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Women Empowerment: Emphasis On Policy Implementation A Must, by B. M. Dahal (Rising Nepal, 31/12/2000)

VDC official laments her predicament (Kathmandu Post, 27/12/2000)

Where does the flaw lie? by Mona Shrestha Adhikari (Sunday Post, 24/12/2000)

Legal aid committee to provide free services (RisingNepal, 22/12/2000)

Women In Media (Rising Nepal, 21/12/2000)

Over 80 pc trafficked women never return home (Kathmandu Post, 16/12/2000)

Public hearing on reports about women trafficking (People's Review, 14/12/2000)

Eradicate trafficking (Kathmandu Post, 11/12/2000)

Need To Eliminate Gender Disparity, by Khilendra Basnyat (Rising Nepal, 10/12/2000)

'Big shots' blamed for women trafficking (Kathmandu Post, 10/12/2000)

Women’s Welfare (Rising Nepal, 09/12/2000)

Increasing Incidents Of Girl Trafficking: Some Ways Of Control, by B. M. Dahal (Rising Nepal, 07/12/2000)

Increasing number of women seeking divorce in Rukum, by Rudra Bahadur Khadka (Kathmandu Post, 07/12/2000)

Women activists call for awareness (Kathmandu Post, 05/12/2000)

Looking Beyond Empowerment: Women In Development, by Prakash Dahal (Rising Nepal, 04/12/2000)

Stress on women’s progress (Kathmandu Post, 30/11/2000)
Letter by Jim Shearer

Get down to the basics first, by M R Josse (Kathmandu Post, 29/11/2000)

Ensure women’s rights (Kathmandu Post, 28/11/2000)

Human Development in South Asia: A Tale Of Sheer Deprivation, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 24/11/2000)

I was happier being a tempo driver (People's Review, 23/11/2000)
Interview with Laxmi Sharma

Women in governance lowest in South Asia (People's Review, 23/11/2000)

Gender discrimination (Kathmandu Post, 23/11/2000)

Women activists demand equal right in governance (Telegraph, 22/11/2000)

SA women remain invisible in economic scene says Mrs. Haq (Telegraph, 22/11/2000)

The Gender Question (Rising Nepal, 22/11/2000)

Women participation lowest in S Asia (Kathmandu Post, 21/11/2000)
see also Bleak picture of women in S. Asia: HDR (Rising Nepal, 21/11/2000)

Preventing Girls Trafficking: Extensive Approach Needed, by Indira Rana (Rising Nepal, 20/11/2000)

Media has lead role in ensuring gender equality (Rising Nepal, 20/11/2000)

Women lack control over resources (Kathmandu Post, 20/11/2000)

S Asian women worse off than in sub-Sahara (Kathmandu Post, 20/11/2000)

Menstruation & our bizzare traditions, by Rekha Shrestha (Sunday Post, 19/11/2000)

Not just five letter word, by Tripti Tandon (Kathmandu Post, 19/11/2000)

HD South Asia 2000 to be launched next week (Telegraph, 15/11/2000)

Novel on women’s problems released (Rising Nepal, 14/11/2000)

Long cherished dream of Nepalese women may come true soon, by Binaj Gurubacharya and Smriti Dhungel (Kathmandu Post, 13/11/2000)

Discrimination, Unintended (Rising Nepal, 12/11/2000)

Legal System: The Discrimination Continues (Spotlight, 10/11/2000)

Man who sold 300 girls arrested (Kathmandu Post, 08/11/2000)

118 clauses in laws unfair to women, says report (Kathmandu Post, 07/11/2000)

Sukmaya's burden, by Gopal Khanal (Sunday Post, 05/11/2000)

Why not Bahini-tika?, by Razen Manandhar (Sunday Post, 05/11/2000)

1,949 women in Kailali's income generating scheme (Rising Nepal, 04/11/2000)

Human Trafficking: Alarming Signs, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 03/11/2000)

Kathmandu Declaration on Women workers in the informal sector (Telegraph, 01/11/2000)

Human Trafficking (Rising Nepal, 24/10/2000)

Unsung Heroines (Rising Nepal, 23/10/2000)

Activists urge South Asia to recognize home workers (Kathmandu Post, 19/10/2000)

Benefit of doubt goes to husband... (Kathmandu Post, 18/10/2000)

Resilient women, by Tilak Pokharel (Sunday Post, 15/10/2000)

A battle of our own, by Smriti Dhungel (Kathmandu Post, 05/10/2000)

Empowering Women: Some Obstacles, by Uttam Maharjan (Rising Nepal, 02/10/2000)

