citizenship rights (kp
31/05/2016)
Badi
women
demand security, by Kamal Panthi (kp 25/05/2016)
2
rape victims disowned by families (kp 25/05/2016)
Visiting
the
hinterland: Sometimes, I wonder how my life would be if
I was born as a girl in the Madhesi community, by
Jenisha Maharjan (kp 24/05/2016)
Growing
cases
of early motherhood a challenge in Madhes, by
Santosh Singh (rep 24/05/2016)
The
girl
story: Maya's story shows how to go beyond describing
the tough reality, to changing it, by Anne-Brigitte
Albrectsen (rep 18/05/2016)
Investing
in
women: The international framework on women's rights has
been an important instrument on the road to gender
equality, by Kirsten Geelan (rep 11/05/2016)
Child
marriage,
abortion cases high in Dang: Some women found to have
undergone abortion up to six times in one year before
reaching the age of 20, by Durgalal KC (kp
03/05/2016)
Poverty
and
gender: Households headed by females have a lower
poverty rate than those headed by males, by Krishna
Kumar Sah (kp 03/05/2016)
They
are
sufferers too: Women victims of sexual violence during
the Maoist conflict must get due priority, by Neetu
Pokharel and Som Niroula (kp 27/04/2016)
Women
victimized
by polygamy hesitate to go to court, by Chhabilal
Tiwari (rep 27/04/2016)
Invisible
work:
With changing gender relations, unpaid care work should
now be given the attention it deserves, by Anjam
Singh (kp 21/04/2016)
Tough
going:
Women politicians find themselves caught between the
devil and the deep blue sea, by Narayan Manandhar
(kp 17/04/2016)
Youths
demand
safe city for women (ht 17/04/2016)
‘Needs
of
women often overlooked in crisis’ (ht 11/04/2016)
Too
young
to marry: Political leaders must move to end child
marriage by considering it a national issue, by
Asmita Verma (kp 10/04/2016)
Breaking
taboo,
widows wear red (kp 10/04/2016)
A
Different Kind Of Aftershock For Nepali Girls, by
Azera Parveen Rahman (kp 05/04/2016)
Women
in
Dang: Age no bar for education, by Devendra Basnet
(rep 05/04/2016)
Gender
discrimination:
Kalikot villages celebrate birth of male child, by
Durgalal KC (kp 31/03/2016)
Women’s
day,
every day: Advancing the status of women is not only the
right thing to do, it is also the smart thing to do,
by Alaina B. Teplitz (kp 29/03/2016)
Nepal
hosts
its first girl summit in Kathmandu (ht 24/03/2016),
Empower
women
thru education: Prince Harry (ht 24/03/2016)
Girls
are
the future: It is time to unlock the potential of girls
in Nepal and support their empowerment, by Gail
Marzetti (kp 23/03/2016)
Women
in
the woods: Nepal has a long way to go with regard to
achieving gender equality goals in forestry, by
Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 21/03/2016)
Meet
calls
for empowering women at grassroots level (kp
20/03/2016)
World
Women
Conference kicks off (kp 14/03/2016)
Stand-up
for
women: Men and women should be seen as two wheels of the
same cart, by Kajol Shah (kp 14/03/2016)
The
other
athletes: The country hardly remembers the names of its
female medallists, by Arun Budhathoki (kp
13/03/2016)
Nepal
to
host Girl Summit (ht 11/03/2016)
Equality
in
true sense: Removing traditional barriers to achieving
gender parity needs greater priority in Nepal (kp
08/03/2016), For
the
women: The mainstream women movement has a long way to
go before it can claim to represent ‘all Nepali women’,
by Subha Ghale (kp 08/03/2016),
Nepal
still
needs to give women wider roles: UN; The UN suggests the
upcoming local elections need to be shaped by women as
both equal voters and as candidates (kp
08/03/2016)
Yes,
they
can: In rural Nepal girls' attendance drops during
agricultural and festival seasons, they arrive at school late
tired due to work burdens, by Louise C.F. Shah (rep
08/03/2016)
Land
of
our daughters: On the International Day of Women, we
salute the millions of women across Nepal who will not
have a holiday because they are too busy feeding and
raising their families (nt 04/03/2016)
Our
version
of feminism, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 04/03/2016)
Teaching
the
write way: Activist challenges notion that social
service is solely for women, by Michael Nishimura
(nt 04/03/2016)
Taboo
no
more: Why is it so difficult for Nepali society to
embrace female sexuality?, by Ayesha Shakya (nt
04/03/2016)
Child
marriage
still rampant: 50 pc women aged 20-49 years got married
before they were 18 (ht 28/02/2016)
The
awakening, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 26/02/2016)
More
women
leaders sought in politics (kp 25/02/2016), The
feminist
