As Nepal marks 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, Ruby Khan makes an impassioned plea for justice from her sit-in near Singha Darbar.
I try to write it and rewrite it, so that I can tell myself it was not my fault.
Photo: UNICEF NEPALJust over a year of living with the pandemic, Nepalis were just starting to get back on their feet, their income and…
What we can do to change the way women live in constant fear for their physical safety
Addressing violence against women should start at home
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIProtests against the recent government proposal requiring women to have permission from the male members of their families…
Sangita Thapa Magar, Jenny Khadka and Muskaan Khatun at a Parliament hearing last week to lobby for stricter punishment for perpetrators of acid…
Rinadevi Mahara from Dhanusha, abandoned at Godavari Modern Hospital in Janakpur for lack of money to pay hospital chargesAjaya Anuragi in Himal…
… but brave acid survivor now dreads her attacker’s release from prison
https://youtu.be/7NAkdUC4j7oIt was raining hard that Tuesday night on 11 September in Chandrapur of Rautahat. In the Das family home, teenage…
https://youtu.be/7NAkdUC4j7oThere is an argument that there has not been an abrupt rise in the number of rape cases in Nepal, it is just being…
NAKED TRUTH: Sabitri Subedi (standing with mike) and Diya Bhandari struggle with police during a demonstration last week in Kathmandu against…
The number of reported rapes in Nepal has shot up by 30% in the past year. It has multiplied four times in ten years. There are at least three…