Land linked with women's empowerment (Rising Nepal, 30/09/2000)

Why Such Disparity? by Binita Joshi (Rising Nepal, 26/09/2000)

Free-dom, by Binita Joshi (Kathmandu Post, 23/09/2000)

Sold girls tell their plight (Rising Nepal, 22/09/2000)

The hands that steer the wheel, by Sareeka Yongpang Rai (Sunday Post, 17/09/2000)

Study on Women: Controversial Revelation, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 15/09/2000)

Pro-Women Scheme (Rising Nepal, 13/09/2000)

Women empowerment for equity, says Paudel (Rising Nepal, 12/09/2000)

Women’s GDP contribution undervalued (Kathmandu Post, 08/09/2000)

Women suicide cases up (Kathmandu Post, 30/08/2000)

Out of jail and wants to live in jail again... (Kathmandu Post, 29/08/2000)

Sexual Harassment: Breaking the Taboo (Business Age, August 2000)

Stop trafficking (Kathmandu Post, 26/08/2000)
Letter by Bichar Nepali

Socio-cultural aspect of gender equity-1, by Krishna B. Bhattachan (People's Review, 24/08/2000)
part 2 (31/08/2000)

UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: Nepal: 5000 women are trafficked each year across the intl.border, by Soorya Lal Amatya (Telegraph, 23/08/2000)

Women activists appeal for equal rights (People's Review, 17 August 2000)

Women suffering from violence (Independent, 16/08/2000)

Have Loan, Will Do (Rising Nepal, 16/08/2000)

Women should be economically independent (Rising Nepal, 15/08/2000)

Girl Traffickers Take Business Elsewhere, by B. M. Dahal (Sunday Despatch, 13/08/2000)

Govt's steps on women rights under fire (Kathmandu Post, 12/08/2000)

INC for women: A much awaited gesture, by Suprabha Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2000)

Fight Against Rape, by Mohan K.C. (Rising Nepal, 09/08/2000)

Women & Parental Property Rights, by Binita Joshi (Rising Nepal, 07/08/2000)

It is her right to breast feed, by Kanchan V Lama (Kathmandu Post, 06/08/2000)

Difference between men and women, by Anil Pandey (People's Review, 03/08/2000)
part 2 (10/08/2000)

We make voices of the women heard (Independent, 02/08/2000)
Interview with Anjana Shakya, chairperson of HIMRIGHTS (Himalayan Human Rights Monitors), INHURED INTERNATIONAL (International Institute for Human Rights, Environment and Development), Director of Women’s Rights and Development, and coordinator of Beyond Beijing Committee

For equal opportunity to women (Independent, 02/08/2000)

Bill billed as seeking equal right to women (Rising Nepal, 31/07/2000)

Property Inheritance (Rising Nepal, 28/07/2000)

Let parent's will prevail on poperty inheritance: PM (Rising Nepal, 27/07/2000)

Escape from hell, by Sushma Amatya (Independent, 26/07/2000)

Women MPs threaten to disrupt House business (Kathmandu Post, 26/08/2000)

Dissemination Of Effective Information: To Prevent Girl Trafficking, by Prakash Khanal (Rising Nepal, 23/07/2000)

Factors affecting women's health, by Ritu Prasad Gartoulla (People's Review, 20/07/2000)

10,000 girls trafficked annually (Kathmandu Post, 19/07/2000)

Focus On Adolescent Brides, by Bidhan Acharya (Rising Nepal, 17/07/2000)

No to sexual harassment at workplace, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Sunday Post, 16/07/2000)

Nutrition and teenage pregnancy, by Uma Koirala (Kathmandu Post, 16/07/2000)

Our Complaint Is That Courts Are Giving Minimum Sentences To Culprits (Spotlight, 14/07/2000)
Interview with Anuradha Koirala, president of Maiti Nepal

Girl trafficking: Guard Against Flesh Trade, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 14/07/2000)

Women's situation and maternal health: Cultural perspective, by Ritu Prasad Gartoulla (People's Review, 13/07/2000)

Usha Khadgi takes away the glittering crown, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 13/07/2000)

Violence Against Women, by Mohan K.C. (Rising Nepal, 27/06/2000)

Nuwakot Hills Now Awareness Torments Women, by Prakash Dahal (Rising Nepal, 26/06/2000)

Sexual Assault: Women Are The Victims, by Bindu Jha (Rising Nepal, 18/06/2000)

Women At Work, by Uday Lama (Rising Nepal, 17/06/2000)

