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A Psychological Outlook On Domestic Violence On Women, by Niranjan Prasad Upadhyay (Rising Nepal, 22/12/2001)

Success Of Nepali Women Entrepreneurs (Rising Nepal, 18/12/2001)

Women’s commission : Inception and challenges, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (Kathmandu Post, 18/12/2001)

Women farmers and land reform, by Prativa Subedi (Kathmandu Post, 15/12/2001)

Women police have a role to play in curbing flesh trade (Kathmandu Post, 10/12/2001)

Green signal for Women’s Commission (Kathmandu Post, 05/12/2001)

Girl returns home after seven years in brothel (Kathmandu Post, 01/12/2001)

Child prostitution high in Nepal: Survey (Kathmandu Post, 01/12/2001)

Right or left, no woman there, by Pragya Karki (Kathmandu Post, 30/11/2001)

Badi women, the victims of social inequality, by Perina Pathak (Kathmandu Post, 30/11/2001)

Women representation in DDCs sought (Kathmandu Post, 29/11/2001)

Social practices worsen women health (Kathmandu Post, 27/11/2001)

Modernization and gender bias, by Jyotsna Poudyal (Kathmandu Post, 24/11/2001)

Ten women rescued from traffickers (Kathmandu Post, 21/11/2001)

ANWA to strengthen women’s awareness movement (Kathmandu Post, 20/11/2001)

Mother of 17, Sansari looks forward to her 18th baby, by Kulchandra Neupane (Kathmandu Post, 19/11/2001)

Witchcraftm, conflict between , disbelief, by Rudra Sharma (Sunday Post, 18/11/2001)

Women’s property rights bill, by Bacchu Balami (Kathmandu Post, 10/11/2001)

Women in Nepal, by Binita Hada Maskey (Sunday Post, 04/11/2001)

Women from badini tribe abandoning prostitution (Kathmandu Post, 22/10/2001)

Maoist women re-warn to close cabin restaurants, by Seema A. Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 21/10/2001)

Gender Talks, by Madhab Khanal (People's Review, 18/10/2001)

Think thrice while penning stories about victimized girls! (Telegraph, 17/10/2001)

Gender matters, by Manoj M Rijal (Kathmandu Post, 17/10/2001)

Empower Women to Fight Hunger, by Uma Koirala (Rising Nepal, 16/10/2001)

Victim of domestic violence seeks justice (Kathmandu Post, 15/10/2001)

Nepali woman towards Geneva to collect award, by Seema A Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 13/10/2001)

Girl rescued from Calcutta brothel (Kathmandu Post, 11/10/2001)

Now Puran recital by woman (Kathmandu Post, 09/10/2001)

Lack of sponsors, Maoist threat bring Miss Nepal pageant to a halt, by Ranjana Pradhan (Kathmandu Post, 09/10/2001)

Property right: Women’s Bill awaits House debate soon, by Ritu Raj Subedi (Rising Nepal, 08/10/2001)
See also Bill on property right tabled in House (Kathmandu Post, 09/10/2001), House approves property rights Bill amid protests: Bill also legalizes abortion under specific cases, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 10/10/2001), Oppositions criticise govt over property rights Bill (Kathmandu Post, 11/10/2001), Women remain discontent over property Bill (Kathmandu Post, 11/10/2001), Rights To Women (Rising Nepal, 11/10/2001), Property Rights: Gender Gap, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 12/10/2001), Insulting bill, letter by Kanchan V Lama, GTZ/IFSP (Kathmandu Post, 13/10/2001), Upper House rejects property rights Bill (Kathmandu Post, 14/10/2001), Pro-abortion activists hopeful about its legality, by Pramod Poudel (Kathmandu Post, 14/10/2001), Stress on equal property rights to women (Kathmandu Post, 14/10/2001), Stormy passage (Kathmandu Post, 15/10/2001), Give Full Property Rights To Women, letter by Manisha Pokharel (Rising Nepal, 16/10/2001), Endorsement of property rights bill hailed (Kathmandu Post, 22/10/2001), Property bill : For parity or conflict ? by Chiranjibi Kafle (Kathmandu Post, 22/10/2001), As Daughters Win Mother Of All Rights, by Jagadish Pokhrel (Rising Nepal, 22/10/2001), Govt to push Property Rights Bill in Winter Session, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 24/10/2001)

Uma Adhikari elected NWA president (Rising Nepal, 07/10/2001)
See also Meet calls for more women in mainstream (Rising Nepal, 08/10/2001)

