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Nepal’s
baby export, by Akash Chhetri (kp nt 21/02/2020)
Unable
to trust adults, rescued children end up back on the
streets: While on the streets, children are often
physically and sexually abused and end up addicted to
drugs, which can cause them to relapse once rescued,
by Elisha Shrestha (kp 04/02/2020)), Mean
streets: Make sure that the children enjoy their
rights in practice (kp 05/02/2020)
Early
marriages common in Rolpa, by Dinesh Subedi (rep
04/02/2020)
More
kids in child care homes: Number of needy children is
on the rise while the number of care homes remains
constant (ht 03/02/2020)
Children
at high risk of sexual exploitation in Nepal: Report
(ht 02/02/2020) [see ECPAT
International report]
Government
drafts action plan to eliminate child labour: Many
children have been found to be employed in informal
sectorsr (ht 01/02/2020)
Underage
mothers regret early marriage, by Mukti Narayan
Neupane (rep 21/01/2020)
In
Salyan, it’s now mandatory for wedding cards to
include age of bride and groom: The move is aimed to
control child marriages in the district, according to
Salyan’s District Police Office, by Biplab
Maharjan (kp 20/01/2020)
Puppy
love marriages destroying young lives (ht
17/01/2020)
Child
marriage, child labour still remain major challenges
in Rolpa: The local level had made efforts from
running awareness campaigns to introducing mid-day
meals in government schools in a bid to ensure child
rights, by Kashiram Dangi (kp 13/01/2010)
Government
rescues hundreds of children every year but does
little for their care: Children are usually put up in
transit homes before they are either handed over to
other shelters or their families, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 12/01/2020)
Children
left behind are the hidden costs of labour migration:
Labour migration leads to transnational families which
are often dysfunctional, causing adverse psychological
impacts on children and adolescents at home, by
Elisha Shrestha (kp 07/01/2020)
Child
marriages continue unabated (ht 04/01/2020)
Child
marriage continues unabated in Dang: Activists
advocating against child marriage say most children
succumb to family pressure and there’s no help
forthcoming from authorities (kp 02/01/2020)
Probe
panel formed to look into activities of children’s
homes (ht 01/01/2020)
A
rural municipality in Salyan launches campaign against
child marriage: The campaign is being launched in view
of the increasing incidents of child marriage across
the district, by Biplav Maharjan (kp 20/12/2019)
‘Big
sisters’ work to rescue Nepali child brides (ht
13/12/2019)
Pact
to enhance quality of services for kids inked (ht
07/12/2019)
Children
feature most in media coverage on human trafficking
(ht 05/12/2019))
Sanibheri
Municipality takes strict measures to curb child
marriage: Underage couples and their guardians will be
barred from receiving government services and
facilities, by Hari Gautam (kp 28/11/2019)
Govt
takes big stride to abolish child labour in local
levels (ht 27/11/2019)
Child
rights march: Partnership for progress, by Janes
Immanuel Ginting and Pratistha Koirala (ht 26/11/2019)
Number
of missing girls two times more than boys: Report
(ht 21/11/2019), Cases
of missing children on the rise in Nepal (rep
21/11/2019)
Nepal
reaffirms commitment to eliminating forced labour,
human trafficking and child labour: Nepal’s objectives
are in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable
Development Goals, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
21/11/2019)
Reimagining
the peace pact: Some aspects of the 2006 Comprehensive
Peace Agreement need to be revived and updated, by
Mohna Ansari (kp 19/11/2019)
Children
at juvenile reform centre living in poor condition:
The facility in Thanabharyang, Hetauda, lacks
teachers, rooms and toilets, among others, by
Pratap Bista (kp 21/11/2019)
Child
marriage cases on the rise but police complaints
scarce, say child activists: According to a recent
survey, 46.9 percent of total marriages in the country
are still child marriages, by Durgalal KC (kp
21/11/2019)
Every
child in Nepal has the right to a happy childhood:
Although Nepal has made strides in the past 30 years
in securing children’s rights, much remains to be done,
by Elke Wisch and Veronica Cody (kp 20/11/2019)
Under
the guise of humanitarian aid, high-profile
paedophiles are abusing Nepali children: Loose laws,
illiteracy and poverty, along with an unsuspicious
welcome of foreigners, have turned Nepal into a haven
for Western paedophiles, by Janakraj Sapkota (kp
16/11/2019), Predators
on the prowl: Child molesters often enter gullible
poor countries as aid workers (kp 18/11/2019)
Children
of daily wage earners face abuse (ht 15/11/2019)
Priests
to check birth registration and citizenship
certificates of brides and grooms prior to solemnising
their weddings: The priests will work with the local
government, police, women’s groups, child clubs and
students to end child marriage in Rukum (West), by
Hari Gautam (kp 10/11/2019)
Aiming
for a better future, by prioritising the young: Nepal
has no idea how to prepare its children for the
future. But it needs to learn before it is too late,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 05/11/2019)
Child
marriage on rise, young mothers regret early marriage,
by Manju Upreti (rep 17/10/2019)
Ignorance
and poverty driving parents in Humla to send their
children to children’s homes in Capital: 40 children
were rescued from several children’s homes in
Kathmandu and handed over to their families in Humla
in the past three months, by Chhapal Lama (kp
03/10/2019)
Authorities
rescue children from different childcare homes in poor
conditions: The majority of the rescued children are
from Karnali zone, by Binod Ghimire (kp
29/09/2019)
Beauty
pageants for children: Exploitation or harmless
entertainment? Such beauty pageants are slowly gaining
momentum in Nepal, but what purpose these events serve
is yet to be decided, by Arjun Bhattarai (kp
26/09/2019)
Child
labour still prevalent in Pokhara: Nearly 400 children
were employed as workers in Pokhara in the last fiscal
year 2018/19, data shows, by Bina Thapa (kp
25/09/2019)
Around
1,600 children deprived of citizenship: Lack of
citizenship certificates has put the lives of many
youths on hold in Nawalparasi (West), by Nabin
Paudel (kp 24/09/2019)
Alternatives
to corporal punishment is even more effective, by
David Kainee (rep 16/09/2019)
Violence
against children on the rise, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht
16/09/2019)
Nine
minors rescued from a children’s home in Bafal, three
arrested: The children were living in dismal
conditions, surviving only on rice and salt,
authorities say, by Shuvam Dhungana and Bhrikuti
Rai (kp 22/08/2019)
Head
of Bal Mandir, nation’s oldest non-profit for
children, arrested on charges of child trafficking:
The director of the organisation has been accused of
abetting a British national in unlawfully procuring a
Nepali child and assisting in obtaining fraudulent
documents to claim the baby, by Tsering D. Gurung
(kp 16/08/2019)
Bill
proposed to end child labour in informal sector
(ht 14/08/2019)
She
eloped when she was 16. Now she’s serving time for
child marriage: The law on child marriage is so vague,
it often ends up criminalising victims rather than
perpetrators, by Tsering D. Gurung (kp 12/08/2019)
Child
marriage still prevalent in areas declared child
friendly in Sudurpaschim: Fourteen girls under the age
of 20 became mothers in the area in the last three
years, health workers say, by Tripti Shahi (kp
31/07/2019)
Incidents
of child marriage on the rise (ht 30/07/2019)
Early
marriage rampant in a village in Mugu, despite being
declared child marriage-free four years ago: Mothers
as young as 16 struggle to build a comfortable life
for themselves and their children, by Raj Bahadur
Shahi (kp 20/07/2019)
Child
marriages resulting in divorces in Rukum, by
Lokendra Khanal (rep 17/07/2019)
Anti-child
marriage campaigners work amid challenges in Banke,
by Rupa Gahatraj (kp 12/07/2019)
Physically
punishing students is ineffective, harmful, and
illegal but teachers continue to do it: Many school
teachers, and even parents, still believe that
physically disciplining students is sometimes
necessary, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/07/2019)
Girl
who escaped child marriage becomes social activist,
by Sujata Lama (kp 04/07/2019)
Child
soldier issue may reach ICC, warn activists (ht
03/07/2019)
Abject
poverty deprives minor of treatment, education in
Bajura (ht 30/06/2019)
Locals
implement innovative idea to campaign against early
marriage: Siraha folk wedding invitation cards that
