Gucci makes abortion rights statement with 2020 Cruise line MILAN: Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele has made a clear abortion rights message in his latest Cruise collection, as the debate over abortion heats up once again in the United States. The collection, shown to a VIP crowd Tuesday... Travel Abroad 30 May, 2019
Ruthless parents Apropos of the news story “Former lawmaker Gayatri Shah, husband arrested” (THT, May 6, Page 1), it is dispiriting to learn that a former lawmaker, Gayatri Shah, and her husband Rajesh Mahato have been arrested on the charge of abandoning a... 07 May, 2019
Fighters for women, LGBT+ rights, climate make most-influential lists NEW YORK: Feminists, fighters for LGBT+ rights and foes of climate change took the public spotlight on Thursday, named to annual lists honouring leadership and influence compiled by US publications Time and Fortune. Named to both lists were... Women 19 Apr, 2019
Reproductive health rights still a far cry: UNFPA Kathmandu, April 15 The global sexual and reproductive health and rights movement that began in the 1960s transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of women, empowering them to take key decisions regarding their own bodies and shaping their... Travel 16 Apr, 2019
We must work harder to secure sexual and reproductive rights for all, says new UNFPA report KATHMANDU: The global reproductive rights movement that began in the 1960s transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of women, but despite the gains made over the past 50 years, we still have a long way to go before rights and choices are... Travel 15 Apr, 2019
Head of UN Women: Technology revolution must benefit women UNITED NATIONS: The head of the UN women's agency is calling for the revolution in technology to be used to benefit the world's poor, and especially women, who will not achieve gender equality without "the giant leap that 21st-century innovations... Women 11 Mar, 2019
IWD 2019: We Speak KATHMANDU: The 109th International Women's Day (IWD) is being marked all over the country today by carrying out various programmes to celebrate women, their roles in and contribution to society. ‘Common Thinking and Equal Treatment for Gender... Travel 08 Mar, 2019
ICPD is more relevant than ever, says UNFPA regional director Bj�rn Andersson KATHMANDU: Björn Andersson, regional director of the United Nations Population Fund for Asia and the Pacific, said there was a need to make sexual and reproductive health and rights a priority in the development agenda in all countries everywhere,... Travel 03 Mar, 2019
Activists seek amendment to penal code, safe motherhood act Kathmandu, March 2 Although the newly enacted Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Rights Act contains many positive provisions, some provisions are however, not as progressive as those of the new penal code. The new act has also failed to... Horoscopes 03 Mar, 2019
She Decides Day: Speaking out for sexual rights When we combine our voices and our strengths, and we stand together, we can help create a world where every girl and woman can decide what to do with her body, with her life and with her future On March 1, representatives from governments, UN... 01 Mar, 2019
EDITORIAL: FDI shortfall It seems the finance minister is obsessed with meeting the revenue target of Rs 940 billion this fiscal rather than addressing the concerns of the business community and creating investment-friendly climate After a stable government came at the centre... 27 Dec, 2018
UNFPA calls for prioritising access to quality reproductive healthcare Kathmandu, October 23 The trend towards smaller families is a reflection of people making reproductive choices to have as few or as many children as they want, when they want. When people lack choice, it can have a long-term impact on fertility... Travel 24 Oct, 2018
