Nepal Archives – Page 2 of 3

Film Personalizes Climate ‘Weathering’ on Women

By Danielle Zielinski ● Health & Science ● September 22, 2011

The documentary “Weathering Change,” released today, shows how climate change is disproportionately impacting women. In one Nepali woman’s village, the forest has been depleted and only a quarter of the inhabitants have enough to eat.

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Nepalese Recount Hazards of Foreign Household Work

By Lochana Sharma ● Employment ● September 2, 2011

Nepalese women who have worked in household jobs in Gulf states return with tales of extreme workplace abuse. But many left the country in defiance of a government ban, so they can’t seek official help.

Nepali Female Actors Say Males Paid Much More

By Lochana Sharma ● Employment ● June 10, 2011

Nepali female actors say that despite a constitutional provision that ensures pay equality for men and women, their earnings are often half that of male counterparts. One star has stopped taking parts in movies for which men are paid more.

Nepal’s Badi Say Prostitution Still All There Is

By Nima Kafle ● Crime & Law ● May 29, 2011

Women from the most disadvantaged part of Nepali society say the government raised their hopes four years ago with promises of helping them out of the sex trade. But since then, many have returned to the only livelihood they can find.

Family Planning Hits Culture Gap in Rural Nepal

By Kamala Gautam ● Health & Science ● May 19, 2011

Nepal has halved its fertility rate over 30 years, but rural women are still experiencing many pregnancies and scant help during labor. One woman’s story made it onto a radio station and helped save her life.

Nepal’s Ex-Princesses Have Found Paying Work

By Sudeshna Sarkar ● Arts & Culture ● March 25, 2011

Former princesses in Nepal are adopting new public identities in post-royal life. Among them is author Sheeba Shivangini Shah, whose third book, “Facing My Phantoms,” about the palace massacre, comes out in April.

Trans People in Nepal Live Without Citizenship

By Kalpana Bhusal ● Arts & Culture ● January 29, 2011

Nepal’s Supreme Court ruling deemed homosexual and transgender people equal citizens in Nepal, yet many sexual minorities are still without citizenship certificates, limiting their opportunities. Here’s one woman’s story.

Nepal’s Widows Reject Govt’s Remarriage Proposal

By Danielle Shapiro ● Arts & Culture ● December 25, 2009

Nepali widows and their advocates are pushing back at a government proposal to pay engaged couples for a widow’s remarriage. Not only is the law like a new form of dowry, they say, many widows feel better off staying single and earning their own incomes.

To See Why CEDAW Matters, Look at Nepal

By Jael Silliman ● Commentary ● December 22, 2009

Nepal is seeing a new wave of political turmoil this week, but Jael Silliman says the country also offers a case study of the stabilizing benefits of CEDAW, the U.N. women’s rights treaty that turned 30 this month.

Nepal’s Historic Vote Puts Women in Running

By Por Alison Bowen ● Politics ● April 9, 2008

Inside Nepal’s sealed borders women are running for historic April 10 Constituent Assembly elections. As they take advantage of ambitious gender quotas they are learning how to vote and doing what they can to weather campaign violence.