PIWDW Newswire: Nepal Arhive April 2007 - Present
HIV/AIDS | Violence Against Women | Poverty | Reproductive Rights | Political Oppression | Community Development
HIV/AIDS
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Violence Against Women
Female Traffic Conductors Face Chaotic Roads, Sexual Harassment
By Anju Gautam While trying to control a tumult of buses, tempos, taxis, motobikes and pedestrians on the unruly streets of Kathmandu, female traffic conductors say sexual harassment and an undermining of authority are also commonplace.
Poverty
Women's Wages Remain Unequal in Labor Sectors
By Tara Bhattarai Despite laws and new provisions in Nepal's interim constitution, women who work as daily wage laborers in the agriculture and construction industries are still paid less than their male coworkers.
Lack of Doctors, Funds Plauge Residents at Old Age Home
By Sunny Shrestha As Kathmandu's only government-funded elderly facility becomes overcrowded, the small staff struggles with lack of funds, doctors, and equipment.
Single Women Behind the Wheel
By Kamala Gautam Single women in Kathmandu are taking to the streets. By driving tempos, three-wheeled public transportation vehicles, women are earning higher wages and reclaiming their independence.
Reproductive Rights
Nepal's Infant and Maternal Mortality Rates Still Worst in South Asia
By Kamala Gautam Women from all over Nepal make the long journey to Prashuti Griha, a maternity home in Kathmandu when they face complications during pregnancy. As new studies reveal that infant and maternal mortality rates in Nepal are still among the highest in the world, a new government program is trying to reverse the trend by paying women to deliver in state approved health posts. But experts say it will take more than the lure of a few hundred rupees to undo the substantial lack of access to health facilities and knowledge about prenatal care that are common here.
Political Oppression
Despite Promises, Government Assistance to Conflict Victims is Minimal
By Anju Gautam With more than 200,000 people still internally displaced in Nepal in the wake of the decade-long civil war, many say the newly formed government has not kept promises made to conflict victims or paid the necessary reparations. At one makeshift camp for the displaced in Kathmandu, hundreds have gathered and are agitating for the new government ministers to make good on their word.
Discrimination, Hardships Plauge Nepali Widows
By Sunny Shrestha Despite a new constitution and assertions from nearly every level of government that discrimination and inequality are things of the past in Nepal, one group of women — widows — finds that government law is often trumped by Hindu law and cultural practices.
Community Development
Strikes in Kathmandu Valley Boost Street Vendor Sales
By Tara Bhattarai The turbulent politics of Nepal can often lead to strikes that paralyze life and business in the Kathmandu Valley. But for illegal street vendors, strikes bring big boosts to daily profits.
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