Women And Development: Impediments Abound, by Uttam Maharjan (Rising Nepal, 06/10/2001

Stress on women’s uplift (Kathmandu Post, 06/10/2001)

Women set to have parental property rights, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 06/10/2001)

Empower Women (Rising Nepal, 05/10/2001)

Gender and development, by Prativa Subedi (Kathmandu Post, 02/10/2001)

Badi women demand opportunity, justice (Rising Nepal, 29/09/2001)

Old woman killed on charge of witchcraft (Kathmandu Post, 24/09/2001)
See also Another alleged witch in critical condition (Kathmandu Post, 29/09/2001)

Women farmers and land reform, by Prativa Subedi (Kathmandu Post, 25/09/2001)

When early marriage, leads woman to prostitution, by Tashi Dolma Thinley (Kathmandu Post, 25/09/2001)

More than rights, by Shailaja Khadka (Kathmandu Post, 22/09/2001)

Control over girl trafficking ineffective due to legal loopholes, by Rudra Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 20/09/2001)

Women’s Empowerment: Discriminatory Laws Must End, by Prativa Subedi (Rising Nepal, 14/09/2001)

Images Of Female In The Shadow Of Nepalese Society, by Santosh Pandey (Rising Nepal, 13/09/2001)
See also Women's rights and our responsibility, by Navaraj Dhakal People's Review, 13/09/2001)

Women against alcohol and violence, by Prativa Subedi (Kathmandu Post, 13/09/2001)

VDC chairman sent to judicial custody (Kathmandu Post, 13/09/2001)
See also Wizard-hunt, by Pragya Karki (Kathmandu Post, 13/09/2001)

Witch identification commission, by Saurav Kiran Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 11/09/2001)

Pretty maids all in a row, by Smriti Dhungel (Sunday Post, 09/09/2001)

Call to improve dismal female literacy rate, by Ranjana Pradhan (Kathmandu Post, 09/09/2001)

Women head only 9.1% households of Nepal (Rising Nepal, 07/09/2001)

Muslim women donate blood (Kathmandu Post, 07/09/2001)

Property Rights Bill delayed in Parliament, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 07/09/2001)

Draft bill on commission for women discussed (Rising Nepal, 05/09/2001)

Dowry’s ugly head (Sunday Post, 02/09/2001)

Women: Victims Of Violence, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 31/08/2001)
See also Violence against women (Nepali Times, 31/08/2001)

Yug, still the same, by Perina Pathak (Kathmandu Post, 28/08/2001)

Report on sexual violence: ‘Sexual violence against women common in Nepal’ (Rising Nepal, 25/08/2001)
See also Sexual Harassment at the Workplace in Nepal, by Leyla Tegmo-Reddy (Spotlight, 31/08/2001)

Rapporteur on trafficking in women and children (Kathmandu Post, 23/08/2001)

A blatant case of 'gender' discrimination (Telegraph, 22/08/2001)

Status of women under present legal system, by Gyanu Mainali (Kathmandu Post, 22/08/2001)

Dismantling Cabins, by Prakash Dahal (Rising Nepal, 21/08/2001)

Abuse In Workplace (Rising Nepal, 20/08/2001)

Battered wives begin to fight back, by Seema A Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 18/08/2001) (Attention: Bad link setting on website. Please move cursor down to next article)
See also Parbati, another victim of domestic violence, by Pragya Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 18/08/2001) (Attention: Bad link setting on website. Please move cursor down to third next article)

Witch hunt leads to village brawl in Mahottari, by Rabindra Upreti (Kathmandu Post, 15/08/2001)
See also Village brawl over witch hunt shocks Parliament: Speaker orders inquiry (Kathmandu Post, 16/08/2001), Case filed against two over witch hunt, by Kiran Bhandari & Rabindra Upreti (Kathmandu Post, 17/07/2001), Gruesome crime (Kathmandu Post, 18/08/2001), Mahottari witch-hunt brings widespread social ill to the fore, by Seema A Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 19/08/2001), Father beats daughter on witchcraft charge (Kathmandu Post, 19/08/2001), Atrocities against Mahottari women widely condemned (Rising Nepal, 20/08/2001), Khadka presents details about Mahottari incident (Rising Nepal, 21/08/2001), Dual culture, by Prakash Atreya (Kathmandu Post, 23/08/2001), 5 held for beating woman on charges of being witch (Kathmandu Post, 21/09/2001)

