Photo Essays
1 MIN READ
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.
Photo Essays
3 min read
Nirman Shrestha uses his art to document his experience of living with depression.
Photo Essays
5 min read
Despite the Covid pandemic, last month, hundreds of pilgrims made the arduous journey through the treacherous mountainous terrain to Budinanda
Features
6 min read
Galvanized by a series of videos detailing one woman’s harrowing experiences of being raped as a minor, Nepali women and men take to the streets in protest.
Features
4 min read
Two-headed snakes are born due to many reasons
Perspectives
7 min read
Bringing attention to the everyday abuse faced by women
COVID19
Features
2 min read
Tourism entrepreneurs, workers cautiously welcome the country’s opening up again
Books
3 min read
Mallika Shakya’s new book explains the “death” of the Nepali garment industry
Features
8 min read
Nepal is going through three mutually reinforcing crises – health, economic, and climate. A green recovery push could help the country climb out of all three in the long run.
