Kalpana Maharjan combines her passion for sports climbing with activism
The Zonta Club of Kathmandu, an international service organization with the mission of advancing the status of women, launched a campaign on 25…
As harvests fail due to drought and floods, girls from marginalised families are forced to marry earlier to escape poverty
She was more than a child helper turned child bride
Nepal has had one emergency heaped on top of another for more than a year now. The Covid-19 emergency, wildfires, and now floods.Political flux…
Girls attending an interaction program. Photos: UNFPAThirty child marriages took place in one municipality in Sarlahi District during the…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAMohan and Sarita (name changed) studied together in the same school from Grade 6 onwards. They were friends initially, but…
Nepal has made progress in most areas related to children, like health, education, street children welfare, but challenges remain in nutrition,…
Nepal has made significant progress in raising primary school enrolment, with more than 95% of boys and girls now attending school from Grades 1…
Sita Pariyar is now 45, she has been married 30 years. Shanti BK married as a teen and is now 26. Asha Magar was married at 13, became a mother…
(Left to right) Soniya Kumary Sada eloped when 16 after her Grade 10 exam, but her husband is away at work in India and she is prevented from…
