The solution is clear: women must be at the centre of Nepal's economic future. I believe women's empowerment is not just about creating opportunities and closing the gender-based gaps - it's about ...

President Ram Chandra Paudel has lauded the ongoing efforts aimed at enhancing women's participation and empowerment.

He said this in his address to a discussion 'Call of Nepali Women: Campaign for Equality and Empowerment' organized by the NC's Central Women Department at the party's central office at Sanepa ...

Nepali films have in the past often portrayed women in limited, one-dimensional roles: selfless mothers, obedient wives, or victims of abuse. Nepal’s very first feature film, Ama was a pioneering ...

Economic necessity often pushes women into sex work. Advocates are debating the best response: decriminalization or finding ...

It looked like Nepal was way ahead of everyone else in the region and ... visiting grassroots communities to promote women’s empowerment and political participation. Freedom Studio, the campaign’s ...

As a result, statistics reveal that many Nepali women lost their spouses and became widows by the age of 64. The number of people choosing to remain unmarried or getting divorced is increasing.

Health facilities across Nepal are out of stock of Depo-Provera, a birth control shot for women, as the government failed to purchase them on time. The shortage of popular contraceptive injection ...

Nepali parliamentarians are currently discussing ... and politics should be ensured to fulfil the objective of gender equality and women's empowerment," President Paudel said in his message.