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NEPAL: Peace Talks Postponed but Hopes High
Sunday's postponement of peace talks between Nepal's government and former Maoist rebels does not signal a failure of the process, say civil society leaders.SOUTH ASIA: Meeting MDGs Requires Better Basic Services
Nine years ago Nepal's health ministry set up two health posts in remote Dhugesadh village, where the nearest hospital is a three to four day walk away. Till today, no doctors have arrived to staff them.REFUGEES: Tibetans Survive Border Guards, Reach Nepal Capital
A group of 43 Tibetans shot at by a Chinese border patrol while trying to cross into Nepal, was to arrive in the capital late Monday, according to the United Nations.LABOUR-NEPAL: Garment Industry Unravels Amid Uncertainty
Business and labour are fighting to gain the upper hand during Nepal's political transition, a process that has helped to sideline the unemployed workers and anxious factory owners of the troubled garment industry.RIGHTS-NEPAL: National Commission in ‘Deep Coma’
When government and Maoist leaders sit across from one another, a week from now, they will discuss a handful of deals on various issues that are supposed to culminate in a 'pivotal' meeting. At least two of the agreements specify a role in the peace process for the local United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) - none mention Nepal's own National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).POLITICS-ASIA: Nepal Ripe for Army Coup?
Thailand's coup has hit close to home in Nepal's capital. Here, a hereditary monarch, who like his South-east Asian counterpart claims to be the incarnation of a god, sits in his palace brooding - or Internet gambling, depending on the rumours - after being forced to return power to the people in April, following three weeks of swelling street protests.RIGHTS-NEPAL: Security Forces’ Excesses Still a Concern
As talk of the need for a second people's uprising swirls in the air, the United Nations human rights office here has released a report on excessive force used by security forces during April's uprising, warning that without reforms such acts could be repeated.NEPAL: Peace Won’t Stop Human Trafficking – Official
An end in sight to Nepal's bloody, 10-year internal conflict is not necessarily good news for those fighting the growing problem of trafficking in girls and women.NEPAL: Only Half of Women Know Abortion is Legal
As the 21st century began, more women were dying during childbirth in Nepal than in almost any other country and it was estimated that half of maternal deaths in hospitals were caused by unsafe abortions.ENVIRONMENT-NEPAL: Some Flood Victims Unreachable
Emergency crews piloted five rubber boats across a swollen, racing river in west Nepal on Friday to deliver food and other essential supplies to families trapped by torrential monsoon rains and resultant floods during the past week.NEPAL: A Nod to Indigenous People
Nepal's parliament moved again to right the wrongs of the past Monday, directing the government to ratify an international law on indigenous people.POLITICS: Royal Tussle Over ‘New Nepal’
The committee formed to plot the next steps on the path to a 'new Nepal' handed in its blueprint Friday with most of the important decisions unrealised. The Interim Constitution Drafting Committee recommended that the role of the monarchy be decided in a referendum organised by a constituent assembly, whose shape would be determined in talks between the government and former Maoist rebels.NEPAL: Peace Comes Piecemeal for NGO Workers
A tall lanky youth rounds a bend in a mountain path and sees a group, stripped of their packs, resting in the shade of a tree near a small waterfall. He approaches, says hello and shakes hands with those nearest and then stretches and even clambers up a small incline to clasp hands with everyone, rare behaviour in this remote hill region.NEPAL: Undying Hunger in the Hinterland
Here on the narrow trails carved into the steep, emerald hills that plunge into the winding Karnali River hundreds of metres below, villagers have one thing on their minds: emergency rice.NEPAL: Community Forests Rise Above Obstacles
It's not easy being green, forestry activists in Nepal will tell you.NEPAL: Emergency Food Op Starved for Donors
Scepticism among potential donors could ground a United Nations plan to deliver emergency food aid to villagers in Nepal's drought-hit northwest.NEPAL: King Depressed or Scheming?
Four months ago he was the one figure in Nepal everyone turned to for a solution to political deadlock. Today King Gyanendra is reduced to a shadow, although a persistent one, hovering over a delicate peace process being carried out by the government and Maoist rebels.NEPAL: Citizens Rush to Reform
Most people who rushed to Laxman Prasad Aryal's office before Thursday's deadline had one demand for the constitution drafter: declare Nepal a republic. Members of parliament, on the other hand, were showing no signs they are serious about reform, Aryal told IPS on Thursday.NEPAL: Excluded, Women Seek International Advice
On the evening of Jun 23, lawyer and activist Sapana Pradhan Malla confided to IPS that the deputy prime minister had just told a group of women occupying his office that the committee drafting an interim constitution would be expanded to include two women.RIGHTS-NEPAL: Indigenous People Welcome UN Declaration
Early last century, Parshuram Tamang's ancestors hiked Nepal's jungle trails carrying on their backs disassembled motor cars, the first driven by the elite of this landlocked South Asian nation. Their labour was welcome but their rights few.Today the Tamangs, one of the country's largest indigenous groups, have a poverty rate of 61 percent, double the national average.
RIGHTS-NEPAL: Indigenous People Welcome UN Declaration
Early last century, Parshuram Tamang's ancestors hiked Nepal's jungle trails carrying on their backs disassembled motor cars, the first driven by the elite of this landlocked South Asian nation. Their labour was welcome but their rights few. They weren't allowed to travel outside the country or join the bureaucracy.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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