have the age of both bride and bridegroom, by
Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 25/06/2019)
Mayor
calls off son’s wedding with minor girl after
complaint: Dhanusha police says 16 underage marriages
were stopped in the past 10 months as more people are
reporting child marriage cases, by Shyam Sundar
Shashi (kp 18/06/2019)
Chandrapur
is on its way to become child marriage-free
municipality: Local council aims to eradicate child
marriage from all the wards by 2021, but not
everything is going as planned, by Shiva Puri (kp
10/06/2019)
Nepal
ranks 10th for child marriage among boys (ht
08/06/2019), UN
report ranks Nepal tenth in prevalence of child
marriage among boys: To end child marriage in the
country, stakeholders should focus on ending
child marriage of both sexes, experts say ,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 09/06/2019)
Keeping
up with Asia: Investing in children is the best
investment a country can make, by Ned Olney (kp
06/06/2019)
Human
Capital relates to health and productivity: There are
at least 1 million children under five years in Nepal
who are stunted, by Manav Bhattarai (kp
05/06/2019)
Child
marriages ending up in divorces in Rukum, by
Lokendra Khanal (rep 04/06/2019)
Violence
against children unabated in Province 2, by Suresh
Yadav (rep 04/06/2019)
Nepal
has made progress in child health, but experts say the
country has a lot more to do: The country has
progressed by 142 points in the past two decades and
ranks 133rd out of 176 countries based on indicators
such as infant mortality rate, access to
education, malnutrition, child marriage and child
labour, according to the Global Childhood Report-2019,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 29/05/2019)
Child
marriage still rampant in Bajura: Even people’s
representatives are found to be marrying
off their underage children, by Sangeeta
Timilsena (kp 28/05/2019)
Children
skip classes to sell kafal, by Janak KC (rep
27/05/2019)
Punarbas
Municipality tense after police foil child marriage
(ht 25/05/2019)
Disciplining
the other way: The ban on all forms of corporal
punishment in all settings is a great achievement,
by Umesh Raj Regmi (kp 24/05/2019)
Children
face commercial sexual abuse (ht 24/05/2019)
Spare
all kinds of rods: They are ineffective, by
Dronashish Neupane (ht 21/05/2019)
Local
units determined to end child marriage through
strategic plans, by Bira Gadal (rep 21/05/2019)
In
Tikapur, social media sites being blamed for child
marriages, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 19/05/2019)
122
rescued from illegal child care home (ht
18/05/2019)
Child
marriage in Nepal: eloped at 13, mother by 17, by
Sewa Bhattarai (nt 17/05/2019)
Community
Police Partnership Programme launched in Rautahat: The
drive aims to tackle child marriage and dowry
practices, by Shiva Puri (kp 15/05/2019)
For
or against child marriage? Green flag tells it all in
Baitadi, by Bira Gada (rep 13/05/2019)
Child
marriage rampant in Rolpa but rarely reported to
police, by Dinesh Subedi (rep 12/05/2019)
Ending
child labour: Whose concern is it?, by Pratistha
Koirala (ht 10/05/2019)
14-year
old gives birth to baby boyUnderage parents face hard
time registering marriage, child’ s birth (ht
09/05/2019)
19
minors rescued from ‘illegal’ child care centre,
by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 08/05/2019)
Teenage
girls in Achham launch campaign against child marriage,
by Menuka Dhungana (kp 05/05/2019)
Early
marriage unabated among Chepang girls, by Sarita
Shrestha (rep 13/04/2019)
Child
labour force drives brick kilns in Bhaktapur (ht
03/04/2019)
Rautahat
works to end child marriage, by Shiva Puri (kp
10/03/2019)
31
street children rehabilitated (ht 27/02/2019)
Child
marriage high in Guthichaur, by DB Budha (rep
24/02/2018)
Nahartol
girls vow to check rampant child marriage, by
Pawan Yadav (kp 19/02/2019)
Dangerous
respect: When we instill in children an unquestionable
respect for adults, we render them powerless, by
Raji Manjari (kp 12/02/2019)
Entertainment
industry employing minors (ht 10/02/2019)
Child
marriage still in practice in the Chepang community,
by Pratap Bista (kp 09/02/2019)
27
street children rescued (kp 02/02/2019)
Government
aims to end child marriage (ht 25/01/2019)
Rukum
villages bid farewell to Maghe Sankranti with child
marriage, by Lokendra Khanal (rep 17/01/2019)
Procedure
issued for managing street kids (ht 17/01/2019)
State
2
kicks off ‘Beti Bachau-Beti Padhau’ campaign:
According to the scheme, every newborn girl will be
insured in the Province’s eight districts from Tuesday,
by Shahiman Rai (kp 16/01/2019)
Musahar
girl champions the cause of ending child marriage in
community, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 15/01/2019),
Changing
times (kp 15/01/2019)
Pass
on props, please: Using school children to fill chairs
is completely wrong (kp 07/01/2019)
Unlike
others, Mushahar children inherit debt, by
Upebndra Lamichhane (rep 05/01/2019)
Minors
arrested on charge of child marriage, by Sher
Bahadur Jero (rep 05/01/2019)
Campaign
fails to stop child marriage, by Shamsher Bikram
GC (rep 02/01/2019)
Child
marriage,
once rampant, sees decline in a rural community:
Dipendra, the father of Suraj, says he had received a
bicycle, Rs10,000 in cash, some utensils and clothes
as dowry during the wedding, by Shiva Puri (kp
27/12/2018)
Keep
children
away from politics: We have to let children be
children and let them scale the epitome of infinite,
all-encompassing, and all-embracing venues, by
Babu Ram Neupane (rep 15/12/2018)
Chepang
students go to school barefoot in freezing cold,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 08/12/2018)
Local
unit intercepts children being taken to capital to
work in brick kilns, by Dinesh Subedi (rep
30/11/2018)
Underage
marriage in Karnali puts young mothers at risk, by
Jyoti Katuwal (kp 29/11/2018)
Call
to end child marriage (rep 18/11/2018)
New
Children’s Act draws flak from rights activists
(ht 18/11/2018)
Police
rescue 35 underage girls from two dance bars in Thamel,
by Anup Ojha (kp 15/11/2018)
Child
accompanying mother in jail deprived of education,
by Ganesh BK and Lokendra Khanal (rep 13/11/2018)
Ghorahi
Sub Metropolis launches campaign against child
marriage (kp 08/11/2018)
Nepal,
first S Asian country to criminalise corporal
punishment of children, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
06/11/2018), Sparing
the
rod: Criminalising corporal punishment is a bold step;
however, parents and society also must act to protect
child rights (ht 07/11/2018)
Child
marriage prevalent among Chepangs: Study, by
Pratap Bista (kp 04/11/2018)
876
children went missing in last three months (ht
27/10/2018)
Rescued
street children yearn to reunite with parents (kp
06/10/2018)
Four
children rescued from Jogbani (rep 24/09/2018)
15,875
kids reported missing in nine years: Untraced rate
higher; Girls more vulnerable (ht 23/09/2018), Children
at
risk: Awareness at the grassroots level and strong
vigilance at border points is a must to minimise the
number of children from missing (ht 24/09/2018)
‘Social
awareness key to ending child marriage’ (ht
15/09/2018)
CM
Poudel vows to end practice of child marriage, by
Pratap Bista (kp 13/09/2018)
1,500
children at risk in Jajarkot, by Bhim Bahadur
Singh (kp 05/09/2018)
Can
Nepal
end child marriage by 2030? Both boys and girls are
victims of child marriage, and some are now working to
end the practice, by Namrata Sharma (nt
31/08/2018)
Draft
law aims to protect rights of children (ht
24/08/2018)
Nurturing
rescued children with nature, by Sewa Bhattarai
(nt 17/08/2018)
Children
are starving in Bajhang: Thousands of children at risk
from malnutrition in the remote far-western district,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 13/08/2018)
Child
marriage scrapped after two years, by DB Budha
(rep 11/08/2018)
Govt,
brick kiln owners agree to end child labour (ht
31/07/2018)
Judicial
panel says Ashok must stay with his parents (kp
26/07/2018)
62
percent of toys sold in country are harmful to
children, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/07/2018)
Financial
aid for orphaned children (ht 10/07/2018)
Child
marriages continue unabated (ht 27/06/2018), Campaign
against child marriage (ht 28/06/2018), Child
rights activists prevent early marriage, by
Maheshwar Chamling Rai (rep 30/06/2018)
New
law to ensure social security for needy children
(ht 25/06/2018)
Textbook
shortage
in rural Achham: A teacher says textbook shortage is a
perennial problem that the government has failed to
address, by Menuka Dhungana (kp 25/06/2018) [The continued inaction by the
government is a grave violation of the children's
fundamental rights!!]
