NEPAL: Emerging from menstrual quarantine
Amy Lieberman - IRIN - Friday, 5 August 2011 (originally published 3 Aug) MANGALSEN, 3 August 2011 (IRIN) – Every month, for one week,14-year-old Kamala Vishwarkarmas returns from school to sleep...
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Global Press Institute – Trust Law – Tuesday, 01 November 2011 (originally published 21 October 2011) KATHMANDU, NEPAL – Sapana Bishwokarma, 26, has a young face. She looks too young to be the mother...
View ArticleNepal: Concern over condition of elderly, women and children homeless by...
BM - Bikyamasr – Wednesday, 16 May 2012 (originally published 13 May) The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the excessive use of force and the lack of due process in the eviction of the community...
View ArticleHIV+ women face uphill battle in Nepal
Padanraj Joshi – Himalayan – Thursday, 05 July 2012 (originally published 01 Jul) It was not the fault of Sarmila BK that she became infected with HIV, but because of her HIV positive status she had to...
View ArticleNEPAL: Tailoring technology for female farmers
IRIN - Thursday, 02 August 2012 (originally published 01 Aug) KATHMANDU, 1 August 2012 (IRIN) – Most of Nepal’s agriculture is undertaken by women, but research tailored to their needs is lacking. “We...
View ArticleNepali women seek to balance economic participation
Kamala Gautam – UPI.com – Tuesday, 15 January 2013 (originally published 08 Jan) KATHMANDU, Nepal (GPI)–Pratima Pokharel, 65, a resident of a rural district in Nepal’s Eastern region, coughs hard. She...
View ArticleOut of the sheds: Women fight segregation in rural Nepal
Allyn Gaestel – Christian Science Monitor - Thursday, 07 March 2013 (originally published 02 Mar) In this tiny riverside town in Nepal’s remote Far West region, a spitfire activist explains his fight...
View ArticleCelebrating [Nepal] mothers
Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba – Republica – Monday, 13 May 2013 (originally published 09 May) Indira Gandhi, when asked to state her greatest moment in life, reportedly said, “When I became a mother.” Indeed, if...
View Article[Nepal] Going to school, instead of work
Betsy Anderson - CNN – Tuesday, 04 June 2013 (originally published 22 May) (CNN) — Purnima lives in Nepal. She wants to be a nurse. But because she is a girl instead of a boy, she is more likely to go...
View ArticleGang of girls: Three sisters overcome odds to reach out to women in Nepal
Joanna Lobo - DNA – Tuesday, 11 June 2013 (originally published 08 Jun) Once upon a time there were three sisters. They grew up in the cooler climes of Darjeeling. Their was a large family — five...
View ArticleHigh in Nepal, a Lowly Status for Women
Kerri MacDonald – New York Times - Wednesday, 23 October 2013 (originally published 21 Oct) A woman crouches in a doorway, hay at her sandaled feet and a cow to her left. She looks ahead, a pained...
View ArticleA Conversation with Nepali Journalist, Women’s Rights Advocate Jaya Luintel
Alma Freeman – Asia Foundation News – Monday, 10 March 2014 (originally published 05 Mar) Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, In Asia editor Alma Freeman interviewed Nepali radio journalist...
View ArticleWomen reach the top in Nepal’s trekking industry
Associated Press – Washington Post – Friday, 02 May 2014 POKHARA, Nepal — When Lucky, Dicky and Nicky Chettri tried to break into Nepal’s male-dominated trekking industry 20 years ago, competitors...
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HIV+ women face uphill battle in Nepal
Padanraj Joshi – Himalayan – Thursday, 05 July 2012 (originally published 01 Jul) It was not the fault of Sarmila BK that she became infected with HIV, but because of her HIV positive status she had...
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NEPAL: Tailoring technology for female farmers
IRIN – Thursday, 02 August 2012 (originally published 01 Aug) The face of Nepal’s agriculture workforce. Farmer in western Nepal’s Salyan District who was working on a rural road project in a...
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Nepali women seek to balance economic participation
Kamala Gautam – UPI.com – Tuesday, 15 January 2013 (originally published 08 Jan) Nepalese women are increasingly well-educated, and nearly 50 percent are participating in formal economic activities....
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Out of the sheds: Women fight segregation in rural Nepal
Allyn Gaestel – Christian Science Monitor – Thursday, 07 March 2013 (originally published 02 Mar) Radhika Sunar, who lives in the Nepalese village of in Siddheshwar, Achham, laughed with other girls as...
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Celebrating [Nepal] mothers
Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba – Republica – Monday, 13 May 2013 (originally published 09 May) Image: Motherhood-Cafe.com Indira Gandhi, when asked to state her greatest moment in life, reportedly said, “When I...
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[Nepal] Going to school, instead of work
Betsy Anderson – CNN – Tuesday, 04 June 2013 (originally published 22 May) To be born a girl in Afghanistan is often to be ushered into a life of servitude, where girls have very little worth and very...
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Gang of girls: Three sisters overcome odds to reach out to women in Nepal
Joanna Lobo – DNA – Tuesday, 11 June 2013 (originally published 08 Jun) Image: DNA Once upon a time there were three sisters. They grew up in the cooler climes of Darjeeling. Their was a large family...
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