Author Archives: NepaliKuire
Unrealistic expectations, or is Baburam the solution?
BBC News – PM Bhattarai praised for choosing Nepal-made Mustang New Nepalese PM Baburam Bhattarai has spurned the opportunity to travel in a luxurious car and has instead chosen an unglamorous vehicle assembled in Nepal. Dr Bhattarai, who was sworn … Continue reading
Amnesty video, unsolved forced disappearances
BCN or CHHE?
A friend warned the other day not to be seen as anti-BCN (or is it anti-CHHE?), on risk of losing credibility. The following article from Republica is fairly interesting, although I admit, the half on the US was less compelling … Continue reading
Dalits lobbying UN committee
Lobby brief on Dalit women in Nepal for the examination of Nepal at the 49th CEDAW session, New York, 20 July 2011. FEDO and IDSN lobby document Nepal info from IDSN: The government appears to be striving to erode age-old … Continue reading
IRIN speaks with ostracised women
Nepal’s efforts to help conflict-affected women and girls gain a stronger footing in society may not be enough for the widows, rape victims and former Maoist combatants now tainted by social stigma, activists say. “Because women have held guns and … Continue reading
Human Rights Watch investigates disability
It’s been a long time coming that one of the big human rights INGOs finally looked at the scandal in Nepal that is the treatment of the disabled. It’s good for disability activists and NGOs that Human Rights Watch is raising … Continue reading
Half of Bhutanese refugees resettled
Nearly half of the roughly 108,000 Bhutanese of Nepalese origin who fled to Nepal in the early 1990s have been resettled in third countries, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and the seven camps they were living in are … Continue reading
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
Protecting religious freedom for a new Nepal
The Constituent Assembly (CA) of Nepal, created by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and elected in April 2008, took the fundamental decision to abolish the Hindu monarchy and declare Nepal a secular republic. The CA is currently in the process … Continue reading
Gay pride 2011; Narayanghat?
From http://d.repubblica.it/argomenti/2011/08/16/foto/gay_pride_nepal-463105/1/