End
child marriage: Time to act now, by Lubna Baqi and
Tomoo Hozumi (ht 22/06/2018), Parents
blamed for increasing child marriages in Sindhuli
(ht 22/06/2018)
Malnutrition
rife among children (ht 10/06/2018)
Police
rescue
39 girls from dance bars: Police say the girls were
being forced to engage in illicit activities by their
employers (kp 01/06/2018)
Get
them onboard: Majority of marginalized children and
children with disabilities remain excluded, by
Deepak Raj Sapkota (rep 31/05/2018)
Children
working as bus conductors rescued (ht 29/05/2018)
Child
marriage rampant in Dhankuta (ht 24/05/2018)
Children
launch campaign against child marriage, by Madhav
Aryal (kp 23/05/2018)
Children
sent to orphanage in Rukum living miserable life,
by DB Budha (rep 23/05/2018)
Nine
kids rescued from illegal children’s home (ht
20/05/2018)
More
children calling hotline 1098 for help, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 18/05/2018)
A
national shame: Even as Nepal preps to plunge into the
modern age, evils like child marriage persist, by
Maina Dhital (kp 15/05/2018)
Child
marriage cancelled in Solukhumbu village, by Radha
Dhungana (rep 01/05/2018)
Students
swarm uplands to pick Yarsagumba, by Bishnu
Devkota (rep 01/05/2018)
‘New
toy standard trusts four toxic chemicals’, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 30/04/2018)
SOS
Children's villages to promote youth employment
(ht 29/04/2018)
Bride
and groom arrested in the middle of wedding, by
Ganesh BK (rep 29/04/2018)
‘50
percent children out of school in Province 2’, by
Abadhesh Kumar Jha (kp 19/04/2018)
For
poverty-stricken Rolpa kids work is better than play,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 19/04/2018)
Over
5,000 children out of school in Kapilvastu, by
Manoj Paudel (kp 18/04/2018)
Children
of brick kiln workers deprived of education (ht
15/04/2018)
Children
scavenging on scrap to pay for their education, by
Amar Khadka (rep 15/04/2018)
Drive
against child labour in Morang brick plants: Around
600,000 children work in 1,294 brick plants across the
country (ht 14/04/2018)
Early
marriage leading to rise in teenage pregnancy in
Ramechhap (ht 12/04/2018)
Children
left to fend for themselves break stones, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 21/03/2018)
Young
couple divorced after two days of marriage: Efforts to
curb child marriage becoming effective in Rukum,
by Ganesh BK (rep 17/03/2018)
Domestic
labour issues (ht 15/03/2018)
Schoolchildren
falling prey to online sexual abuse (ht
10/03/2018)
Child
marriage, polygamy taking toll on women’s life, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 05/03/2018)
The
working child: Child labour creates a vicious cycle of
inescapable poverty, by Waro Basnet (ht
04/03/2018)
Women's
group prevents child marriage in Bajura district
(ht 01/03/2018)
Child
marriage taking toll on rural women's life, by
Jagat Khadka (rep 24/02/2018)
Parents
advised to listen to their kid’s problems (ht
18/02/2018)
Child
marriage still rampant although illegal, by Ram
Saran Tamang (rep 17/02/2018)
On
air to deter child marriage: How radio is helping
prevent Nepali girls from being married young, by
Shipra Jha (nt 16/02/2018)
Teenage
pregnancy rife in Makwanpur, by Pratap Bista (kp
15/02/2018)
You
should
wait, baby: Child marriage is a continuing problem
that has been exacerbated by low access to education
and social media usage, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp
09/02/2018)
Transport
sector to be child labour-free (kp 02/02/2018)
25
percent
children malnourished in Banke village: District
Public Health Office says malnourishment is widespread
among children in Holiya Village, by Thakur Singh
Tharu (kp 01/02/2018)
Abuse
of
innocence: Study after study has linked child abuse
with depression, mood disorders, feelings of isolation
and stigma and poor self-esteem among others, by
Supriya Joshi (rep 28/01/2018)
Budget
for children’s welfare inadequate (ht 27/01/2018)
Sorry
tale of young Chepang moms who have babies every year,
by Sarita Shrestha (rep 27/01/2018)
Rehabilitation
of street children in Surkhet district easier said
than done (ht 10/01/2018)
Child
marriage rampant in Bara (ht 09/01/2018)
Early
marriage contributing to school dropout, by Madhav
Aryal (kp 08/01/2018)
Dolakha
children with physical disability in dire need of
helping hand,
by Gokarna Prasad Bhandari (ht
07/01/2018)
Scaling
up
nutrition: All sectors need to jump in to address gaps
that hamper the provision of proper nutrition to
Nepali children, by Jhabindra Bhandari (kp
04/01/2018)
People
practicing child marriage to be ostracized and
penalized, by Jagat Khadka (rep 03/01/2018)
Nepal
yet to ratify third optional protocol to CRC, by
Anita Shrestha (ht 02/01/2018)
Punishable
but pervasive: Incidents of child marriage in Nepal
are widespread yet remain woefully underreported,
by Chun Bahadur Gurung (kp 28/12/2017)
36
pc children below 5 stunted in Nepal; Anemia
prevalence in increasesd 5 percent, by Bishnu
Prasad Aryal (rep 27/12/2017)
Child
marriage rampant in far flung areas of Bajura district
(ht 26/12/2017)
Students
practicing early marriage to be deprived of various
facilities in schools, by Krishna Oli (rep
25/12/2017)
HIV-infected
children in Baitadi deprived of education, health care
(ht 16/12/2017)
Child
marriage blamed for adolescent violence (rep
15/12/2017)
Don’t
forget the children: Leaders have promised magnificent
things, but said little about ending malnutrition,
by PC Wasti (kp 13/12/2017)
Nepal
yet to ratify third optional protocol to CRC (ht
05/12/2017)
Surviving
on the streets, by Anupama Angbo (ht 03/12/2017)
Child
labour rampant in far-west (ht 17/10/2017)
Stolen
baby boy was sold to Siraha woman, by Shyamsundar
Shashi (kp 16/10/2017), Babies
as items to steal for some, throwaway for others,
by Suresh Yadav (rep 16/10/2017)
Civil
Code Bill proposes age limit for adoption (ht
08/10/2017)
Increase
in missing children cases baffles cops (ht
18/09/2017)
Laws
to protect child rights in the offing: Minister Koirala
(ht 15/09/2017)
ECDC
necessary in every locality: Minister Koirala (kp
14/09/2017)
Uncertain
future awaits street kids: Most of them addicted to
drugs, beg to make a living, by Anita Shrestha (ht
14/09/2017)
Children
used in PM’s election assembly: EC (ht 14/09/2017)
CIB
urges caution in wake of paedophile arrests (kp
12/09/2017), Nepal
Police intensifies vigilance against potential
paedophiles (ht 13/09/2017)
Over
2,000 children went missing in 2016/2017, by Pooja
Chauhan (rep 10/09/2017)
SAsia’s
religious leaders to work for children’s rights
(kp 08/09/2017), Regional
platform launched to promote children’s rights (ht
08/09/2017)
Bajura
launches campaign to end child marriage (kp
23/08/2017)
Anti-child
marriage campaign (kp 11/08/2017)
Far
too young: Child brides and grooms convince peers they
are too young to get married, by Sonia Awale (nt
04/08/2017), Not
just
a social problem, but an economic one; Ending child
marriage cannot be done through legislation alone: it
needs to be tackled at many different levels, by
Elizabeth Hanna Satow (nt 04/08/2017)
Underage
pregnancy, abortion in street children a health
concern, by Pooja Chauhan (rep 02/08/2017)
End
child
marriage by 2030: Action plan delay leaves goal in
doubt, by Samipa Khanal (kp 21/07/2017)
Man
arrested
for impregnating his own granddaughter, by Yogesh
Rawal (rep 20/07/2017)
‘Child
domestic
helps vulnerable to exploitation and sexual violence’,
by Prachi Aryal (kp 10/07/2017)
Govt
to
declare 50 local units child-friendly by next fiscal
(kp 09/07/2017)
Kids
face
the brunt of society’s perception towards HIV/AIDS
(ht 09/07/2017)
Number
of
missing children rises after 2015 earthquakes: Study
(ht 09/07/2017)
Taking
the
lead on lead: Nepali children are exposed to
alarmingly high levels of lead, which is slowing their
intellectual development, by Sonia Awale (nt
07/07/2017)
22
per
cent children in brick kilns out of school (ht
06/07/2017)
Number
of
teenage mothers on the rise in Tanahun, says study
(ht 04/07/2017)
Parties
used
853 children during Phase I polls: CCWB (kp
28/06/2017)
212
missing
kids ‘reunited with parents’ (kp 26/06/2017)
Partnership
forged
to fight child marriage (ht 21/06/2017)
Why
child
labour persists: We need to create conditions that
enable families to afford education for their children,
by Ayushma Basnyat (kp 13/06/2017)
Brick
Kilns
still a hub of child labour: Study, by Anita
Shrestha (ht 13/06/2017)
‘Street
children
in poor health’ , by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp
04/06/2017)
Male
victims
of child sexual exploitation overlooked,
by Anita Shrestha (ht
19/05/2017)
Over
50% children without textbooks in Rupandehi, by
