Tag: #sexual abuse
Articles tagged with #sexual abuse
‘Art Lover’ accused of sexual abuse
Former students press legal charges against noted artist to prevent him from abusing other women
Justice eludes many rape survivors
In recent years, rape survivors and victims of sexual abuse in Nepal have increasingly gone public with their experience and many are choosing…
No direction
I try to write it and rewrite it, so that I can tell myself it was not my fault.
Lockdown and the surge in domestic violence
Popular singer and songwriter Samriddhi Rai tweeted this at 4:05 in the morning of Thursday March 26. With the surge in COVID-19 cases around…
Mahara acquitted
Ex-House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara with jubilant supporters on Monday outside the Kathmandu District Court which acquitted him on charges…
Trafficked Nepali woman’s testimony
I used to live with my father and stepmother, and never knew who my real mother was. Since my father was poor, I did not get to go to school. So…
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.
The mental scars of violence
Photos: SEWA BHATTARAIChildren sit in a circle experimenting with different colours on palettes at a shelter in Godavari one morning this week.…
The rise and fall of Comrade Mahara
Wearing a plain white polo shirt and a hint of a smile, former House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara walked out of Norvic Hospital on Tuesday…
Plot thickens in Nepal Speaker rape case
The on-again, off-again saga of the rape allegation against the Speaker of Nepal’s Parliament took on a new twist after the victim lodged a…
Crime and politics
Dharna at Mahendranagar in front of CDO office, Nirmala Panta's step-mother, Laxmi, at center.Six months after the unsolved rape and murder of…
Amrita Acharia in charity drive
Game of Thrones actress Amrita Acharia has joined the online appeal for funds for the charity ChoraChori that has rescued 147 trafficked and…
The violence of violation
Photo: PHOTO KATHMANDU/CHEMI DORJEInside a darkened room at the Chhaya Centre, eight screens switch on simultaneously to depict images of sexual…
Daughter Slaughter
https://youtu.be/7NAkdUC4j7oIt was raining hard that Tuesday night on 11 September in Chandrapur of Rautahat. In the Das family home, teenage…
CORROSIVE CONDUCT
https://youtu.be/7NAkdUC4j7oThere is an argument that there has not been an abrupt rise in the number of rape cases in Nepal, it is just being…
Perpetuating patriarchy in Nepal
TWITTERThere is growing public outrage about the recent rise in reported rape cases across the country. The victims of these appalling crimes…
The roots of rape
Have you raped anyone? If your answer is yes, think: why did you commit a crime deemed to be wrong by society, and illegal by law? Are you a…