Shrestha addresses CEDAW Committee Prakriti Shrestha, an adolescent girl from Nepal, spoke at CEDAW Committee in Geneva today on some of the issues faced by young women and girls in the country. Nepal 05 Feb, 2025
EDITORIAL - Girls' absenteeism More than one in four adolescent girls miss their school during the menstruation period, hampering their educational performance and lowering class attendance. Opinion 23 Jul, 2021
'One in four teen girls miss school during menstruation' More than one out of four adolescent girls miss school during the menstrual period, says a recent study. Nepal 22 Jul, 2021
Lactating mothers, newborns in the far-west forced to stay in cowsheds after childbirth Lactating mothers and newborns are forced to stay in cowsheds for a month after childbirth in areas of Bajura, Humla and Mugu districts. Nepal 09 Feb, 2021
Female hygiene friendly environment being enabled in 40 Bajura schools BAJURA: Forty community schools in Bajura are being enabled with female hygiene friendly environment including the construction of 22 such toilets. The projects will include construction of female friendly toilets, management and distribution of... Travel 06 Jan, 2021
International Commission of Jurists calls for transparency and justice KATHMANDU: International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), an international non-government organisation which works as advocate for justice and human rights, has called upon the Government of Nepal to undertake substantial reforms in order to ensure that... Travel 06 Aug, 2020
28 menstrual huts demolished in single ward of Doti's rural municipality DOTI: Twenty-eight menstrual huts were demolished in a single ward of Badikedar Rural Municipality in Doti district under the campaign to destroy such huts that have been the cause of multiple deaths in far-western Nepal. The 'chhau' huts or sheds... Travel 14 Jan, 2020
Menstruation huts become death traps Bajura, December 3 The prevailing law of the land has made menstruation huts illegal. Chhaupadi huts, in which menstruating women and girls are forced to sleep, however, are becoming death traps in Achham and Bajura districts. As many as 14 women... Travel 04 Dec, 2019
It's time to reaffirm the Cairo promise for the rights and choices of all: UNFPA chief KATHMANDU: The United Nations Population Fund has long had a significant presence in Nepal, supporting government and civil society to reach zero preventable maternal deaths, zero unmet need for family planning and zero gender-based violence and... Travel 24 Oct, 2019
Plastic-tents replace sheds; Far-west sees continuation of Chhaupadi BAJURA: The death of Amma Bohora of Pandusen, Budhinanda Municipality-9 and her two sons in a chhaugoth (a small shed like structure used by females to take shelter during menstruation) sparked a fire that looked to wipe away the age-old practice of... Travel 26 Jun, 2019
Women ostracised for activism against Chhau Accham, May 30 A local woman Mansara Saud of Ramarosan Rural Municipality in Accham was ostracised after she took up the fight against the practice of chhaupadi. With no one supporting her campaign, Mansara was isolated. She had launched the... Travel 31 May, 2019
UK launches global fund to help end 'period poverty' by 2050 LONDON: Britain launched a global "period poverty" fund and taskforce on Monday to help all women and girls access sanitary products by 2050 and to tackle the stigma around menstruation. It is estimated that half of all women and girls in poor... Women 04 Mar, 2019
