Photo Essays
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Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights
International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated worldwide on March 8.The annual calendar event, according to United Nations, “is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women, who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities”.
This year International Women’s Day is being celebrated with the special 2020 theme, I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights. Like many other countries, Nepal has announced a public holiday and has organized various events to mark the day.
Brickklin worker in outskrits of Kathmandu valley.
Women workers carry sand in a doko- kind of basket made from bamboo at a construction site in Pokhara.
Women walking down trial with their dokos in Pokhara
Children play along with their grand mother at a front yard in Sarangkot, Pokhara.
Perspectives
6 min read
Undeniable linkages between patriarchy, capitalism, and climate change require climate justice to go hand-in-hand with gender justice.
Features
6 min read
Queer — A celebration of art and activism is not only a documentation of Nepal’s queer community’s celebrations and struggles but also a form of resistance.
Podcast
History Series
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Juddha faces resistance from the Rana family, the Nepali dissenters, and the British India
Features
5 min read
Climate change and its consequences can be serious aggravators ofconflict, especially gender-based violence.
Perspectives
7 min read
Lamjung residents demand accountability from the government and European Union funders
COVID19
News
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A daily summary of Covid19 related developments that matter
Features
Photo Essays
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With changing time and demand, the pottery makers of Bhaktapur are slowly replacing traditional ways with modern technology.
Podcast
History Series
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Bahadur Shah regains control as regent but faces an unlikely invasion