Rekha Bhusal (rep 17/05/2017)
Mother
accused of selling three children in Ilam, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 16/05/2017)
Parties
found
using children in campaigns, by Anish Tiwari (kp
12/05/2017), Rights
group
concerned over use of schools, kids (kp
12/05/2017)
568
children
rescued from Valley streets: According to a recent
report, there are over 5,000 street kids all over
Nepal (ht 20/04/2017)
Child
marriages result in disenchanted couples, by Sher
Bahadur KC (rep 19/04/2017)
Kids
sans
birth certificate deprived of education (ht
06/04/2017)
Child
marriage
rife in Haanku: 73 cases recorded in the Jumla village
in the last fiscal year (kp 02/04/2017)
CCWB
reunites
200 street kids with families, by Samipa Khanal
(kp 25/03/2017)
Trapped
in
transition: Economic and political instability in the
Tarai is pushing children south of the border to a
life of abuse, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt
24/03/2017)
Dalit
children crush stones to buy books, by Janak KC
(rep 22/03/2017)
Thought
for
food: Despite dramatic progress in nutrition, half of
Nepal’s child deaths are still due to hunger, by
Marty Logan (nt 17/03/2017), The
face
of hunger: A debt-ridden Dalit couple is on the verge
of losing their daughter to malnutrition, by Om
Astha Rai (nt 17/03/2017)
Minors
injured
in Jajarkot accident seek parents (ht 15/03/2017)
Street
children vulnerable to addiction, by Pooja Chauhan
(rep 14/03/2017)
Boy,
chained up for 17 years, in want of medical attention,
by Surendra Bhandari (rep 14/03/2017)
6-year
old girl roped to wooden bed for two years, by
Shankar Shrestha (kp 13/03/2017)
Child
migration
on the rise (ht 02/03/2017)
No
school after marriage: Need to earn a living forces
the bride and groom out of school, by Narahari
Sapkota (rep 27/02/2017)
Underage
marriage
bid thwarted in Sindhuli (ht 25/02/2017)
Innocent
victims: Kids growing up in jail as parents serve
terms, by Shankar Shrestha (rep 18/02/2017)
‘Laws
needed
to safeguard child rights’ (ht 16/02/2017)
Child-friendly
governance
roll-out plan formulated (ht 12/02/2017)
Child
marriage, teen pregnancies affecting female health,
by Jagat Khadka (rep 11/02/2017)
Teenagers’
club foils child marriage (rep 10/02/2017)
Malnourished
girl
dies for want of treatment, by Khagendra Awasthi
(kp 07/02/2017)
Children
of
Bhaktapur brick kiln workers deprived of education,
by Anita Shrestha (ht 29/01/2017)
Children
at work, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 27/01/2017)
Civil
Code
Bill proposes eligibility requirements for child
adoption (ht 25/01/2017)
Underage
workers
leaving for jobs abroad (ht 21/01/2017)
Cops,
locals
work together to curb child marriage (ht
08/01/2017)
Children
at
risk in brick kilns (ht 01/12/2016)
Disabled
kids
still lack access to education, by Anita Shrestha
(ht 31/12/2016)
Open
pits
at brick kilns posing threats to children: Each brick
factory is found to have dug at least 20 pits up to 20
feet deep to store water for making bricks, but they
are left open putting the children at risk (kp
28/12/2016)
Children
vulnerable as rapes and murders soar, by Jitendra
Kumar Jha (rep 22/12/2016)
Group
of
teenage girls foils underage marriage: According to
the District Women and Children Office, about 52
percent of girls in Bajhang marry before their legal
age (kp 13/12/2016)
UNICEF
calls
for protection of children affected by conflict
(ht 12/12/2016)
Don’t
violate
children’s rights: CCWB (kp 01/12/2016)
Underage
marriage
foiled (kp 01/12/2016)
KMC
preparing to expand anti-child labor drive, by
Gyanu Sapkota (rep 29/11/2016)
Reaching
every
child: Millions of children in South Asia face a
difficult journey through life without school,
nutrition and decent health care, by Douglas J.
Noble (kp 24/11/2016)
One-third
of Nepali children age 5-14 put to work: CBS, by
Gyanu Sapkota (rep 24/11/2016)
Corporal
punishment
rampant in pvt schools (ht 24/11/2016)
Child
marriage
and after: While most boys left the village for work
after marriage, girls stayed back in the village, but
sadly not in schools, by Reena Burathoki (rep
24/11/2016)
Child
marriage
still rampant in Kalikot, by Tularam Pandey (kp
20/11/2016), Child
marriage
rampant in Rukum, shows study (ht 21/11/2016)
More
children
lost, abandoned (ht 17/11/2016)
Stop
child
labour: We can make a difference by refusing to buy
products made using child labour, by David Kainee
(kp 10/11/2016)
‘Child
rights
activists must for inquiry’ (kp 31/10/2016)
Too
young
to marry: If we want to stop child marriage in Nepal,
we have to start talking about sex, by Sarah
Rich-Zendel (kp 28/10/2016)
Vow
to
end child marriage by 2030 (kp 24/10/2016) [Why not immediately? Some girls
not even born now will be married until then!]
The
Red
Glass Dress: Unravelling the social fabric
underpinning child brides, by Rachel McFadden (kp
22/10/2016)
When
children work: When parents have no means to feed
their children they feel forced to send them to work,
by David Kainee (rep 19/10/2016)
Campaign
launched to stop child marriage, by Bira Gadal
(rep 18/10/2016)
Ilam
jailbirds’
kids deprived of education (ht 16/10/2016)
One
million
kids still out of school: Report (ht 07/10/2016)
Girls
make move against child marriage, by Bira Gadal
(rep 03/10/2016), Child
marriages increasing in Bajura, blame on phones,
internet, by Krishna Oli (rep 04/10/2016), Child
marriage
rampant in Bajura (ht 15/10/2016)
More
children being adopted within Nepal than by foreigners,
by Gyanu Sapkota (rep 26/09/2016)
‘Ensure
our
right to education, health’ (kp 15/09/2016)
Children
of inmate mothers deprived of education, by Daman
Rai (rep 13/09/2016)
HRW
blames
government for child marriage menace (kp
09/09/2016) [see report,
[see
also video],
State
should
intervene, says researcher (kp 09/09/2016), ‘Govt
steps not enough to end child marriage in Nepal’
(rep 09/09/2016), No
kidding: According to HRW report, 37 percent Nepali
girls marry before 18, while 10 percent marry before
15, by Ishwar Rauniyar (rep 19/09/2016), Girls no
brides: Around 37 percent Nepali girls are married
before they reach 18 and 10 percent before they reach
15, by David Kainee (rep 22/09/2016)
Use
of child labor high in Udayapur, by Maheshwor
Chamling Rai (rep 02/08/2016)
10-yr
plan
aims to end all forms of child labour: According to
estimates, there are around 1.6 million child
labourers in Nepal and 20 percent of them are in
hazardous work (kp 31/07/2016)
Child
labour:
Learn from others, by Saroj KC (ht 28/07/2016)
NHRC
urges
parties not to use kids in political activities
(ht 23/07/2016)
‘Define
use
of children in war as human rights violation’ (ht
06/07/2016)
Child
marriage still rampant: Report, by Shraddha Amatya
(rep 05/07/2016), A
social scourge: Nepal must make a collective pledge
and a concerted effort to eradicate child marriage
(kp 08/07/2016)
UNICEF:
69m
kids could die from preventable causes by 2030: Only
41pc poorest has access to early childhood education
in Nepal (kp 29/06/2016)
14
children
‘trafficked’ from Dhankuta rescued in Capital, by
Pragati Shahi (kp 25/06/2016)
The
reject
brides of Rupandehi: Young women who fell in the snare
of child marriage are being disowned by their husbands
and in-laws (kp 17/06/2016)
Nepali
kids
not being heard: Global report, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
14/06/2016), Stop
child
labour (ht 14/06/2016)
One
in
20 Kathmandu homes has child domestic help: Study
(kp 13/06/2016)
Number
of
child workers in brick kilns alarming (ht
13/06/2016)
‘Code
of
conduct on anvil to prevent exploitation’: Minister’s
comment follows a report of ECPAT, a global network of
civil society organisations, that suggests a surge in
tourist numbers has adverse effect on children (kp
13/06/2016)
Twice
as
many female child labourers than male, study shows
(ht 11/06/2016)
Child
labour
rife in absence of strict law: There are 1.6 million
child labour in the country out of which around
20 percent are involved in hazardous works, by
Pratichya Dulal (kp 09/06/2016)
Two-year
‘every
last child’ drive gets under way: Campaign aims to reach
the most deprived girls in the four target districts
(kp 05/06/2016)
Leave
no
child behind: We should always ask whether any legal,
policy or program choice will benefit all children
regardless of who they are and where they come from,
by Dilli Guragai (rep 04/06/2016)
188
street
children rescued in a month (kp 02/06/2016)
Study
says
quake-affected children undergoing various problems,
by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 01/06/2016)
3
children’s shelters in Capital shut (kp
25/05/2016), Pity
the
children: Strict regulation of children’s homes and
investigation of ‘voluntourism’ are needed (kp
27/05/2016)
Child
