Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba – Republica – Monday, 13 May 2013 (originally published 09 May) Indira Gandhi, when asked to state her greatest moment in life, reportedly said, “When I became a mother.” Indeed, if one of the most powerful women in world history regarded becoming a mother as the greatest moment in her life, [...]
Allyn Gaestel – Christian Science Monitor – Thursday, 07 March 2013 (originally published 02 Mar) In this tiny riverside town in Nepal’s remote Far West region, a spitfire activist explains his fight against chaupadi, the local custom of isolating women from their families during menstruation. For generations here, menstruating women have slept outside of their homes, in small [...]
Kamala Gautam – UPI.com – Tuesday, 15 January 2013 (originally published 08 Jan) KATHMANDU, Nepal (GPI)–Pratima Pokharel, 65, a resident of a rural district in Nepal’s Eastern region, coughs hard. She married her husband at the age of 15. She was in grade four. A life of hard work followed, she says. Pokharel gave birth [...]
IRIN – Thursday, 02 August 2012 (originally published 01 Aug) KATHMANDU, 1 August 2012 (IRIN) – Most of Nepal’s agriculture is undertaken by women, but research tailored to their needs is lacking. “We need new technologies that can reduce the drudgery for them,” said Devendra Gauchan, agricultural economist and chief of the Socioeconomics and Agri-research [...]
Padanraj Joshi – Himalayan – Thursday, 05 July 2012 (originally published 01 Jul) It was not the fault of Sarmila BK that she became infected with HIV, but because of her HIV positive status she had to leave her home. An inhabitant of Godawari, Kailali, Sarmila was ousted from her home when her husband died [...]
