girls

Sita

She was more than a child helper turned child bride

Pratibha Tuladhar

Using numbers to fight gender-based violence

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls on 25 November, let us pledge to help end gender-based violence.

Implant service providers take contraception to Nepal's poor

Two nurses visiting distant Maharudra Health Post in Baitadi had packed up, said goodbye to staff and started down the road when...

Ill-fitting in Nepali society

Buying a bouquet for a friend’s wedding the other day, I got really involved in the process of choosing the flowers, arranging...

Do not fail students in WASH

Nepal must ensure progress in water, sanitation and health continues, so children stay in school

Marty Logan

Sisterhood of students

Nepal has made significant progress in raising primary school enrolment, with more than 95% of boys and girls now attending school from...

Private is political

The Vagina Monologues is being performed in Nepal for the fourth time, and this rendition at the Kausi Theater does not adher to Eve Ensler's...

Communicating to remove menstrual taboo

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 weeks to walk there,...

Nepal’s superwomen beat superstition

Media reports of the practice of chhaupadi are full of harrowing tales of suffering, and women dying of cold or suffocation during...

That time of the month

The practice of chhaupadi in which women in western Nepal are banished to cow sheds during their periods grabs a lot of media...