labourers
being used in brick kilns (ht 21/05/2016)
The
girl
story: Maya's story shows how to go beyond describing
the tough reality, to changing it, by
Anne-Brigitte Albrectsen (rep 18/05/2016)
Brick
kilns
pledge to avoid child labour (ht 13/05/2016)
The
fight
to end child marriage: Nepal outlawed child marriage
in 1963 but child marriage is still rampant in various
districts, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 13/05/2016)
Child
marriage,
abortion cases high in Dang: Some women found to have
undergone abortion up to six times in one year before
reaching the age of 20, by Durgalal KC (kp
03/05/2016)
Things
are
changing: The rate of child marriage has dropped, and
the average age for marriage has gone up, by
Anjita Parajuli (kp 20/04/2016)
Girl’s
complaint
stops wedding (ht 15/04/2016)
Child
marriage
cases high in Jumla village, by LP Devkota (kp
13/04/2016)
Many
destitute
children trafficked to India: CIB; Central Child
Welfare Board says 237 children have gone missing in
the wake of last April’s earthquake (kp
12/04/2016), Embassy
writes
to Indian ministry to probe reports (kp
19/04/20167)
Too
young
to marry: Political leaders must move to end child
marriage by considering it a national issue, by
Asmita Verma (kp 10/04/2016), A
many-sided problem (ht 11/04/2016)
No
child’s
play: Strict enforcement of law is necessary but not
sufficient to prevent child trafficking (kp
06/04/2016)
Quake
survivor
children ‘being sold’ in Britain (kp 05/04/2016),
Govt
wakes
up to UK paper claims after three days: The Sun on
Monday reported that child survivors of last year’s
earthquake ‘being sold’ to rich Brit families (kp
07/03/2016)
Deprived
of
a childhood, by Ayushma Basnyat (rep 01/04/2016)
DoE
directs
against use of panchakanya, by Binod Ghimire (kp
27/03/2015)
So
you
want to be a voluntourist? Well-meaning foreigners are
being duped by fake orphanages unknowingly
contributing to a vicious cycle of abuse, by
Michael Nishimura (nt 25/03/2016)
Girl
summit
to focus on child nuptials (kp 21/03/2016), Child
marriage:
Much to do, by Namrata Sharma (ht 22/03/2016), Nepal
in
race
against time to end child marriage (kp
24/03/2016), Shame:
So
many girls getting married before the age of 18 is our
collective failure (kp 25/03/2016)
Let
the
children play: Kids are being made to do hard work
when they should be enjoying their childhood, by
Pratistha Koirala (kp 16/03/2016)
Child
marriage
rampant in Saptari (ht 15/03/2015), Child
marriage
below 18 years stands 83 per cent in Saptari (rep
15/03/2016)
Early
marriage
severely hampering school education, by Narendra
Upadhya (rep 15/03/2016)
Child
workers
flee carpet factory due to poor condition, sexual
harassment (kp 29/02/2016)
Lalitpur
brick
kiln found using child labor, by Deepak Kharel
(rep 29/02/2016)
Child
marriage
still rampant: 50 pc women aged 20-49 years got
married before they were 18 (ht 28/02/2016)
30
pc
children involved in hazardous works: Report (kp
27/02/2016)
Differently-abled
deprived
of access to information (ht 24/02/2016)
Assessment
report
shows child care homes in Lalitpur understaffed
(ht 23/02/2016)
‘Children’s
home
should not aim for profit’ (ht 22/02/2016)
Children
in
Tarai need counseling, say experts (kp 21/02/2016)
Seven-month-old
languishing
in police custody with mother (ht 20/02/2016)
Go
easy,
teachers: Using corporal punishment to maintain order
in the classroom is an obsolete concept, by Durga
Gautam (kp 19/02/2016)
Poverty
forcing
families to put children to work (ht 18/02/2016)
Access
to
justice for children: Nepal ranks 78th in world (ht
16/02/2016)
Child
marriage
continues unabated (ht 14/02/2016)
No
place
to call home, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 12/02/2016)
Young
mother
in prison with two daughters, by Aash Gurung (kp
11/02/2016)
The
kids
aren’t alright: Whenever the family itself is the cause
of the problems the children face, we should step back
and think, by Simone Galimberti (kp 11/02/2016)
Ex-child
labourers
call for society fit for all children: Stakeholders
say making consumers aware against using products made
using children will not help curb the problem in the
country (kp 09/02/2016)
Kids
from
earthquake-hit areas eke out existence at brick kilns,
by Pratichya Dulal (kp 04/02/2016)
DAO
directs
children’s homes to submit monthly report (ht
29/01/2016)
Many
Dolakha
children missing after earthquake: Parents say their
children are attending Buddhist monastic schools
in India, but they do not know where in India exactly,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 27/01/2016)
Unrest
threatens
children’s rights (kp 26/01/2016)
Thami
girls
deprived of education (ht 25/01/2016)
CCWB
preparing
guidelines for ethical reporting (ht 21/01/2016)
Minor
in
jail, mother seeks protection (ht 14/01/2016)
Call
to
revise Children’s Act in line with statute (kp
13/01/2016)
Ensure
child
rights through amendment, say activists: Child rights
expert Milan Dharel says the statute is silent on
political misuse of schools and children, which must
be stopped (kp 11/01/2016)
Central
Child
Welfare Board condemns use of children in protests and
tells parties to respect children’s rights, by
Pratichya Dulal (kp 02/01/2016)
In
the
lurch: Orphans become involved in illegal activities
for their survival as they have no other option,
by Arjun Mani Guragain (rep 02/01/2016)
Taken
hostage:
Unless locals come forth to make politicians
accountable, millions of children will be denied their
right to education, by Bhagirath Yogi and Anamol
Mani Paudel (rep 21/12/2015)
54
couples
leave country with surrogate babies (kp
24/11/2015)
Unrest
poisoning
children's minds, by Mahesh Kumar Das (rep
23/11/2015)
Appeal
to
put children first (kp 20/11/2015), Saving
the
children: As the welfare of kids is linked to their
parents, livelihood programmes for adults could aid
child protection, by Pratistha Koirala (kp
20/11/2015)
Call
for
actions to protect children’s rights to education
(ht 20/11/2015)
9
children rescued from ‘illegal’ child home in Pokhara
(ht 11/11/2015)
Child
rights
violations worry stakeholders (kp
11/11/2015),
NCE-Nepal
calls
for honouring children’s right to education (ht
11/11/2015)
Call
for
respecting, promoting child rights (kp 09/11/2015)
Campaign
to
rehabilitate street children launched in Chitwan,
by Tilak Ram Rimal (ht 09/11/2015)
UNICEF
points
to children’s bleak future (kp 08/11/2015), CWB
appeals
not to use kids in protests (kp
08/11/2015)
32
surrogacy
babies get exit permit in a week, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 07/11/2015)
School
closures:
Unicef concerned over disturbances (kp
30/10/2015), Future
of
over a million Nepali children at risk, says UNICEF
(ht
30/10/2015)
All
play
no work Government should ensure children’s right to
study (kp 29/10/2015)
Nepal
earthquakes
leave bitter legacy as children become quarry for
traffickers (ht 25/10/2015)
UNFPA
stresses
on ensuring girls’ rights (kp 11/10/2015), Power
of
the adolescent girl: Girls’ personal and collective
growth can contribute to solving the emerging
global problems, by Christian Manhart (kp
11/10/2015), Prioritising
investment
in girls a smart choice, says UNFPA (ht
11/10/2015)
CCWB
urges
child protection (ht 06/10/2015)
Court
ban
on surrogacy: Foreigners unable to take surrogate
babies home (ht 01/10/2015), Govt
mulling
exit visas for babies born to surrogates, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 02/10/2015), Surrogate
parents
want babies home, by Pragati Shahi (kp 06/10/2015)
1,472
child
labourers found in Kaski: DCWC (ht 19/09/2015)
Children
look
for their share in constitution: As per government
data, there are 1.62 million child labour in the
country out of which 620,000 are involved in
‘dangerous’ jobs (kp 16/09/2015), Suffer
the
children: Govt needs to monitor the prevalence of
child labour and implement laws (kp 18/09/2015)
Several
kids
at school for deaf in Dolakha have severe ailments,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 15/09/2015)
Don’t
use
children in protests: NHRC (ht 14/09/2015)
Child
labour
goes unchecked, by Pawan Yadav (kp 06/09/2015)
Minors
found
working for Melamchi Water Supply Project, by
Thomas Bogaty (ht 04/09/2015)
Protect
children
during demonstrations: UNICEF (ht 27/08/2014)
Effort
to
curb child marriage fails in Bajura (ht
21/08/2015)
No
children
in demonstrations: NHRC (ht 17/08/2015), Use
of
children in protests slammed (ht 18/08/2015)
No
place
like home: Foster care or adoption is a better
alternative to institutional care for parentless kids,
by Umesh Raj Regmi (kp 09/08/2015)
A
caged childhood, by Nitya Pandey (kp 08/08/2015)
Underage
helpers
in buses hope to become drivers: There are about 400
