Photo Essays
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Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights
International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated worldwide on March 8.The annual calendar event, according to United Nations, “is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women, who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities”.
This year International Women’s Day is being celebrated with the special 2020 theme, I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights. Like many other countries, Nepal has announced a public holiday and has organized various events to mark the day.
Brickklin worker in outskrits of Kathmandu valley.
Women workers carry sand in a doko- kind of basket made from bamboo at a construction site in Pokhara.
Women walking down trial with their dokos in Pokhara
Children play along with their grand mother at a front yard in Sarangkot, Pokhara.
Features
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Nepali farmers have had to silently bear the brunt of a lopsided approach to Covid-19
Week in Politics
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The week in politics: what happened, why does it matter, what does it mean?
Week in Politics
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The week in politics: what happened, what does it mean, why does it matter?
COVID19
News
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A daily summary of Covid19 related developments that matter
Features
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Where the federal government has failed, local governments have stepped in
COVID19
Features
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No timeline has been made public yet for COVAX’s second shipment of vaccines nor the 4 million doses that Nepal is reportedly purchasing from China.
News
COVID19
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Long lines, crowds, and confusion have characterized the vaccination drive in Biratnagar.
Interviews
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Public health expert Sushil Koirala discusses concerns around Nepal’s plans for mass quarantining migrants
