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Nepalis are having fewer babies. Why?

Family-friendly policies prioritising women and youth to sustain fertility rates

The slaughter of our daughters

Nepal ranks highest for sex ratio at birth in the region due to gender-biased sex selection

Shristi Karki

Future-proofing Nepal’s population strategy

UNFPA Country Representative Won Young Hong talks to Nepali Times about Nepal's population dynamics

Nepal far from hitting contraceptive target

Social stigma, misconceptions still hamper access to birth control

Migrating males and population decline

Nepal’s fertility rate is going down even though contraceptive use has not increasedSita Yonjan, 21, has a two-year-old daughter, and recently stopped...

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