Although Nepal met the objective of increased women´s participation in the ongoing peace building and state res

Nepal recently hosted a "Conference on democracy and inclusive good governance for gender equality and sustainab

If history is anything to go by, women candidates fielded by the three major parties—UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Cong

Women organizations and Inter Party Women Network (IPWN) are going to launch a series of protest programs in the capi

“Following the political change of 2006, concrete steps have been taken to empower women and increase the propo

Awareness of the National Action Plan initiative – on women, peace and security – has been woefully inade

Shanta Chaudhary was eight years old when her parents sold her into effective slavery for $75, sending her to scrub,

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) committee has urged the government

After four years of intense work, the 601-member Constituent Assembly (CA) missed a May 27 deadline to adopt a new co

A report on Wednesday reveals that child marriage has become less prevalent in South Asia over the last two decades,

Three Nepalese officials visited Kalinga to share their country's peace and security situation and its impact on wome

KATHMANDU: Minister of State for Information and Communication Sarita Kumari Saha has said the new constitution shoul

Women are facing disproportionately high risks to their livelihoods and health from climate change, as well as associ

The ten year long armed conflict started by the Communist Party of Nepal -Maoist (CPN Maoist), with the objective of

Women Constituent Assembly (CA) members underlined the need to specify constitutional provision in the new constituti

When Hillary Clinton hugged Charimaya Tamang, the 34-year-old Nepali woman had reason to be proud.

Former Prime Minister and senior leader of CPN-UML Madhav Kumar Nepal has stressed that the new constitution should g

Last week, a group of twenty-five women who were demonstrating for peace and democracy in Baghdad's Tahrir Square

Even with regards to the capabilities of Nepali working women, many of them have apparently found that their capabili

Human trafficking and rehabilitation of the rescued have emerged as major concerns for the state government.

Had help not arrived on time, eight Nepali women would have fallen prey to traffickers, who were plotting to send the

The campaign made them bear the brunt of a government ban on demonstrations around parliament announced on Tuesday, a