Way too young: All girls must enjoy their full childhood In Nepal, girls continue to endure the weight of centuries-old harmful practices and traditions which stem from prevalent discriminatory social norms. Opinion 16 Oct, 2023
Govt seeks progress report on use of grants from NGOs The Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens has directed all non-governmental organisations receiving conditional grant for the fiscal 2022-23 to submit their respective progress reports. Nepal 16 Sep, 2023
MoWCSC to provide grant to local levels ​​​​​​​The Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens has invited proposals from the local levels interested in establishing and operating senior citizens’ meeting centres or daycare centres in the running fiscal. Nepal 13 Sep, 2023
Child marriage: More than a form of violence The 12th of August was the International Youth Day, bringing youth issues to the fore and celebrating the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society. As partners to Nepal, we work closely with youth from all over the country, and we are always energised by their courage, leadership and wisdom. When given opportunities, young people can move mountains! Opinion 28 Aug, 2023
Seven Nepali children rescued from India As many as seven Nepali children, who had gone missing from various districts of the country, have been rescued from different places of India. Nepal 13 Aug, 2023
First conference on women shelters begins ​​​​​​​The first-ever national conference on ‘Women shelters for victims/survivors of gender-based violence in Nepal’ commenced in Kathmandu on Sunday. Kathmandu 26 Jun, 2023
'Coordination must among three tiers of government to alleviate child marriage' All tiers of government must cooperate and coordinate to achieve the government’s goal of eradicating child marriage by 2030. Nepal 30 Mar, 2023
Government proposes to build disability villages A new procedure recently drafted by the federal government proposes to develop and operate disability villages in partnership with the provinces. Nepal 19 Feb, 2023
Minister Uma Regmi pledges to do needful to control GBV Minister of Women, Children, and Senior Citizens Uma Regmi said her ministry was committed to doing everything to control gender-based violence. Nepal 08 Dec, 2022
GBV prevention fund established in only 115 local levels Among the 753 local levels across the country only 115 municipalities have established the gender-based violence prevention fund. Nepal 04 Dec, 2022
Infrastructure to be built for senior citizens The Ministry of Women, Children, and Senior Citizens has started groundwork for establishment and operation of senior citizens’ meeting centres in Sudurpaschim Province in partnership with non-governmental organisations as per the annual programme of fiscal 2022-23. Kathmandu 25 Nov, 2022
No govt initiative to curb statelessness Rights activists have urged the government to ratify two UN conventions, one on Statelessness, 1954, and the UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 1961, to address the issues faced by stateless persons. Nepal 20 Oct, 2022