Equal Property Rights: Women Stand To Benefit, by Ram Kumar Kamat (Rising Nepal, 17/06/2000)

Brokers should get life sentence and all their properties seized (People's Review, 15/06/2000)
Interview with Anuradha Koirala, director of Maiti Nepal

Gender equality and its efforts, by Om Bhakta Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 13/06/2000)

Challenging Dowry System: Joint Efforts A Must, by Bindu Jha (Rising Nepal, 09/06/2000)

Relentless fight against prostitution (Rising Nepal, 08/06/2000)

Socio-Cultural aspect of gender equity/equality and democracy in Nepal, by Krishna B. Bhattachan (Telegraph, 07/06/2000)

Women adulterationing and their effect, by Ritu Prasad Gartoulla (People's Review, 01/06/2000)

Initiatives on women inadequate (Kathmandu Post, 29/05/2000)

Women Rights Bill Will Be Passed (Sunday Despatch, 28/05/2000)

Women rights activists call for implementation of Beijing recommendations (People's Review, 18/05/2000)

Strengthening Democracy Through Women's Political Participation: Nepal, by Julio A. Andrews (Telegraph, 17/05/2000)

Women Women All The Way, by Binita Joshi (Rising Nepal, 09/05/2000)

Women’s Rights (Rising Nepal, 07/05/2000)

Nepalese women in business, by H D Poudel (Sunday Post, 30/04/2000)

Sex on the menu?, by Naresh Newar (Sunday Post, 30/04/2000)

Woman tortured for practising ‘witchcraft’ (Kathmandu Post, 29/04/2000)

Bridge gender gap (Kathmandu Post, 25/04/2000)

Rescued girls shunned by families (Kathmandu Post, 21/04/2000)

All accidents do not occur due to pilot error (People's Review, 20/04/2000)
Interview with Niru Shrestha, female pilot of Buddha Air

The empowerment process and women, by Prativa Subedi (Kathmandu Post, 20/04/2000)

Free girls from our mental jails first, by Sushma Amatya (Independent, 19/04/2000)

In search of self womanhood, by Aruna Uprety (Kathmandu Post, 18/04/2000)

Status of girls’ rights dismal in S Asia (Kathmandu Post, 17/04/2000)

Health Status Of Women In Nepal, by Ritu Prasad Gartoulla (People's Review, 13/04/2000)
part 2 (20/04/2000), part 3 (27/04/2000), part 4 (04/05/2000)

Jeena, first woman pilot from Limbu community (Rising Nepal, 06/04/2000)

Empowering women difficult task (Rising Nepal, 03/04/2000)

Chameli shows how girls end up in brothels, by Subina Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 02/04/2000)

Gender discrimination in Nepal, by Kamala Neupaney (Kathmandu Post, 01/04/2000)

Women Empowerment Give More Political Role, by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 28/03/2000)

Equal Rights (Rising Nepal, 28/03/2000)

NC supporting bill on women’s rights (Kathmandu Post, 27/03/2000)

Equal rights, opportunities for women emphasized (Rising Nepal, 26/03/2000)

Women’s rights draws different views (Kathmandu Post, 26/03/2000)

Prostitution receiving a boost, by Paru Ojha (People's Review, 23/03/2000)

Achievements of the Beijing conference, by Babita Basnet (Telegraph, 22/03/2000)

Ban Dowry System (Rising Nepal, 21/03/2000)
letter by Sajan Kumar

Beijing Plus Five Women’s Empowerment Drive, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (Rising Nepal, 19/03/2000)

‘Vulgar’ dances in restaurants prohibited (Kathmandu Post, 17/03/2000)

Empowerment is the key for Asian women (Independent, 15/03/2000)

Gender issues in planning, by Nirmal Pyakuryal (Rising Nepal, 15/03/2000)

A solidarity march, by Smriti Jaiswal (Rising Nepal, 14/03/2000)

Jeremiad of fuelwood selling women of Ilam (Rising Nepal, 13/03/2000)

Women empowerment or reservation?, by Jawahar Manandhar (Sunday Despatch, 12/02/2000)

Women’s struggle for peace, by Jane E. Lynch (Kathmandu Post, 12/03/2000)

Discriminatory laws need to be amended (Rising Nepal, 10/03/2000)

Rights activists call for concrete agenda (Kathmandu Post, 09/03/2000)

Role of women in modern society, by Ananda S Tamrakar (Kathmandu Post, 07/03/2000)

Women are silent victims of outmoded beliefs, by Harihar Singh Rathore (Kathmandu Post, 07/03/2000)

