Tag Archives: Citizenship

Sapana Pradhan Malla interview by NYT on women and trafficking

Fascinating. From Nepal, a Push to End Human Trafficking Human trafficking is one of the world’s fastest-growing crimes, the United Nations says, with nearly 21 million people falling victim each year. More than half of the victims of forced labor are from the … Continue reading

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Gov still can’t enact Supreme Court’s LGBT citizenship ruling

This is dragging on now. Is it one of the world’s most progressive countries, or is it not. Please someone make their mind up! Hundreds march in Nepal in support of gay rights Gays, lesbians, transgender people and their supporters … Continue reading

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High number of statelessness rumbles on

Seven per cent is a huge number of people remaining stateless, particularly after the previous-previous-previous(?) government’s promise to deal with it. NEPAL: Undocumented residents excluded from state services KATHMANDU, 17 May 2012 (IRIN) – Some 7 percent of Nepal’s almost … Continue reading

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Update on third gender attempts to gain citizenship

There’s a long way to go: Dividing by Three: Nepal Recognizes a Third Gender Badri Pun slept in a gravel courtyard in rural Nepal for more than a week. After the first two days, he stopped eating. By night, he … Continue reading

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Travels in the third gender

Fascinating: Documents and Disasters: Can Proper ID Save the Lives of Transgender People in Emergencies? Last summer when Bhumika Shrestha travelled to New York City to represent Nepal at the United Nations, she encountered some special questions during her layover … Continue reading

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UN: citizenship debate rattles on

Isn’t it surprising that those Pahadi Bahun men living in their civil service/political party palaces still hold on to their sexist racist principles of “Nepaliness” in the 21st century? Not really, I hear you say. Millions of Nepal’s children risk … Continue reading

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