The proposed close-in-age exemption may protect boys from rape charges over consensual relationships. Critics say it leaves untouched social conditions that make girls vulnerable.
The country's gender budgeting system has become a paper exercise—reporting perfect compliance while failing to track whether programmes actually improve women’s lives.
Nepal's Supreme Court banned egg extraction to stop the exploitation of young donors. The same order has left women like Padma—a cancer survivor whose ovaries were destroyed by…
As the ruling party bets on digital infrastructure to transform the economy, the communities that will host these facilities have no legal standing to object.
The Nagarik App can verify identity in real time, but outdated laws and institutional inertia still force citizens to carry physical documents.
Thousands of women outside Nepal government’s records are confined by restrictive Kafala rules.
Around 150 participants, including women’s organisations and human rights advocates, join a march in Kathmandu calling out prejudices against women.
The Nepali capital’s rapid population growth is straining a rental market that operates with little regulation.
Nepal’s abortion law protects rights on paper, but women still risk arrest and harassment.
The few women politicians who were given tickets to contest direct elections are dealing with scrutiny over their bodies and identities.