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She was more than a child helper turned child bride
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Using numbers to fight gender-based violence
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.
Implant service providers take contraception to Nepal's poor
Two nurses visiting distant Maharudra Health Post in Baitadi had packed up, said goodbye to staff and started down the road when...
Ill-fitting in Nepali society
Buying a bouquet for a friend’s wedding the other day, I got really involved in the process of choosing the flowers, arranging...
Do not fail students in WASH
Nepal must ensure progress in water, sanitation and health continues, so children stay in school
Sisterhood of students
Nepal has made significant progress in raising primary school enrolment, with more than 95% of boys and girls now attending school from...
Private is political
The Vagina Monologues is being performed in Nepal for the fourth time, and this rendition at the Kausi Theater does not adher to Eve Ensler's...
Communicating to remove menstrual taboo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezfdhBKEtsEGrowing up in Chitwan, Radha Paudel’s father used to tell her stories of faraway Jumla: how it took weeks to walk there,...
Nepal’s superwomen beat superstition
Media reports of the practice of chhaupadi are full of harrowing tales of suffering, and women dying of cold or suffocation during...
That time of the month
The practice of chhaupadi in which women in western Nepal are banished to cow sheds during their periods grabs a lot of media...
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