Nepal's first transgender lawmaker is just getting started

Kathmandu, June 30 -- Bhumika Shrestha's last three months have, by any measure, been historic. Shrestha has fought for the rights of sexual and gender minorities for the past two decades. Now she is ... और पढ़ें

Schools are posting kids' photos . Parents say they didn't consent

Kathmandu, June 24 -- Uma Prasai was scrolling through TikTok one evening when she paused on a video featuring her son. He was in a swimming pool, and the camera followed him closely, while music blar... और पढ़ें

Nepal schools put children's photos . Parents aren't asked

Kathmandu, June 24 -- Uma Prasai was scrolling through TikTok one evening when she paused on a video featuring her son. He was in a swimming pool, and the camera followed him closely, while music blar... और पढ़ें

Women are often at the centre of Nepali films. Why are men still telling most of their stories?

Kathmandu, June 7 -- On Saturday morning, filmmaker Prasuna Dongol posted a heartfelt status on Facebook, describing her experience attending a film pitch programme in Kathmandu. She reported what she... और पढ़ें

How Nepal's 'gender responsive' budget fails the women it claims to serve

Kathmandu, May 31 -- Dil Kumari BK, a resident of Madi Municipality's ward 3, had watched enough of her community's men leave for foreign employment to know that if Dalit women in Gulmeli Tole were go... और पढ़ें

What Nepal's ministry rename means for the queer community-and what it doesn't

Kathmandu, May 24 -- When Resham Neupane came across the news, they couldn't believe it. A photo of the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen's new name-explicitly including the words 'Gender... और पढ़ें

Who is Nepal's egg donation ban actually protecting?

Kathmandu, May 20 -- When Padma was 22, she was diagnosed with cancer. What followed were three brutal cycles of chemotherapy-each necessary, each taking something from her. Doctors warned that the ra... और पढ़ें

Two-day weekend followed supply crunch from Iran war. If it will fuel productivity in Nepal is the concern

Kathmandu, May 9 -- When the Nepal government announced a two-day weekend on April 5, it had one primary goal: save fuel. Whether it is actually working is a different question altogether. According t... और पढ़ें

In Kathmandu's squatter eviction drive, animals are collateral damage

Kathmandu, May 8 -- The rain had been falling on and off all afternoon over the Balkhu riverbank. What remained of the settlement-broken walls, scattered debris, patches of open ground where homes had... और पढ़ें

The rights Nepal promised its transgender citizens are quietly slipping away

Kathmandu, May 1 -- There is a particular cruelty in being promised something, watching it be written into law, and then being told, not through any official announcement, but through silence, unretur... और पढ़ें

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