77pc women stay in chhaupadi sheds during menstruation: Report Surkhet, August 25 Seventy-seven per cent women in Karnali province are compelled to stay in chhaupadi sheds during menstruation. A study report shows that 28 per cent menstruating girls miss schools. Action Works Nepal, an organisation working... Travel 26 Aug, 2018
Living and dying: Some issues to ponder The issues of living and dying are personal matters and in this modern age cannot be dictated by clergy or pundits who, having vested interests are sadly out of date. The answer may be that the Hindu religion has to be reformed The dwellers of... 06 Aug, 2018
�TRC amendment bill�s symbolic punishment for rights violators against international law� The National Human Rights Commission needs to play a crucial role in the coming weeks as the government is set to introduce some key bills related to fundamental rights and Truth and Reconciliation Act to ensure human rights-friendly content in those... Travel 06 Aug, 2018
Ward office to act tough on chhaupadi practice Kanchanpur, August 4 Ward number 8 of Shuklafanta Municipality in Kanchanpur district has decided to act tough on people who practise chhaupadi. The ward meeting decided to deprive such people of all the facilities provided by the local level... Travel 05 Aug, 2018
Chhaupadi still rampant in Bajura district Bajura, June 12 Jaula Rokaya, 28, of Himali Rural Municipality, Bajura, had been staying in a shed during menstruation for 13 years until some women activists of her locality demolished the shed a year ago in a bid to declare the village a... Travel 13 Jun, 2018
Untouchable? What? How many of you are in your periods? I know not a single person would like to answer. Afraid or shy that what the boy next to you would think about you? So is it shameful? Disgusting? Why do you hesitate to say “yes, I am in my period”? I was... 08 Jun, 2018
EDITORIAL: Whither rule of law? The government decision to waive Dhungel’s remaining sentence and swift action on pardon recommendation undermine the rule of law President Bidhya Devi Bhandari yesterday pardoned Balkrishna Dhungel, former Constituent Assembly member of the... 30 May, 2018
Menstruating women, girls fear �invisible� power Jajarkot, April 22 Gita Khadka of Luhadaha of Junichande in Jajarkot spends her first seven days in a shed far from home during her monthly periods. She does not find it comfortable to live in isolation but cannot dare to violate the... Travel 23 Apr, 2018
Badimalika Municipality to deny services to people neglecting elderly parents BAJURA: In a bid to enforce old-age security, Badimalika Municipality in Bajura has come up with a noble idea. As per the new plan, the Municipality will be denied the administrative facilities including birth, and death registrations to those who... Travel 07 Apr, 2018
Girls skipping school during menstruation Bajura, April 6 Kirtichaur Secondary School in Manakot of Gaumul Rural Municipality-5, Bajura, currently has 250 girl students. But, it has been seen that many of the adolescent girls skip their classes at least for five days in a month during... Travel 07 Apr, 2018
Time is now #PressforProgress Nepal has ingrained traditions and seats of power that are occupied by the same sectors of society. But the shift following the promulgation of the constitution to historic elections is showing that society is rethinking and redefining what it means to... 08 Mar, 2018
Effort for curbing child marriage Participants taking part in one-day interaction programme organised for minimising child marriage and chhaupadi at Deulikot in Bangal Municipality-9, Bajhang district, on Monday, February 26, 2018. Photo: RSS