mystique: There is little recognition of the great
diversity of Nepali women even in this day of identity
politics, by Deepak Thapa (kp 25/02/2016), ‘New
forms
of violence emerging in society’ (ht 25/02/2016)
Miles
to
go: Nepal must bring policies to eliminate gender
disparities in our workplaces, by Anta Yadav (rep
24/02/2016)
Plan
to
encourage menstruating girls to attend school, by
Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 08/02/2016)
Single
women
left in lurch after quake, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp
04/01/2016)
Women
continue
to fall prey to lure of foreign jobs, by Raju
Adhikari (rep 02/02/2016)
Formalisation
per
se does not support Nepali women to expand and ensure
the sustainability of their business, by Mirela
Xheneti and Shova Thapa Karki (kp 27/01/2016)
Unreported
Lives:
One ride at a time, by Priyanka Gurung (rep
22/01/2016)
CEDAW:
Govt
runs six months past report submission deadline (kp
19/01/2016), Sixth
shadow
report to be presented to CEDAW committee (ht
19/01/2016)
Female
quake
victims deprived of identity cards: Manu Humagain of
National Women Council says the government must reassess
the number of earthquake victims (kp 18/01/2016)
Ramechhap
women
tilling their fields (ht 18/01/2016)
Youth
and
gender: Unemployment is a significant impediment to
constructive participation of young people, by
Samira Paudel (kp 17/01/2016)
Beyond
the
city: Outside the Valley are women acting under a wide
spectrum of roles, yet they are not benifiting from the
wildly progressive trends of the urban centres, by
Lauren Peterson (kp 16/01/2016)
Suicide
rate
among Tarai women on rise: Report (kp 08/01/2016)
Faux
feminists:
Madheshi women pose no threat to national sovereignty
and yet they are denied citizenship on the same pretext,
by Kalpana Jha (rep 06/01/2016), Faux
divisions:
I was taken aback when a woman who claims to be a
feminist compared the ongoing blockade to a rape, by
Banita Khanal (rep 14/01/2016)
Social
change
through political empowerment? Nepal gets first female
President and Speaker of the Parliament in 2015, by
Ashok Dahal and Shreejana Shrestha (rep 31/12/2015)
Women
rights
groups, FNJ censure Janaki Temple incident (kp
21/12/2015)
Women
power:
Though Nepal’s female labour force is high in the
region, it hides a grim picture (kp 18/12/2015)
Public
Safety Is Every Woman’s Human Right, by Rakhi Ghosh
(rn 12/12/2015)
Equality
for
women still a far cry in Nepali media, says GMMP report
(ht 27/11/2015)
Chhaupadi
practice
still continues in Dailekh villages: Arjun Shahi of
Rakam in the district says VDC offices banned the
superstitious practice without proper preparations,
by Prakash Adhikari (kp 18/11/2015)
Case
for
quotas: As long as gender discrimination persists in
society women will continue to need reservations, by
Seema Subedi (kp 18/11/2015)
Still
second
sex: Despite the election of a female president, Nepal
needs to do a lot more to empower its women, by Mira
Kafle (kp 26/11/2015)
Not
by
chance: Bhandari's win has to be viewed in terms of
changes in Nepali social structure in the past three
decades, by Pranab Kharel (rep 04/11/2015)
Self-defence
training
boosts Valley women’s confidence, by Pratichya Dulal
(kp 02/11/2015), On
guard:
Self-defence classes and other efforts to curb gender
violence should go in tandem (kp 03/11/2015)
Celebrating
Nepal's Presidential Election: Female Power Rising,
by Prem Khatry (rn 03/11/2015)
Women
breaking
with tradition (ht 02/11/2015)
‘Prez
election
a morale-booster for all women’ (ht 02/11/2015)
Single
women
await reconstruction relief, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
28/10/2015)
More
than
half the sky: Despite their hard work millions of rural
women are still socially disadvantaged, by Bhawana
Upadhyay (kp 25/10/2015)
Nepal
earthquake
continues to drive aftershocks through the lives of
women (ht 25/10/2015)
Early
marriage
taking toll on youths' health, future, by Janak KC
(rep 20/10/2015)
Gender-bender:
Everyone
should be allowed to behave the way they want to
regardless of their gender, by Paridhi Acharya (kp
18/10/2015)
Women,
girls
not safe in open spaces: WHR (ht 17/10/2015)
The
right
to have rights: The new Constitution lays bare
misogynistic and patriarchal psyches that usually hide
behind nationalism, by Sangita Thebe Limbu (nt
16/10/2015)
WWP
to
support informal sector women: Cabin restaurants,
massage parlours and dance bars make up the core of the
entertainment industry and there are 13,000 women in the
entertainment business (kp 14/10/2015)
Pride
and