Sumitra set to become first woman trolley bus driver, by Pragya Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 13/08/2001)
See also editorial Great example (Kathmandu Post, 14/08/2001)

Banke women’s group repay high loan (Kathmandu Post, 05/08/2001)

Checking Girl Trafficking: Strong Legal Provision And Awareness Needed, by Uttam Maharjan (Rising Nepal, 04/08/2001)

Pain and pleasure of working women, by Laxmi Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 03/08/2001)

Hindu groups warn against rights to parental property (Kathmandu Post, 03/08/2001)
See also Religious leaders flay women’s rights bill (Rising Nepal, 03/08/2001), Equal rights bill flayed (Kathmandu Post, 04/08/2001)

Gender Equality and Democracy: The Economic Aspect, by Meena Acharya (Telegraph, 01/08/2001)

Women’s Groups (Rising Nepal, 30/07/2001)

Equal Property Rights: Help Or Hindrance? by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 27/07/2001)

Empowering Women (Rising Nepal, 22/07/2001)

Women to get parental property even after marriage, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 18/07/2001)
See also editorial Ascertaining rights (Kathmandu Post, 19/07/2001), Nepalese women close to regaining property rights (Rising Nepal, 20/07/2001)

On girls, poor and powerless, by Bidhan Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 15/07/2001)

Improving women’s status, by Hari Khanal (Kathmandu Post, 11/07/2001)

Lawmakers committed to women's property right (Kathmandu Post, 10/07/2001)
See also Poll suggests improvement in property sharing system (Rising Nepal, 10/07/2001)

Women accuse policemen of harassment, by Seema A Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 03/07/2001)

Oppressed, poor women develop skill to be self-reliant (Kathmandu Post, 02/07/2001)

Women’s property rights still gathering dust, by Mona Shrestha Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 27/06/2001)

How are Nepali women doing? (Nepali Times, 22/06/2001)

I/NGOs call for political will to control girl trafficking, by Subas Risal (Kathmandu Post, 17/06/2001)

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Six Nepali girls rescued from bothel in Pune (Rising Nepal, 22/05/2001)

Four women rescued from clutches of traffickers, by Subas Risal (Kathmandu Post, 22/05/2001)

Survey on women’s right to ancestral property (Kathmandu Post, 12/05/2001)

Immigration denies travel for young woman (Kathmandu Post, 12/05/2001)

Nepal to host meet on mountain women (Kathmandu Post, 11/05/2001)

The question of women's property rights, by L.B. Thapa (People's Review, 10/05(2001)

Trafficked women forced to change religion in India, by Subas Risal (Kathmandu Post, 10/05/2001)

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Gender And Democracy. by Keshab Poudel
Book review of Gender and Democracy in Nepal, ed. by Laxmi Keshari Manandhar and Krishna B. Bhattachan, published by Central Department of Home Science-Women’s Studies Program, Padma Kanya Multiple Campus

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Rehabilitation of Girls Rescued from Brothels, by Anjana, Grishma, Sijan and Rakshendra (Wave Magazine, April 2001)
Part 2, Part 3

Destitution behind flesh trade, lament Badi women (Rising Nepal, 29/04/2001)

Narayangadh pushes hard to curb flesh trade, by Krishna Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 28/04/2001)

First woman judge in SC appointed (Rising Nepal, 26/04/2001)

Gender and Democracy in Nepal, by Bindu Pokharel and Mira Mishra (Telegraph, 25/04/2001)

For Nepali Girls, a Way Station to Dignity, by Pamela Constable (Washington Post, 24/04/2001)

Gagangunj sex trade lingers in Nepalgunj, by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 23/04/2001)

Second-Class Citizens (Time Magazine, 22/04/2001)

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Women in Nepal : Improving their lot, by Bachhu Balami (Kathmandu Post, 20/04/2001)

Girl rescued from brothel in Calcutta (Kathmandu Post, 20/04/2001)

Women initiated divorce on the rise in Kathmandu, by Smriti Dhungel (Kathmandu Post, 18/04/2001)

Four Nepali girls rescued (Kathmandu Post, 17/04/2001)

Informal saving and credit system, by Prativa Subedi (Kathmandu Post, 13/04/2001)

Abandoned and betrayed, she has no identity (Kathmandu Post, 13/04/2001)

Patriarchal means poor, Daniel Lak (Nepali Times, 06/04/2001)

The Extent of Trafficking in Nepal (Telegraph, 04/04/2001)

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Love for money, buys daughters’ death, by Prakash Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 31/03/2001)