Being a girl, by Himanshu Jaiswal (Kathmandu Post, 06/03/2000)

On the occasion of women's day: women themselves should rise, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Sunday Despatch, 05/03/2000)

Women on their way to social upliftment (Kathmandu Post, 05/03/2000)

Govt asked to be sensitive to women (Rising Nepal, 01/03/2000)

'Women only' ads many, candidates hardly any, by Meena Kaini (Kathmandu Post, 29/02/2000)

Raising her fist, by Sanjaya Serchan (Kathmandu Post, 27/02/2000)
a book review

Status: the second sex, by Prakriti K.C. (Kathmandu Post, 27/02/2000)
a book review

Empowering women: some essential conditions, by Khilendra Basnyat (Rising Nepal, 22/02/2000)

Marriage: a social burden?, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 18/02/2000)
Including interviews with Rishi Keshab Raj Regmi, ‘Dowry Does Not Guarantee Success Of Marriage’, and Surendra Maharjan, ‘I Am Worried About Growing Expenses In Marriage’

Experts at a loss on women trafficking, by Suman Subba (Kathmandu Post, 15/02/2000)

Fight against dowry (Kathmandu Post, 12/02/2000)

Activists flay dowry culture (Kathmandu Post, 11/02/2000)

Over 7700 women in govt. jobs (People's Review, 10/02/2000)

Mrs Nepal: Beauty needs brains too (Independent, 09/02/2000)

Chhori dwells on women’s plight (Kathmandu Post, 08/02/2000)

Torn and ravaged bodies, by Sanchita Regmi Joshi (Sunday Post, 06/01/2000)

Our lost women and girls, by Sushma Amatya (Independent, 2 February 2000)

Three women injured in lathicharge (Kathmandu Post, 1 February 2000)

Women’s participation for sustainable development (Rising Nepal, 30 January 2000)

A disagreement of my kind, by Geetanjali A. Lama (Kathmandu Post, 29 January 2000)

Activists suggestive of legalising flesh trade to give it a human face, by Sanjeev Ghimire (The Kathmandu Post, 28 January 2000)

Patriarchy : Root of gender inequality (The Kathmandu Post, 27 January 2000)

Women seek justice, by Navaraj Pahadi (The Kathmandu Post, 26 January 2000)

VDCs help agents carry girls to brothels (The Kathmandu Post, 23 January 2000)

Women MPs’ task (The Rising Nepal, 20 January 2000)

Short term skill based rainings insufficient (The Rising Nepal, 20 January 2000)

500 Nepali girls in Khalpada brothel (The Rising Nepal, 19 January 2000)

Women MPs need to be empowered: Panta (The Rising Nepal, 19 January 2000)

Woman’s fate under dowry system, by Hari Bansh Jha (The Kathmandu Post, 15 January 2000)

Nepal asks partymen to launch social reform (The Kathmandu Post, 14 January 2000)

Property Rights Bill to be passed in winter session: PM (The Rising Nepal, 11 January 2000)

Tackling girl trafficking, by R.B. Lamichhane (The Kathmandu Post, 8 January 2000)

Makwanpur leads in women trafficking (The Kathmandu Post, 6 January 2000)

Beauty contests here to stay, by Narayan Upadhyay (The Rising Nepal, 30 December 1999)

Awareness programmes vital for women: Panta (The Rising Nepal, 28 Deember 1999)

Employment for women in Nepal, by Om Murty Vaidya (The Kathmandu Post, 24 December 1999)

Legalising prostitution (The People's Review, 23 December 1999)

Father sells daughters (The Kathmandu Post, 23 December 1999)

Women in informal sector, by Urmila Shrestha and Meena Shrestha (The Telegraph, 22 December 1999)

Invisible barriers are set in front of women (The Independent, 22 December 1999)
Interview with Jyoti Bhandari

Eliminate girl trafficking (The Kathmandu Post, 22 December 1999)

Women brace up against abusive husbands, by Rudra Bahadur Khadka (The Kathmandu Post, 22 December 1999)

Women, education & development, by Pushpa Kamal Subedi (The Rising Nepal, 21 December 1999)

Women's representatives discuss their role in unions (The Kathmandu Post, 18 December 1999)

Bhattarai's outdated views of women, by Paramendra Bhagat (The People's Review, 16 December 1999)

Some lesson on property rights, by Vhandrika Khatiwada (The Kathmandu Post, 4 December 1999)

State of the Nepalese women: respondents say no to abortion (The Telegraph, 1 December 1999)