prejudice: Is treating women as second-class citizens
the only way to avert the possibility of a geopolitical
crisis?, by Sophia K. Tamot (kp 14/10/2015)
Study:
Many
women feel unsafe at home (kp 12/10/2015)
Rage
against
the machine: The ‘linga’ is god and we must continue to
prostrate before it. We must endlessly pray to it so
that it rescues us from our wretched existence, by
Zahra (kp 03/10/2015)
Law
impedes
progress of women: Report (kp 26/09/2015)
The
unending
woes of women workers, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
19/09/2015)
Still
the
second sex: Women are being discriminated against,
raped, forced into prostitution in foreign countries—but
what are we going to do about it?, by Abhinawa
Devkota (kp 19/09/2015)
By
the
women: This year, let us celebrate Teej by making a
contribution to the quake-affected women, by Mona
Shrestha Adhikari (kp 13/09/2015)
A
small, well-lighted place: A group of single women and
widows have been attempting to procure loans to start
small businesses for themselves. But because of onerous
government provisions they have been stymied in their
efforts, by Pratichya Dulal (kp 12/09/2015)
Double
jeopardy:
Upper caste people use their social, economic and
political power to silence the Dalit women, by Giri
Bahadur Sunar (rep 12/09/2015)
Not
a
Private Affair: Brides stumble upon a precarious
position in the house, because she is still a new family
family member and will be treated like an outsider,
by Sachi Mulmi (rep 11/09/2015)
Back
with
babies: Women migrant workers returning penniless and
with children face a double stigma at home, by
Rojita Adhikari (nt 11/09/2015)
Rescue
me
not: Family, society and culture tell women who we are
and how we need to be, and what we can and cannot do,
by Anjana Rajbhandary (nt 11/09/2015)
Single
women
‘left without access to relief: There are 498,606 single
women in the country and it is estimated that around
2,000 women lost their husbands in the earthquake,
by Pratichya Dulal (kp 02/09/2015)
Through
the
barricades: Many Nepali women migrant workers overcome
seemingly insurmountable odds to make enough to start out on
their own upon their return home, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
29/08/2015)
Marriage
registration:
Women must register in native district: Govt (kp
16/08/2015)
HIV
infected
and poverty ridden single women struggling hard to survive,
by Barun Paneru (rep 13/08/2015)
Civil
and
Criminal Codes to rid Jari (kp 12/08/2015)
Post
earthquake
concerns: Women facing family issues (kp 09/08/2015)
The
roti-beti
bette noire: The Madhesi woman is arguably the most
talked about individual in Nepali politics; According to
men, she has the power to change Nepal’s demography all
by herself, by Darshan Karki (kp 08/08/2015)
Earthquake
victims:
Single women left to fend for themselves, by
Pratichya Dulal (kp 04/08/2015)
More
Kaski
women filing for divorce (ht 29/07/2015)
UNPF
works
for female quake victims (kp 26/07/2015)
Female
refugees
of Nepal’s earthquake: A new wave of outmigration of
Nepali women desperate to earn cash to rebuild family
homes, by Karma Gurung (nt 24/07/2015)
Women
in
disaster: Needs of quake affected female victims call
for special attention (kp 17/07/2015)
Wrong
conversation:
The disaster retoric that emphasizes women's suffering
takes away focus from the dynamic role women can play in
rebuilding their communities, by Kristen Zipperer
(rep 11/07/2015)
Fear
the
future: Drafters of the constitution have demonstrated
myopia rather than long-term vision for gender equality,
by Pramod Mishra (kp 09/07/2015)
Native
aliens:
The message is clear: Men own this country; Women had no
place in Nepal in the past and they will have no place
in Nepal in the future, by Anjali Subedi (rep
09/07/2015)
Women
entering
men’s work domain: Report (ht 06/07/2015)
Girl:
talk
period: More than 20% of girls miss school during their
period finds a new study, by Anjana Rajbhandary (nt
03/07/2015)
Nepal’s
post-quake
should boost women: UN (kp 27/06/2015)
No
easy
way out: We cannot be ‘doing feminism’ without
addressing questions of racism and heterosexism within
the citizenship debate, by Kumud Rana (kp
26/06/2015)
CDC
sub-panel
settles citizenship issue, by Prakash Acharya (ht
17/06/2015) [The male Bahun
overlords as based on their traditional Hindu thinking
have decided that women will remain second or third
class citizens under the new constitution, subordinate
to male persons! This issue is symbolic for what can be
expected from the consequences of the
16-point-agreement!!]
