women-empowerment

Walk of shame

Society has different rules for men and women in love

Pratibha Tuladhar

Political patriarchy

Educating men to empower women in Nepal

Girls just want to have fun

Lhakpa Bhuti Lama has been into sports since she was four years old. She was part of India’s Tibetan Women Soccer Team,...

Aria Shree Parasai

How art empowers Nepal’s women

Manjula Thakur was married at age 12. By the time she was 20, she had three children. At 32, she still did...

Anita Bhetwal

Nepali women at forefront of saving tigers

The Tarai Arc Landscape, a shared transboundary protected zone between Nepal and India is spread across 25,000 sq km on the Nepal...

“The goal is empowerment and independence of women”

As the world celebrates 110th International Women’s Day, Nepali Times caught up with Supreme Court Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla to discuss progress...

Everyday as if it is Women’s Day

When the Immigration Department last month proposed travel restrictions for women under 40, Nepalis took to the streets wearing black, chanting slogans and holding placards.The rage...

Sonia Awale

Nepali politician educates herself at age 43

For an illiterate woman from a destitute family of former bonded labourers, Chun Kumari Chaudhari could not have been more removed from...

When garlands are offered to male colleagues, and not to the woman ambassador

T he European Union Ambassador to Nepal Veronica Cody spoke to Nepali Times on International Women’s Day. Excerpts:Nepali Times: Does it make...

From kamlari to MP

Shanta Chaudhary’s journey from kamlari to Member of Parliament has been a long and difficult one. The harrowing details of her childhood...

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