Kathmandu, Dec. 29 -- When she returned to work after maternity leave, Sangita faced a challenge she had never expected. Working at Prabhu Bank, she had to plan her entire workday so that she could find time to feed her newborn.

With no extended family and only her husband to help, Sangita, who the Post is identifying with a pseudonym for privacy, had to take her baby with her wherever she went. Her workplace offered no designated space for breastfeeding-no quiet corner offering privacy except washrooms.

"I had to adjust,'' Sangita told the Post recently. ''I skipped almost every lunch break and went to the childcare centre, which was 40 minutes away, to breastfeed."

Things took a turn for the worse when her child fell ill. The situati...