Tag: #girls
Articles tagged with #girls
Sita
She was more than a child helper turned child bride
Using numbers to fight gender-based violence
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls on 25 November, let us pledge to help end gender-based violence.
Implant service providers take contraception to Nepal's poor
TIMELY ADVICE: After providing implants at a remote health post in Baitadi recently, visiting service providers Madhavi Bhatta and Ashmita…
Ill-fitting in Nepali society
Pic: DIWARKAR CHETTRIBuying a bouquet for a friend’s wedding the other day, I got really involved in the process of choosing the flowers,…
Do not fail students in WASH
Nepal must ensure progress in water, sanitation and health continues, so children stay in school
Sisterhood of students
Nepal has made significant progress in raising primary school enrolment, with more than 95% of boys and girls now attending school from Grades 1…
Private is political
The Vagina Monologues is being performed in Nepal for the fourth time, and this rendition at the Kausi Theater does not adher to Eve Ensler's…
Communicating to remove menstrual taboo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezfdhBKEtsEGrowing up in Chitwan, Radha Paudel’s father used to tell her stories of faraway Jumla: how it took…
Nepal’s superwomen beat superstition
DEFYING TRADITION: This cow shed in Kailali used for menstural banishment. It has now been turned into a store room for rice husk.Media reports…
That time of the month
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIThe practice of chhaupadi in which women in western Nepal are banished to cow sheds during their periods grabs a…