Youth networks take lead in tackling Chhaupadi and child marriage

Achham, Aug. 22 -- It has been a year since 15-year-old Dhurba Adhikari became president of the ward-level Child Network in Panchadeval Binayak Municipality-3. Soon after taking charge, the network dr... Read More

The journey for fodder is too often becoming a final one

Nepal, July 27 -- year-old Dammara Dhami had set out to do what countless women and girls in rural Nepal do every day: collect grass for livestock. A week ago, that routine chore turned fatal. Dhami,... Read More

Blind students in Achham battle distance, poverty and barriers to learning

Achham, July 7 -- year-old Lal Bahadur BK, from Rahaf in ward 1 of Turmakhand Rural Municipality in Achham, has been visually impaired since birth. Yet, even after entering his teenage years, he remai... Read More

At 14, she defied her family's plan to marry her late sister's husband

Achham, June 29 -- At 14, Susmita Nepali from ward 6 of Mellekh Rural Municipality in Achham, one of Nepal's most remote far western districts, should have been worrying about homework, school exams a... Read More

Six sentenced to life in Binod Shahi murder case

Achham, June 23 -- The murder case of 15-year-old Binod Shahi in Panchdewal Binayak Municipality of Aachham, which occurred amid political tensions following the 2022 local elections, has taken a majo... Read More

Child marriage, superstition drive stillbirth crisis in Achham

Achham, June 1 -- year-old girl from ward 4 of the remote Turmakhand Rural Municipality in Achham district, then a grade 6 student, married a 16-year-old boy studying in grade 7. Two years later, she ... Read More