children working as conductors, more than 7,000 engage
in transport sector, by Thomas Bogaty (ht
01/08/2015)
Patanjali
defies
government order: Brings 27 kids from quake-affected
Sindhupalchok, Gorkha districts to a hostel in Capital,
by Pratichya Dulal (kp 29/07/2015)
Reaching
out
to the unreached in time of disaster (ht
19/07/2015)
Govt
to
rescue,protect,manage street children more effectively
(ht 16/07/2015)
20
kids
rescued from child home in Capital (kp 13/07/2015)
Earthquake-displaced
children
left in lurch: Child Rights Officer Kamal Shrestha
says they are searching for guardians of some children
(kp 06/07/2015)
Post-quake,
child
marriage cases up: There is growing fear that many
might marry off daughters at quite early age (ht
28/06/2015)
31
missing
Gorkha monastery kids found (kp 21/06/2015)
UNICEF
working
to control child trafficking after quake (kp
20/06/2015)
Stark
exploitation
of children continues in carpet factories, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 20/06/2016)
CDOs
directed
to act against child trafficking: Parents asked not to
allow their children to travel with strangers (kp
19/06/2015)
237
kids
missing after Great Quake; Central Child Welfare
Board: 215 children from Gorkha, 22 from Okhaldhunga
are still unaccounted for, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
18/06/2015), Those
involved
in relocating children to face action: Stakeholders
say kids affected by the quakes are vulnerable to
human trafficking (ht 18/06/2015)
Suffer
the
children: Government needs to conduct thorough
background checks on prospective adopters (kp
18/06/2015)
Patanjali
barred
from taking kids to Haridwar (kp 17/06/2015), 25
kids
rescued,handed over to kin (ht 17/06/2015)
Children
vulnerable
in quake aftermath (ht 12/06/2015)
Government
bans
child adoption, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
27/05/2015), Move
afoot
to protect children from traffickers (ht 27/05/2015)
Registration
of
new children’s homes halted, by Thomas Bogaty (ht
23/05/2015)
Spare
the
rod: What children need are repeated reminders and a
lot of love, patience, and guidance, not a slap or a
beating, by George Holden and Umesh Raj Regmi (kp
21/04/2015)
New
Bill
proposes to criminalise use of children in begging
(ht 18/04/2015)
Provisions
for
child adoption proposed (ht 09/04/2015)
Domestic
violence
forcing children onto streets, by Chandni Hamal
(rep 06/04/2015)
Minors
at
work: Eradicating child labour demands serious efforts
to reduce widespread poverty (kp 01/04/2015)
Stop
The Orphanage Business, by Ramesh Danekhu (rn
31/03/2015)
5
children left in lurch as parents languish in jail,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 31/03/2015)
Minors
working
in Valley sweatshops rescued (kp 30/03/2015)
Call
to
arms to fight child slavery (kp 29/03/2015)
16
children
rescued from Capital-based orphanage, by Manish
Gautam (kp 19/03/2015), 16
rescued
from child home, operators at large (ht
19/03/2015)
Police
to
raise awareness against child marriage, by Tularam
Pandey (kp 12/03/2015)
Shocking
revelation (ht 04/03/2015)
Keep
children
safe: The government needs to keep tab on orphanages
and monitor foreign volunteers (kp 03/03/2015)
Young
girls’
lives and future at risk as child marriage persists
(ht 15/02/2015), Musahar
child
marriage a huge health risk, by Santosh Singh (rep
16/02/2015)
Relatives
involved
in forced child labour, trafficking (ht
13/02/2015)
Smugglers
traffick
rural kids to work in brick kilns, by Dilliram
Khatiwada (kp 10/02/2015)
Rescued
kids
handed to parents (ht 06/02/2015)
School
students
launch campaign against child marriage (ht
05/02/2015)
Businesses
fined
over child labour (ht 05/02/2015)
Around
4,000
girls rescued every year (ht 03/02/2015)
Midnight's
children:
Child sex abuse in Nepal (rep 31/01/2015)
Child
trafficking
goes unchecked in central, western Tarai districts
(kp 29/01/2015)
Lekhnath
declared
child labour free zone (ht 27/01/2015)
The
Mentor:
Statistics suggest that there are around 5,000 street
children in Nepal, with almost 800 to 1,000 children
in Kathmandu alone, by Chahana Sigdel (kp
24/01/2015)
Child
marriages
rampant in Pyuthan, by Devendra Barma (ht
24/01/2015)
‘Youths
in
sex for pocket money’ (ht 10/01/2015)
Child
marriage
rife among Chepangs, by Narahari Sapkota (rep
08/01/2015)
Fake
orphanage
biz boom in Nepal; Report: ‘Voluntourists’ major
promoting factor, by Weena Pun (kp 12/12/2014), UNICEF,
NGN
warn against ‘orphanage volunteering’ (ht
12/12/2014)
Campaign
initiated
for child-friendly laws (kp 06/12/2014)
Child
marriages
driven by dowry, old beliefs: Often parents who are
illiterate and unaware about the negative effects of
underage marriage were found marrying off their
children at a young age (kp 02/12/2014), Married
young
Child marriage demands a targeted response from the
government (kp 03/12/2014)
Millions
of
undocumented children to get access to birth
certificates (ht 25/11/2014)
Child
marriages
halted in Pyuthan (ht 24/11/2014), Action
to
be taken against child marriage (ht 25/11/2014)
Opinions
divided
over time limit on parental claim, by Weena Pun
(kp 20/11/2014)
In
Bajura
village, marriages are fixed even before birth (ht
16/11/2014)
Call
for
concerted effort to address problem of urban street
children (kp 15/11/2014)
Joint
campaign
toraise voice against child sexual abuse (ht
15/11/2014)
Status
of
71 Chitwan kids remain unknown: According to police
statistics, 83 girls and 25 boys have been reported
missing since the beginning of the fiscal year 2013/14
in the district, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp
06/11/2014)
Two
children
rescued from India (ht 02/11/2014)
New
Civil
Law Bill proposes will system: Even couples with their
own children can adopt a child (ht 01/11/2014)
Child
marriage
goes unabated in Baitadi, by Khagendra Awasthi (kp
23/10/2014)
Child
marriage
robbing girls of their future (ht 20/10/2014)
Early
marriages
still common in Jajarkot (ht 18/10/2014)
Rescued
boys
handed over to parents: Minors had been forced into
risky jobs in Indian cities, by Prabhat Kumar Jha
(ht 18/10/2014)
Contractors
using
minors as construction workers (ht 16/10/2014)
Call
for
collaborative action to ensure children’s rights,
by Chahana Sigdel (kp 11/10/2014), Drive
to
end child marriage, dowry (kp 11/10/2014), Call
for
concerted efforts to fight child marriage, dowry
(ht 11/10/2914)
Child
porters
trusted more, by Ananda Gautam (kp 09/10/2014)
KMC
to
continue child labour free campaign (ht 01/10/2014)
Minor
girl
left in the lurch, by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp
28/09/2014)
Where
have
all the children gone? (kp 27/09/2014)
Kathmandu
street
kid now an author, activist: Basu Rai was rescued by
CWIN 15 years ago when he was eight (ht 24/09/2014)
Rural
kids
suffer from disorders (kp 23/09/2014)
Not
all
is well with ‘orphanages’, by Chahana Sigdel (kp
16/09/2014), Monitoring
child
home centres our top priority, interview with
Tarak Dhital (kp 16/09/2014)
Child
trafficking:
Nepal’s tragic phenomena, by Pragati Shahi (kp
16/09/2014)
Street
kids
upin Chitwan (ht 16/09/2014)
Government
launches
campaign against corporal punishment, by Chahana
Sigdel (kp 15/09/2014), Leave
the
kids alone: Guardians and teachers should realise they
are raising children, not bullies (kp 16/09/2014),
Living
under
duress: Everyday thousands of school children are
subject to corporal punishment; And most parents
approve of it, by Arjun Poudel (rep)
Hidden
in
plain sight: Violence against children is an
omnipresent problem with long-term negative effects on
society, by Tomoo Hozumi (kp 14/09/2014)
Call
to
end sexual abuse of children (kp 11/09/2014)
Call
for
ending child labour (ht 10/09/2014)
KMC’s
child
protection centres exist only in name (ht
08/09/2014)
Nearly
half
of missing children are never found: NHRC report
(rep 06/09/2014)
Reality
behind
closed doors, by Nitya Pandey (rep 22/08/2014)
Lalitpur
sub-metropolis
to end child labour (kp 14/08/2014)
Kaski
child
homes operating illegally (ht 12/08/2014), Orphanages
in
Kaski run flouting government rules, by
Keshavcharan Lamichhane (rep 13/08/2014), Several
orphanages
operating illegally in Kaski, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp 19/08/2014)
Child
marriage
prevalence high in NepalOne in every three children
are married before they celebrate 15th birthday: UN
(ht 23/07/2014), A
childhood denied: We must all play our parts to end
child marriage, for a better future for boys and girls,
by Gail Marzetti (kp 24/07/2014)
Underage
workers
exploited at hotels in Mahendranagar (kp
17/07/2014)
Wedlocked:
Govt
needs to work on strictly enforcing the legal age at
marriage (kp 11/07/2014)
Children
At
Risk, by Sharad Raj Subedi (rn 04/07/2014)
