Tag: #violence against women
Articles tagged with #violence against women

Vow against VAW
As Nepal marks 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, Ruby Khan makes an impassioned plea for justice from her sit-in near Singha Darbar.

No direction
I try to write it and rewrite it, so that I can tell myself it was not my fault.

New Nepal lockdown may cancel gains
Photo: UNICEF NEPALJust over a year of living with the pandemic, Nepalis were just starting to get back on their feet, their income and…

Educating your sons will protect your daughters
What we can do to change the way women live in constant fear for their physical safety

‘Boys will be boys’ is never an excuse
Addressing violence against women should start at home

More anti-government rallies in Nepal
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIProtests against the recent government proposal requiring women to have permission from the male members of their families…

The prolonged trauma of acid attack survivors
Sangita Thapa Magar, Jenny Khadka and Muskaan Khatun at a Parliament hearing last week to lobby for stricter punishment for perpetrators of acid…

Alarming rise in violence against women
Rinadevi Mahara from Dhanusha, abandoned at Godavari Modern Hospital in Janakpur for lack of money to pay hospital chargesAjaya Anuragi in Himal…

Sangita Magar: from survivor to champion
… but brave acid survivor now dreads her attacker’s release from prison

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…

Justice for Sale
NAKED TRUTH: Sabitri Subedi (standing with mike) and Diya Bhandari struggle with police during a demonstration last week in Kathmandu against…

Republic of rape
The number of reported rapes in Nepal has shot up by 30% in the past year. It has multiplied four times in ten years. There are at least three…
