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Truth and justice, peace and reconciliation, anything?
We shouldn’t be surprised that the truth and justice commission morphed into the peace and reconciliation commission and now will likely be the ignore-and-use-the-donor-cash-to-build-a-new-house commission. Letter Re: Executive Ordinance on Commission of Inquiry on Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Your … Continue reading
Banning women from working in the Gulf: protection or discrimination?
Protecting women or discriminating against women? Who in their right mind would want their friends, daughters, sisters or mothers to work in the Gulf, knowing the high rates of sexual harassment and low labour standards? But isn’t this just another … Continue reading
Women farmers do 6x the work of men
‘[T]he UN Environment Programme noted that women performed six times the agriculture work that men do.’ NEPAL: Tailoring technology for female farmers Most of Nepal’s agriculture is undertaken by women, but research tailored to their needs is lacking. “We need … Continue reading
Traffic accidents up, fastest growing ‘epidemic’
No surprises here: NEPAL: Road traffic accidents on the rise Some 130 major accidents and thousands of minor ones are reported every day in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, says the country’s Traffic Directorate. At this rate, the roads are … Continue reading
Chepang literacy at 23 per cent
Still shocking in 2012: NEPAL: Chepang struggle to educate their children The Chepang, one of Nepal’s most disadvantaged and marginalized indigenous groups, are struggling to educate their children. While many parents are managing to keep them in school, they worry … Continue reading
Ex-minister gets jailed for corruption
One of many: Nepal jails former minister in corruption case Nepal’s highest court on Tuesday jailed a former home minister for corruption in the latest in a series of high profile graft convictions of prominent public figures. The Supreme Court … Continue reading
Janakpur Women’s Development Centre
Not sure this is all it could have been… Letter from Nepal: old love story I was in Janakpur to collect a painting by Gangawati Das, a 45-year-old Maithili woman who works in the Janakpur Women’s Development Centre, an organisation set up in … Continue reading
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
Months after constitution due, still nobody understands ‘federalism’
The good ol’ UN and their timeliness Analysis: Nepalis speak out on federalism The debate on federalism in Nepal, and how to share political power and natural resources, has centred on the issue of recognizing ethnic groups. A constitution still remains … Continue reading
Monsoon law 2: ban western names
Another national outrage as millions call for the government to change St Xavier’s to Sri Shiva’s. Nepal bans schools from using western names Nepal’s government has banned its secondary schools from using western names saying the country’s education system was … Continue reading