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Girls recall harrowing life in circus (Kathmandu Post, 28/03/2001)

Measures to raise women’s status, by Shreedhar Gautam (Kathmandu Post, 27/03/2001)

Sex trade on the rise in Chitwan (Kathmandu Post, 27/03/2001)

Bleeding households, by Leela Bhattarai (Sunday Post, 25/03/2001)

Moral, cultural factors hindering the real issues of sex-work, by Tashi Thinley (Kathmandu Post, 25/03/2001)

Rehabilitating The Rescued Girls (Rising Nepal, 24/03/2001)

Divorces: A panacea or a stress for Nepalese women? by Sudha Shrestha (People's Review, 22/03/2001)

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Dom girls marry early to escape poverty, by Shyam Sundar Shashi (Kathmandu Post, 19/03/2001)

Bleeding households, by Leela Bhattarai (Sunday Post, 18/03/2001)

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Let Voiceless Victims Speak, by Prakash Dahal (Rising Nepal, 15/03/2001)

For Gender Equality: Women Must Come Forward, by Mohan K.C. (Rising Nepal, 14/03/2001)

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The Spreading Net, by Smriti Dhungel (Sunday Post, 11/03/2001)

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Women's Rights: Property Versus Stability, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 09/03/2001)
Including interview with Anuradha Koirala

Women pioneers honoured (Rising Nepal, 09/03/2001)

Empower women (Kathmandu Post, 09/03/2001)
See also Initiatives Must Speak (Rising Nepal, 09/03/2001)

Why Fuss About Cabin Restaurants? by Prakash Dahal (Rising Nepal, 08/03/2001)

The Importance Of Women’s Day To End Gender Discrimination, by Prativa Subedi (Rising Nepal, 08/02/2001)

Women's participation poor in civil service (Rising Nepal, 08/03/2001)

Women’s empowerment : Agenda for 21st century, by Rajesh Man KC (Kathmandu Post, 08/03/2001)

Slow pace of Women’s Liberation - Will the tortoise win? by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 08/03/2001)

Govt urged to protect women's rights (Kathmandu Post, 08/03/2001)

Changing face of women: Slow but certain progress, by Smriti Dhungel (Kathmandu Post, 08/03/2001)

Empowering women: myth or reality? by Meena Kaini (Kathmandu Post, 08/03/2001)

Conflicting opinions on women’s right to property, by Rudra Prasad Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 06/03/2001)

Women’s suicide cases on rise (Rising Nepal, 05/03/2001)

Gender Mainstreaming: More Effective Programmes Needed, by Khilendra Basnyat (Rising Nepal, 01/03/2001)

Depressing stories to tell: Women face multiple constraints (Rising Nepal, 01/03/2001)

Woman forced to eat excreta (Kathmandu Post, 25/02/2001)

Drive-through sex, by Hemlata Rai (Nepali Times, 23/02/2001)

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Women taken only as vote bank (Kathmandu Post, 18/02/2001)

What’s rightfully theirs, by Shreejana Basnet Thapa (Sunday Post, 11/02/2001)

Property Rights: Unequal Half, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 09/02/2001)

Training for women trek guides (Rising Nepal, 06/02/2001)

Political Role Of Women: Remove Bottlenecks, by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 06/02/2001)

Interaction programme held on Women’s Property Right Bill (Rising Nepal, 01/02/2001)

Sexual Abuse: A Great Challenge, by Mona Shrestha Adhikari (Rising Nepal, 27/01/2001)

Trafficking In Nepal : Policy Analysis: An Assessment of Laws and Policies for the Prevention and Control of Trafficking, by Jyoti Sanghera and Ratna Kapur (Telegraph, 24/01/2001)

Girl Trafficking : Some Questions, by Bipin Adhikari (Rising Nepal, 22/01/2201)

Women surge ahead in business, by Perina Pathak (Kathmandu Post, 20/01/2001)

Increasing Women’s Role (Rising Nepal, 17/01/2001)

Gender Issue: For Effective Local Governance, by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 16/01/2001)

Women’s New Role (Rising Nepal, 12/01/2001)

Women’s legal assistance panel formed (Rising Nepal, 10/01/2001)

Pant for more women in civil service (Rising Nepal, 10/01/2001)

Towards Gender Equality (Rising Nepal, 08/01/2001)

CJ stresses enlightened judiciary for gender equity (Kathmandu Post, 05/01/2001)

For women’s liberation (Kathmandu Post, 04/01/2001)
Letter by Adil Hussain