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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First they trafficked in misinformation. Now, they’re peddling dubious medicine
Perspectives
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A letter from one of our readers reflects on the need for Nepal’s school children to learn at least two languages – one Nepali and the other freely chosen.
Features
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The official height of Everest was determined through the use of high-tech instruments and with Nepali surveyors making the dangerous climb to the top of the mountain
Features
Longreads
56 min read
Two visits to the United Kingdom in different eras
Opinions
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To prevent students from falling behind during this crisis and beyond, teachers must be provided all the help they need
Features
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Every year, cases of violence against women online are increasing in Nepal, and they have been made worse by ambiguously worded laws and policies and a general lack of public awareness.
Features
COVID19
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The popular tourist destination of Ghandruk was hit hard by the pandemic but locals first turned to farming and then to domestic travelers to survive.
Features
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In Kaski, agriculturalist Kushal Poudel is planting indigenous crops to keep age-old farming techniques alive while also adapting to the changing climate.
