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HEALTH-NEPAL: Meeting MDG on HIV/AIDS - A Dream?
By Renu Kshetry
KATHMANDU - Shibu Giri, programme officer at the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nepal, who tested positive in 2000, believed he was fit and fine as his CD-4 count stayed normal.
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CULTURE-NEPAL: Religious Tradition vs Maoist Secularism
By Rita Manchanda
KATHMANDU - Nepalis, religious and tradition-bound as they are, have in recent months worried over the fate of their centuries-old rituals and customs in the newly minted Maoist republic.
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NEPAL: Civil War Victims Await Compensation
By Renu Kshetry
KATHMANDU - Kamala Limbu’s husband, a Maoist activist, was allegedly abducted by security personnel in 2001. She has no clue about his whereabouts, nor can she avail of promised relief for want of proof. "It is discrimination. From where will I get all the facts?" asks Limbu.
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RIGHTS-NEPAL: Return to Peace Threatened by Vigilante Groups
By Renu Kshetry
KATHMANDU - Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s defence in parliament of continued vigilante action by the Young Communist League (YCL), the youth wing of his Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-M), has disappointed rights activists as detrimental for a quick return to the rule of law.
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RIGHTS-NEPAL: Truth, Reconciliation in Limbo
By Mallika Aryal
KATHMANDU - When Nepal's Supreme Court directed the government in June 2007 to form a commission to investigate cases of forced disappearances, during the 1996-2006 civil war, it extended hope to many survivors. More than a year later the idea of a truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) is still in limbo.
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NEPAL: Dependence on Rice Adds to Food Crisis
By Renu Kshetry
KATHMANDU - Every year, around June, people living in the impoverished western half of this mountainous country suffer from food scarcity. This year was no different, except that the problem got aggravated by increasing dependence on rice flown in rather than locally grown food grains.
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RIGHTS-NEPAL: Court Ruling Emboldens Third Gender
By Mallika Aryal
KATHMANDU - Suman Tamang, 26, remembers feeling guilty for wishing he were a man. Tamang, born a woman, wanted to do the heavy work only men do, was friends with more men than women and was attracted to girls. "At that time, I didn’t really understand I was transgender, I was awkward and I knew I was different."
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NEPAL: A Small Victory for Nepali Women
By Mallika Aryal
KATHMANDU - Representatives from the Madhesis, Janajatis, Dalits and other indigenous groups were present when Nepal’s newly elected constituent assembly sat for its very first meeting late last month, and 191 of the 601-member assembly were women.
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NEPAL: Education Far More than ABCs - Experts
By Lynette Lee Corporal
KATHMANDU - Far more than just the learning of ABCs and 123s, education should be playing a transformative role in children’s lives if it is to ensure them a better and more ‘equal’ and gender-responsive future.
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NEPAL: Gender Inequality in Education Has Deep Roots
By Lynette Lee Corporal
KATHMANDU - A shortage of female teachers, lack of proper training, inadequate delivery of services and indifferent attitudes combine to add to gender inequality in education in this small Himalayan nation.
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NEPAL: Living In a Republic
By Mallika Aryal
LELE - A week after Nepal was declared a republic, in the small sleepy town of Lele, some 30 km away from the capital Kathmandu, Dhurba Kumar Sunar, 41, goes about his day like any other.
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RIGHTS-NEPAL: No Reconciliation Without Truth
By Mallika Aryal
DHADING - Five years ago Ruku Acharya’s family was woken up in the middle of the night by Nepal army soldiers. They wrapped her husband Ram Prasad Acharya in a blanket and dragged him out of the house in Naubise, some 40 km from Kathmandu. He has not been seen since.
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NEPAL: Poor Planning Behind Rising Food Prices
By Mallika Aryal
KATHMANDU - As the sole breadwinner in a family of five, Maya Tamang watches her food budget carefully. And she can vouch best for the way many items are steadily disappearing from the table as food prices spiral steadily.
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Nepal marks the end of a 240-year monarchy and the birth of the republic. Deposed King Gyanendra quit the palace on June 11, 2008, leaving the Nepali people with new questions: Will the new leaders deliver on their promises? Will the poor see their lives improve? Will Nepal be a truly independent, sovereign and inclusive democratic republic?.