UNFPA Country Representative Won Young Hong talks to Nepali Times about Nepal's population dynamics
Women in Nepal and America feel similarly about keeping or changing their last names after marriage
Archaic patriarchal beliefs will persist for years but you can't let negative emotions consume you
Srijana Singh Thakuri in 2008 as a student in Surkhet. Photo: KOPILA VALLEYMy Dad wanted a son.I was the first daughter and after me came three…
Men cheat and get away with it, while women are blamed for shaming the family
As the world celebrates 110th International Women’s Day, Nepali Times caught up with Supreme Court Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla to discuss…
On 5 March 2004, a clandestine feminist movement emerged in Kathmandu, and in a 40-point declaration to coincide with International Women’s Day,…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIWhen the Immigration Department last month proposed travel restrictions for women under 40, Nepalis took to the streets…
Now that NASA has its Perseverance SUV and Ingenuity drone on the surface of the Red Planet, we will finally know if men are indeed from Mars.…
It is a privilege to be able to read, understand and appreciate the depth of women’s writing and the expanse of their ideas. But it was several…
Popular singer and songwriter Samriddhi Rai tweeted this at 4:05 in the morning of Thursday March 26. With the surge in COVID-19 cases around…
Sahina Shrestha, Digital Products StrategistAs the results of the Sharecast Initiative Nepal Survey 2020 featured in this issue show, Nepal is…
Neena Singh SkambraksNepal’s trekking industry has been dominated by male guides, but a growing number of women are entering the profession as…
Illustration: Diwakar ChhetriAn ongoing impasse over the Speaker at the House of Representatives has once more brought to the fore the power…
Amitabha Bagchi reeives the DSC prize 2019 from Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at Nepal Literature Festival in Pokhara in…
Photo : SONIA AWALENepal is stepping up preparations for its 10-year census in 2021, which is slated to be the most hitech in history and will…
Singapore-born Nepali American designer Prabal Gurung has brought out a pictorial autobiography of his life and career in a hefty coffee table…
Rinadevi Mahara from Dhanusha, abandoned at Godavari Modern Hospital in Janakpur for lack of money to pay hospital chargesAjaya Anuragi in Himal…
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls on 25 November, let us pledge to help end gender-based violence.
Wearing a plain white polo shirt and a hint of a smile, former House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara walked out of Norvic Hospital on Tuesday…
As surely as night follows day (or is it the other way around?) it is now that time of year again when we celebrate the season of beauty…
Lee and Austin are brothers who don’t seem to have much in common. Austin is a cultured man with an Ivy League degree trying to make it as a…
Human trafficking makes for dramatic stories of suffering, struggle and survival, which is why it is frequently the theme on stage and screen…
When Shanti Chaudhary was born in Kathmandu on 28 December, 1955, she possibly was the first Tharu person to be born in the capital. Her father…