Bal
Mandir
students protest public exposure of 'sexual abuse'
charges, by Kamal Pariyar (rep 03/07/2014)
Time
for
repair The govt must strictly monitor all children’s
homes and orphanages (kp 02/07/2014)
Child
labour
still a real scourge: Many children deprived of their
right to education, health (ht 12/06/2014), Set
them
free: Putting children in physically and mentally
hazardous situation is the worst form of child labor,
by Alina R. Shrestha (rep 12/06/2014)
Nepal
vows
to eradicate allforms of child labour by ’20 (ht
11/06/2014)
Five
children
rescued (ht 11/06/2014)
Call
to
end child labour at brick kilns (ht 10/06/2014)
Children
languishing
with their mothers in Chitwan prison, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 02/06/2014)
Data
collected
on child conflict victims (ht 30/05/2014)
Children
flee
home to avoid ill-treatment by teachers, by
Sangeet Sangroula (rep 28/05/2014)
NHRC
recommends
action against Dil 'Aama Ghar' Shobha: Rights watchdog
probe finds she used to send children to work as
domestic help (ht 23/05/2014)
Corporal
punishment:
Spare the children, by Shreejesh Gautam (rep
03/05/2014)
Data
on
street kids by mid-June (ht 01/05/2014)
Two
arrested
for child marriage (ht 29/04/2014)
Govt
bid
to eliminate child labour hits snag: Senior officials
found employing kids (ht 28/04/2014)
Harbouring
child
labour: Despite laws prohibiting child labour, most
urban families keep child domestic workers, by
Weena Pun (kp 26/04/2014)
Police
to
curb child marriage, by Tularam Pandey (kp
26/04/2014)
Selling
sympathy: Beware of fake orphanages that exploit
children and fleece bleeding-heart donors, by
Bhrikuti Rai (nt 11/04/2014)
Under
the
chimney Brick factories around the Valley - despite
interventions by government and non-government
organisations - continue to employ underage labourers,
children deprived of basic needs and prospects for a
better future, by Mona Mainali (kp 05/04/2014)
16
child
workers rescued from Bhaktapur hotels (rep
02/04/2014)
362
child
workers repatriated from capital (rep 26/03/2014)
Underage
marriage
rampant in Pyuthan (ht 24/03/2014)
Ordeals
of
children in brick factories (kp 23/03/2014)
Child
marriage
still prevalent in Nepal (kp 13/03/2014)
Children
in
care: Effective children’s homes comply with all
government laws while maintaining transparency and
accountability, by Jennifer Rothchild (kp
12/03/2014)
Orphanage
run
in poor conditions (kp 10/03/2014)
KMC
tries
ward-level approach to child rights, by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 07/03/2014)
Suffer
the
little children: The case of Dil Shova Shrestha sheds
light on the institutional lack of proper child
protection systems, by Suman Khadka (kp
03/03/2014), Unscrupulous
orphanage
operators abusing children, by Arjun Poudel (rep
03/03/2014)
Raids
on
orphanages: At children’s homes, all is not well,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 28/02/2014)
Dilsobha
denies
sexual abuse charge: Admits, however, that she failed
to get permit to shelter children (kp 27/02/2014),
31
children
from ‘Aamako Ghar’ in govt custody (ht
27/02/2014), 34
children,
woman rescued from Aama Ghar: Dil Shova refutes
allegations of flesh trade (rep 27/02/2014), Judge
not:
An objective, thorough investigation into the Dil
Shova case is required (kp 28/02/2014), At
the
mercy of mercenaries: Protecting and rehabilitating
the most vulnerable segments of society were never
priorities for any of the past governments, by
Trishna Rana (nt 28/02/2014), Painful
case:
Dil Shova thinks the world is as simple as her;
Resident mothers are all praise for her, by Anjali
Subedi (rep 01/03/2014), Panel
to
probe into Aama Ghar controversy (ht 06/03/2014)
Child
labor
on rise in Chitwan, by Chandani Hamal (rep
25/02/2014)
Chepangs
get
jail terms for child marriage, by Sudip Kaini (kp
19/02/2014)
Abandoned
children
make Gorkha streets their home, by Narhari Sapkota
(rep 18/02/2014)
Children
of
women migrants suffer: Are stuck in destination
countries due to lack of travel documents (ht
17/02/2014)
7
children missing from Lalitpur orphanage, CIB detains
operator, by Anajali Subedi (rep 15/02/2014), CIB
nabs
shelter operator, rescues three children (ht
16/02/2014), The
dark
side: Orphanages in Nepal (rep 16/02/2014), Child
rights
violation on rise in lack of effective monitoring,
by Anjali Subedi (rep 19/02/2014), (Un)happy
homes;
Yet another case of child abuse at Kathmandu's
orphanage, by Sunir Pandey (nt 21/02/2014)
Hotel
owner
held for employing minor children released (ht
13/02/2014)
Child
trafficking
rampant (ht 12/02/2014)
Child
marriage
going on unabated in Bajura villages (ht
09/02/2014)
Child
custody
battle lands in apex court: Bench wants minor to be
produced before it during next hearing (ht
07/02/2014)
Samata
to
run school for inmates’ children in Birgunj jail,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 05/02/2014)
‘Nepal’s
child
development gains unevenly distributed’ (kp
01/02/2014), Focus
more
on child rights: UNICEF; Deaths of kids below five in
Nepal down significantly: Study (ht 01/02/2014)
Young
volunteers
trying to make difference in lives of Nepali street
children (nn 30/01/2014)
Balancing
acts:
Circus Kathmandu has been making headway in
rehabilitating those who had been forced into illegal
circuses as children by offering them a safe and
ethical platform on which to showcase their
hard-earned skills, by Sunaina Sherchan (kp
25/01/2014)
Status
of
8,305 missing children still unknown (nn
24/01/2014)
Reintegrating
the
abandoned ones, by Priti Kharel (rep 19/01/2014)
Practice
of
child marriage crumbling in the face of rising
awareness, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 16/01/2014)
Seven
orphans
left in the lurch, by Jitendra Khadga (kp
15/01/2014)
Child
labourers
rescued (ht 11/01/2014)
9-year-old
orphan
boy seeks shelter, by Mohan Shahi (kp 09/01/2014)
Mom
dead,
dad jailed, kids in a lurch, by Prakash Singh (ht
09/01/2014)
Parents
abandon
kids to remarry (ht 09/01/2014)
Preparations
underway
to rehabilitate street children (ht 02/01/2014)
Saptari
teachers
still don't spare the rod, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep
02/01/2014)
Children
protection
fund extended to 40 VDCs, by Dhruba Dangal (rep
30/12/2013)
Child
marriage
rampant (ht 30/12/2013),
Fighting child marriage thru awareness (ht
31/12/2013)
Pragatinagar
declared
first child-friendly VDC (nn 27/12/2013)
Child
marriage
emerges as serious problem in Parsa (nn
18/12/2013)
Child
labour
on the rise in Ilam (ht 17/12/2013)
Rehabilitation
of
rescued children is important: UNCRC, by Om Astha
Rai (kp 12/12/2013)
Child
marriage
rampant in Dom community, by Mahesh Kumar Das (rep
09/12/2013), Obnoxious
practice (ht 10/12/2013), Early
marriage
costs much to educational pursuit (nn 11/12/2013)
Child
development
centres in Pokhara in sorry state (ht 08/12/2013)
Bhote
children
dump school for work (ht 06/12/2013)
Deal
to
better minors’ lives (kp 04/12/2013), Four-year
pact
to protect child rights (ht 04/12/2013)
Police
rescue
seven children (ht 03/12/2013)
Inmate
dies,
child left uncared for, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp
30/11/2013)
Eliminating
child
labor: A Wait Too Long, by Nikki Sharma (sp
29/11/2013)
Child
marriage
rampant in Morang villages (ht 09/11/2013)
10
Rescued
Child Laborers Reunited With Their Parents, by
Dhruba Dangal (rep 07/11/2013)
60
pc
child marriage at behest of parents: child rights
activists (nn 01/11/2013)
Polls
to
delay street kids’ rehabilitation (ht 31/10/2013)
Children
in
schools: Dehumanising practices, by Mana Prasad
Wagley (ht 30/10/2013)
Campaign
to
end child labour in Dang launched, by Durgalal
K.C. (kp 27/10/2013)
The
abandoned
one: Forsaking in hearts girls of Far West suffer
quietly from indifference, by Alina R. Shrestha
(rep 20/10/2013)
Ordinance
to
ensure kids’ right to education (ht 19/10/2013)
Let’s
talk
about girls: Nepal has laws that prohibit child
marriages, but not the enforcement mechanisms, by
Aleksandra Percynska (nt 11/10/2013)
Solemn
pledge
to end child labour (kp 10/10/2013), Child
Rights
Issue In Political Manifestos (rep 10/10/2013)
Minor
Domestic
Helps Suffer More During Festivals, by Arjun
Poudel (rep 07/10/2013)
A
Religious Call: Religious leaders expressed their
commitment to eradicate child marriage from Nepal
(sp 04/10/2013)
23
India-bound
children rescued, by Mohan Budhair (kp 26/09/2013)
NHRC,
Unicef
urge not to use children in politics (kp
19/09/2013)
Sound
of
silence: There is still lack of awareness about the
role of counseling within the broader healing process
of abused children, by Chin Cabrido (kp
17/09/2013)
Religious
leaders
urged to help curb child marriages, by Weena Pun
