'Raise voices and ask questions'

Women activists, researchers, medical practitioners, and entrepreneurs today stressed that women should raise their voices and ask questions.

Kathmandu 09 Mar, 2021

Decriminalisation of abortion in Nepal: Tabooed yet crucial debate

The issue of abortion must be treated as a medical procedure, where the well-being of the women is placed at the centre.

Opinion 02 Mar, 2021

Bid to ensure mental well-being of COVID-hit

Youth Thinkers’ Society in collaboration with UN Women has developed a podcast series titled ‘Stress Counselling through Podcast in Response of COVID-19’ in a bid to address the mental well-being of people, especially marginalised communities, women, excluded groups, and youths.

Nepal 26 Feb, 2021

Govt to partner with NGOs to run rehab centres

The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued the ‘Procedure related to Operation of Drug Users’ Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres’.

Kathmandu 19 Feb, 2021

Scholarships: Engine of equity, social mobility

The World Education Forum recently announced, as part of the Davos Agenda, a major new initiative aimed at boosting digital inclusion around the world.

Opinion 08 Feb, 2021

Suicides end 10-year decline in Japan as pandemic stress hits women harder

TOKYO: Suicides increased in Japan during 2020 after a decade of declines, with the number of women committing suicide surging amid the emotional and financial stress caused by the coronavirus pandemic even as fewer men took their own lives. Suicide...

World 22 Jan, 2021

Let’s sanitise our thinking

Girls, raise your voice against any form of abuse’. Every time, I hear this, a question pops in my mind: Will the mentality deeply rooted within us ever let them to do so? Myths and stereotypes that linger in our mind have created an intimidating,...

Opinion 21 Jan, 2021

‘Pandemic hits all sectors, vulnerable groups’

KATHMANDU, JANUARY 5 The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated the vulnerability of least protected groups in society, warns the National Human Rights Commission. According to ‘Human Rights Situation During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Brief Assessment’...

Nepal 06 Jan, 2021

Discrimination against Bajura elderly with leprosy; forced to live in cow-shed

BAJURA: A seventy-year-old elderly with leprosy is facing widespread discrimination and ill-treatment in Himali Rural Municipality-7 of Bajura district. The victim of social stigma against leprosy--which is a contagious infection caused by...

Nepal 05 Jan, 2021

Hundreds of Thai workers found dying in South Korea with numbers rising

BANGKOK/SEOUL: The deaths of hundreds of mainly undocumented Thai migrant workers in South Korea have been uncovered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, prompting the United Nations to call for inquiry into the fate of migrants known as "little...

World 22 Dec, 2020

‘Implement recommendation on LGBTI’

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 19 The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has directed all the local levels to duly implement the 13-point recommendation made by the National Human Rights Commission to ensure that sexual and gender...

Kathmandu 20 Dec, 2020

'A national coordination mechanism at all relevant levels needs to be put in place'

As economies around the world grapple with the devastating fallouts of the novel coronavirus, the migrant population has emerged as one of the worst affected by the pandemic. The deadly disease has not only exacerbated the risks being faced by an...

Business 18 Dec, 2020