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
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Patriarchy alone is not a sufficient explanation for the lack of women in candidate selection for the recently held local elections.
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Features
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In Saptari, four Madhesi protesters are killed by the police within 24 hours
Perspectives
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There is still a need for an extensive overhaul of the law and the language of the law in order to address the inequalities faced by the trans and broader PoMSOGIESC community in Nepal
COVID19
News
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A daily summary of Covid19 related developments that matter
Perspectives
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Gambling during the festival season can be a fun social activity but it can also lead to serious problems like addiction.
COVID19
News
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In a move that was long overdue, Nepal’s government to start tracking patient contacts
Features
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Patterns of negligence, alleged abuse, and impunity in Nepal Police
