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.
Features
6 min read
Thursday’s general strike didn’t quite shut down the country but it slowed it to a crawl -- with threats and violence.
Perspectives
8 min read
The ongoing border dispute, inflamed by India, has given back the reins of the country to an otherwise faltering premier
Books
3 min read
The Gurkhas: A True Story by Tim I Gurung disrupts existing narratives on Gurkha history and experiences that have been penned mostly by western writers
Features
COVID19
6 min read
The popular tourist destination of Ghandruk was hit hard by the pandemic but locals first turned to farming and then to domestic travelers to survive.
COVID19
News
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A daily summary of all Covid19 related developments that matter
Features
7 min read
The forceful eviction of landless Chepangs from protected forest areas is a violation of their constitutional rights
COVID19
Features
5 min read
The government’s indecision about vaccine imports and trials is going to cost the people dearly
COVID19
Features
9 min read
China has announced it will be providing 1 million vaccine doses to Nepal, but without COVAX and support from other countries, it will not be enough to vaccinate all of Nepal.
