PM Dahal reminds of Constitutional provisions for women's rights Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said the State has ensured policy, legal and institutional provisions to promote the rights and interests of women, for their meaningful participations in the State apparatus, for their empowerment and for the attainment of gender equality. Kathmandu 08 Mar, 2024
Home Minister Lamichhane requests Nirmala Kurmi's activists to quit protest Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane today met women activists campaigning for justice for Nirmala Kumri at Maitighar Mandala and requested them in person to quit activism and help the authorities to bring culprits behind bars. Nepal 15 Jan, 2023
Women activists stage protest demanding justice for Nirmala Kurmi in capital Dozens of women rights activists from Nepalgunj are once again in Kathmandu staging protest for the third time in the past two-and-ahalf years to pressure the government to find the people who ‘abducted and murdered’ Nirmala Kurmi, 52, who was last seen in 2012. Kathmandu 09 Jan, 2023
Call to recognise home-based workers Women rights activists have underlined the need to recognise the contribution of homebased women workers to the national economy. Kathmandu 29 Sep, 2022
Bill giving victims more time to report rape passed The House of Representatives on Monday unanimously passed the Bill to Amend Some Acts Against Sexual Violence, extending statute of limitation in rape cases. Nepal 12 Jul, 2022
EDITORIAL - Remove the hurdle Hundreds of girls, women, rights activists and lawyers gathered at the Prime Minister’s residence at Baluwatar on Friday and Maitighar Mandala on Saturday, demanding stern legal action against a perpetrator who allegedly raped a 16-year-old aspiring model minor in abduction-style at a hotel and also filmed a video of the victim in the act some eight years ago. Opinion 23 May, 2022
South Asian Women Conference for global solidarity to end VAW Women rights activists are organising a two-day South Asian regional conference on March 15 and 16 here, aiming to create global solidarity to end all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls. Nepal 15 Mar, 2022
Decriminalise abortion, say women rights activists ​​​​​​​Women’s rights activists have underlined the need to decriminalise abortion. Nepal 10 Mar, 2022
Call to provide reproductive rights services to women ​​​​​​​Women rights activists have said that Nepal needs to invest adequate resources to provide safe abortion services and other reproductive rights services to women. Nepal 07 Mar, 2022
Govt urged to decriminalise abortion Women rights activists have urged the government to decriminalise abortion so as to enable women to enjoy their reproductive health rights, of which abortion is one component. Nepal 30 Dec, 2021
Ill practices, society's attitude root causes for sexual violence Women rights activists have said that harmful practices against women and society’s attitude to view women as objects were at the root of sexual violence against women. Nepal 06 Mar, 2021
Hundreds rally in capital for women's rights Hundreds of women rights activists and their supporters rallied in Kathmandu today to call for an end to violence and discrimination against women. Kathmandu 13 Feb, 2021
