Author Archives: NepaliKuire
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
Update on third gender
Another interesting update from Fulbright Scholar Kyle Knight. Nepal’s Third Gender and the Recognition of Gender Identity On Dec. 27, 2007, the Supreme Court of Nepal issued a decision that has been called “arguably the single most comprehensive judgment affirming protections for gender identity … Continue reading
Shock! Mountain people excluded
‘Indigenous mountain people’? Really? Is this a way of saying that Dalits or Chetris are not poor in the mountains? Nepal: Mountain dwellers “neglected” KATHMANDU, 8 May 2012 (IRIN) – The needs of millions of indigenous mountain people across Nepal … Continue reading
First ‘gender inclusive’ bathroom
Nepal continues to lead the world in third gender developments… Nepal Flushes Out Genderism “I feel safe now,” says Om, a 24-year-old who identifies as third-gender, as he walks across Bageshwori Park in Nepalgunj to buy coconut milk. “I used … Continue reading
Nepal receives 89.64 billion in foreign aid ($1.2b)
Phew! Nepal receives Rs 89.64 b foreign aid Nepal has received foreign assistance of approximately Rs 89.64 billion (about USD 1.8 billion) in the Fiscal Year 2010-11. As per the Development Cooperation Report for Fiscal Year 2010-11 prepared by the … Continue reading
Update on Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Excellent update on the progress (of lack of) in the TRC by the Asian Center for Human Rights Justice eludes Nepal On 22 April 2012, groups representing victims of human rights violations both the security forces and the Maoists released … Continue reading
Urmila Chaudary at Oslo Freedom Forum
URMILA CHAUDHARY is a Nepalese women’s rights activist and a former domestic slave under the kamalari system, a form of debt bondage. At the age of six, she was forced to leave her family and was sold into domestic servitude. For 11 … Continue reading
CNN heroes reborn, this time: prisons
CNN heroes is building up again. Remember last year when Demi Moore – of course never a celebrity to promote the sexualisation of women herself – parachuted into a 5* hotel in Nepal for two days to tell the American … Continue reading
Nepal gets a sex shop
They’ve taken the jump from sex-education as science to sex-ed as entertainment. Here’s the new shop on the block’s website. — Nepal’s first sex shop a Sweet Secret Sex toys are still a difficult topic in many South Asian countries. In … Continue reading