Photo Credit: WikimediaWhen 38-year-old nail salon worker Pabitra Dash recalls the physical pain she felt the first time she miscarried, she…
Photo: NISSI THAPAOver 600,000 pregnancies in Nepal in 2017 were unintended, close to two-third of which ended in abortion, reveals a new report…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAAfter watching the Netflix drama Bombay Begums recently, I was encouraged to see that mainstream cinema has started giving…
Married at 15, Dhiru Bista has been either pregnant or lactating every year since. Of the 12 babies she gave birth to, only seven daughters are…
A woman gets Sayana Press suring the lockdown. Photo: IPAS NEPALFor the past two decades, Basanti Paudel, 41, of Nawalpur had always used…
Photo: MARTY LOGANIt should not be surprising that Nepal’s first COVID-19 death was a new mother. What was surprising was to hear Prime Minister…
Lack of access to and awareness of family planning, the prevalence of unhealthy superstitions and taboos, and the desire to produce a son…
25-year-old Batu Chadara, from Dandabasa village, Pandusen was nine months pregnant and was going to return a rooster she had borrowed. Photos:…
It is when local women take the lead to end the practice that it is most effective
https://youtu.be/FmieAvLuWBoFederalism was supposed to bring the government closer to the people, decentralise medical care and improve public…
Social stigma, misconceptions still hamper access to birth control
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…
Dharma BudhaDharma Budha of Wai village of Bajura district gave birth to a baby three weeks ago inside a cowshed. She will stay in the dark,…
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…
DEFYING TRADITION: This cow shed in Kailali used for menstural banishment. It has now been turned into a store room for rice husk.Media reports…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIThe practice of chhaupadi in which women in western Nepal are banished to cow sheds during their periods grabs a…
Pics: NSIAvinashi Poudel, 30, is a mother of two, including a 10-week baby boy. She only breastfeeds her baby, and has supportive in-laws and a…
HEROINES: Nepal’s rural female health volunteers are at the forefront of protecting children and mothers and informing women about reproductive…
A Nepali Times survey shows adolescents want to know more about reproductive health, but don’t have anyone to turn…