(kp 16/09/2013), Impact
of
child marriage discussed (ht 16/09/2013)
As
country
marks Children’s Day, child workers fight survival
battle, by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/09/2013), Child
labour
yet to be curbed in Banke, by Thakur Singh Tharu
(kp 15/09/2013)
Child
marriages
continue unabated in Pyuthan (rep 04/09/2013), Unicef
survey
says ignorance of effects behind child marriage
(kp 06/09/2013)
Union
to
rein in children’s homes: To check ill practices going
on in the name of child welfare (ht 01/09/2013)
Training
against
child abuse today (ht 30/08/2013)
Think
of
the children: Putting children at the centre of our
national agenda helps unite the community and
strengthens social ties, by Jagannath Lamichhane
(kp 23/08/2013)
Right
response:
Persistent child labor (rep 11/08/2013)
More
children
reported missing: General public not aware of places to
approach (ht 04/08/2013)
UN
to
save kids from abuse (ht 01/08/2013)
Experts
call
for increased investment in kids (ht 29/07/2013)
Govt
all
set to bring 60,000 street, HIV-hit kids into school
system, by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/07/2013)
‘1,500
child
labourersin Butwal alone’, by Amrita Anmol (kp
21/07/2013)
Child
labour:
Case for government intervention, by Ajita Singh (ht
18/07/2013)
No
country
for young girls: The custom of child marriage in Nepal,
by Om Astha Rai (rep 12/07/2013)
Where
do
the children play? Only when children are respected as
human beings with rights and responsibilities, can we
make our villages, towns and cities child-friendly,
by Hanaa Singer (kp 27/06/2013), Where
the
children play, by Anup Ojha (kp 29/06/2013)
Rescued
from
Bhaktapur, minors are back to drudgery in Thankot
(kp 13/06/2013), 39
kids
rescued from Thankot factory, by Ankit Adhikari (kp
14/06/2013), 47
boys
rescued from embroidery factories (ht 14/06/2013), Rescued
children
to reunite with families (kp 16/06/2013)
Campaign
to
free child workers on cards (ht 13/06/2013)
Nepal
to
be regional base for fight against child abuse (ht
20/05/2013)
One
small
step against trafficking: Nepal’s largest mosaic in
Butwal is part of a drive against child slavery and
exploitation, by Dipak Gyawali (nt 17/05/2013)
Two
minor
girls languish in prison, by Biplav Maharjan
(kp 02/05/2013)
Child
home
trafficking kids: INGO (ht 30/04/2013)
Child
Labor:
Search Serious Solution, by Aryaa Rajouria (sp
03/05/2013)
Many
Kaski
children’s homes ‘illegal’, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
18/04/2013)
Girl
handed
over to biological mum (kp 17/04/2013)
Six
kids
stranded in Delhi rescued (ht 23/03/2013)
Girl
children's
beauty Pageants, by Asmita Manandhar (rep
15/03/2013), The
Living
Dolls: Children should play not pose and pout!, by
Cilla Khatry (rep 15/03/2013)
Woes
Of
Street Kids: Although a large number of national and
international organisations spend huge amounts of
resources in the name of street children, their plight
remains pathetic, by Hanneke Vagenende (sp
22/02/2013)
Kids
elope,
parents get them hitched, all land in soup, by
Keshav Adhikary (ht 18/02/2013)
Children
on
the streets, by Asmita Manandhar (rep 15/02/2013)
The
plight
of orphanages, by Nistha Rayamajhi (rep 15/02/2013)
Saree
embroidery
factories raided (ht 22/01/2013)
Sick
minds:
Pedophilia needs stringent laws and psychiatric help to
overcome (kp 15/01/2013)
40
pc
missing children in Nepal are never found (nn
30/12/2012)
A
future in bricks, by Ankit Adhikari (kp 22/12/2012)
Save
the
children: Nepali children are being killed by state
neglect, bureaucratic apathy, corruption and bad
governance (nt 21/12/2012)
Framework
proposed
to end underage marriage (kp 19/12/2012)
Children
are
safe theoretically, practically unsafe, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 18/12/2012), ‘Rehabilitating
street
children is our priority’, interview with Sher Jung
Karki (kp 18/12/2012)
Siraha
villages
declared childmarriage prohibited area (kp
17/12/2012)
Brick
kilns
a sweat shop for kids (ht 15/12/2012)
Child
marriage
contributing to GBV: Experts; Highlight the need to put
an end to the evil practice (ht 07/12/2012)
Number
of
people marrying in early age high in Nuwakot (nn
04/12/2012)
369
child
labourers rescued (ht 29/11/2012)
The
kids
aren’t alright: Stringent child labour laws need to be
enacted to eliminate child labour (kp 27/11/2012)
Master
plan
for reducing child labour: PM (kp 21/11/2012), Kathmandu’s
child
labour record worse in country, says report (kp
22/11/2012)
Innocence
lost:
Nepal needs to urgently develop a system that can
protect children—from the villages to the cities—from
all kind of abuse, by Hanaa Singer (kp 20/11/2012)
23
percent
underage girls in wedlock (kp 18/11/2012), Early
marriage
affecting girl's education, health (nn 18/11/2012)
Street
kid
census to rehabilitate them (kp 08/11/2012)
Rehabilitation
of
city’s street kids on cards (ht 04/11/2012)
900
vulnerable
kids in Mugu: ‘Families hardly paid any attention’
(ht 04/11/2012)
UN
report
warns of possible rise in child marriage cases Says
cases have decreased in some countries including Nepal
(kp 13/10/2012), Child
marriages
on decline in Nepal: UN report (nn 14/10/2012)
Pushpa
Basnet
nominated as one of top 10 CNN Heroes (nn
21/09/2012)
Invisible
emergency, by Hanaa Singer (kp 14/09/2012)
Families
in
brick kilns: difficulties abound, by Ankit Adhikari (kp
09/09/2012)
No
time
for school: Despite the progress in female literacy, young
girls in the Tarai are taken out of their classrooms and
forced into early marriage (nt 31/08/2012)
Saarc
bid
to combat child labour in South Asia (kp 29/08/2012)
The
voices
of their minds: For the first time in Nepal, a radio station
in Pokhara tackles the taboo subject of child sexual abuse,
by Tong Sian Choo (nt 24/08/2012)
Strategy
to
rid Bhaktapur of child labour (ht 16/08/2012)
Plan
to
rescue children from brick kilns, by Ankit Adhikari
(kp 14/08/2012)
150
minors
rescued from sweatshop, by Arjun Poudel (rep
05/07/2012), 124
child
workers rescued: Were working in squalid conditions in
embroidery factories (ht 05/07/2012)
Caution:
children
at work: Behind Nepal's appalling child labour
statistics are tragic individual stories of stolen
childhoods and of children who suffer physical and
psychological abuse (nt 29/06/2012), Cheated
of
their childhood: There are fewer Nepali boys and girls
working, but the ones who do are in dangerous
occupations, by Bhrikut Rai (nt 29/06/2012)
DAO
wants
child labour problem solved fast, by Ankuit Adhikari
(kp 27/06/2012)
Eliminating
Child
Labour In Nepal’s Context, by Rajendra Manandhar (rn
16/06/2012)
Inter-country
adoption
cases fall, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 14/06/2012)
Child
recruitment:
UN report removes parties to conflict in Nepal from list
(kp 13/06/2012), Children
of
war: UN delisting Maoists from groups using minors in
conflict is welcome (kp 15/06/2012)
Uproot
child
labour by raiding homes of powerful people: Ex CA member
Chaudhary (nn 13/06/2012), Child
labour:
Together we can bring changes, by Gauri Pradhan (kp
14/06/2012)
Six
lakh
kids in worst form of child labour (ht 13/06/2012), ‘Support
parents
to curb child labour’ (kp 13/06/2012)
Where
healthy
babies are bought illegally, disabled are slighted,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 12/06/2012)
Nothing
much
to cheer about: Over 400 I/NGOs working for child
rights, but 4,000 children still on streets, by
Nirjana Sharma (kp 12/06/2012)
All
that
glitters in embroidery factories is not gold, by
Ankit Adhikari (kp 12/06/2012)
Int'l
child
rights body takes up Nepal's report on trafficking,
child prostitution (nn 05/06/2012)
Center
for
helpless children becomes helpless, by Arjun Poudel
(rep 02/06/2012), Orphaned
policy
State´s neglect of helpless children (rep
03/06/2012)
Child
labourers
stage rally (ht 23/05/2012)
Child
rights
report handed to UN (ht 15/05/2012), Govt
submits
child rights report to UN panel (ht 21/05/2012)
The
harsh
life: Saving street children, by Madhab Regmi (rep
06/05/2012)
Life
bleak
for lost child growing up sans citizenship, by Arjun
Poudel (rep 26/04/2012)
Adoption
or
slavery in the making: Law mocks the constitution?,
by Bisharad Anil Thapaliya (ht 26/04/2012)
Nepal
2nd
in child marriage prevalence: UNICEF, by Anjali
Subedi (rep 24/03/2012)
One
adoption
application in four months, by Arjun Poudel (rep
20/03/2012)
Pulling
kids
out of prisons (kp 18/03/2012)
Govt
extends
deadline for inter-country adoptions (ht 26/02/2012)
BPKIHS
employees
keep 500 children as ‘domestic help’, by Pradip
Meyangbo (kp 12/02/2012)
Applications
for
inter-country adoption called (ht 15/01/2012)
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