Single
women
struggling for survival in far-west region (ht
16/06/2015)
Service
centre
winning confidence of people (ht 16/06/2015)
Women
living
in tents learn to fend off sexual harassment (kp
01/06/2015)
Conspiracy
of
silence: It is high time we began questioning, debating,
and discussing menstrual taboos more publicly, by
Mona Shrestha Adhikari (kp 28/05/2015)
Demand
for
rehabilitation of Badi women (kp 07/04/2015)
Nepali
Muslim
women: Forgotten and discriminated, by Chunni Khatun
(ht 03/04/2015)
Privileged
freedom:
Progressive families send girls abroad for education so
they come back and readjust to traditional gender roles,
by Anjana Rajbhandary (nt 27/03/2015)
Educated
and
unemployed: More women are pursuing education degrees,
but it will be difficult to gainfully engage them in
work, by Deepak Thapa (kp 26/03/2015)
Daughters
as
traitors: By doing away with the ‘or’ provision on
citizenship, the state is seeking to institute gender
bias as a national policy, by Anjita Parajuli (kp
17/03/2015)
Education
And Women In Nepal, by Shree Prasad Devkota and
Shiba Bagale (rn 15/03/2015)
Waiting
for
an epitaph: Today’s woman is freer than her mother or
grandmother, but her freedom is still circumscribed,
by Vishwendra Paswan and Shakun Sherchand (kp 13/03/2015)
‘Mainstream’
feminism, by Seira Tamang (kp 11/03/2015)
Time
to
go big: Imagine a society where women entrepreneurs
export products to meet international demand, by
Mona Shrestha Adhikari (kp 08/03/2015)
A
woman’s lot in Nepal, by Jamie McGoldrick (ht
08/03/2015)
Three-fourths
of
the sky: Every day should be International Women’s Day
(nt 06/03/2015)
Standing
above
the crowd, by Ayesha Shakya (nt 06/03/2015)
Being
Nepali
or becoming Nepali? Nepal has one of the most
progressive laws on gay and lesbian rights, but still
treats its women as second-class citizens, by Anjana
Rajbhandary (nt 06/03/2015)
Living
in
fear: Women are taught to be fearful and shameful for
things they have no say in, by Tsering Dolker (nt
6/03/2015)
All
about
the attitude: The Nepali government has already created
workplace policies that should help women in the
workplace; But unless the men who run organisations
willingly implement them, working women will continue to
be treated unfairly, by Chahana Sigdel (kp
14/02/2015)
Women
facing
dowry torture from in-laws (ht 13/02/2015)
A
silent killer: Suicide among Nepali women aged 15-45
increased from 10 percent in 1998 to 16 percent in 2009;
It is now leading cause of death among Nepali women of
reproductive age, by Sabi Gurung (rep 07/02/2015)
Around
4,000
girls rescued every year (ht 03/02/2015)
Widowed
early,
young women come together to support each other, by
Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 26/01/2015)
Women's
Cooperatives A National Pride, by Thakur Singh Tharu
(rn 23/01/2015)
Trafficking
victims
shunned by own family: Most of the victims said they
were forced to take shelter at Maiti Nepal after their
families turn their backs on them, by Mohan Budhair
(kp 08/01/2015)
Businesses
lift
women out of poverty, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp
04/01/2015)
The
feminist
mystique: It is important to reiterate, even after
decades of global feminist activism, that feminism does
not translate to a hatred of men, by Subecha Dahal
(kp 04/01/2015)
Doubly
alienated:
Nepali women who work as domestic workers in the Middle
East and return home with babies conceived through rape
find it extremely difficult to reintegrate into society,
by Ransubba Gurung (kp 03/01/2015)
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