social inclusion

#Ep.052 Last week, the Supreme Court issued an order enabling the temporary registration of marriages for same-sex couples, citing its ignorance so far as unconstitutional. While the order is definitely one in the direction of progress for the LGBTQ community, the gesture pales when one realizes that the struggle for marriage equality has a stagnant history of over 15 years in Nepal. The Suprem...

Ep#040 नागरिकता विधेयक (पहिलो संशोधन) २०७२ ले वैवाहिक अंगिकृत महिला र जन्मको आधारमा नागरिकता लिएका सन्तानहरुलाई वंशजको आधारमा नागरिकता दिने प्रावधान पारित गरेको छ । तर एकसमुहमा रहेका कतिपय राजनीतिक दलहरुले नेपालमा वैवाहिक अंगिकृत महिलालाई सात वर्ष पछि नागरिकता दिनुपर्ने र यसअघि वितरण भएको जन्मसिद्ध नागरिकता छानबिन नभएसम्म उनीहरूका सन्तानलाई वंशजको नागरिकता दिन नहुने तर्क गर्छन। त्यस्तै दोस्रो स...

#Ep.038 More than 15 years have passed since the end of the armed conflict between the Maoists and the Government of Nepal with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord. While the country has done a remarkable job not recoiling back into the violent conflict with which it grappled for a decade, the years after have been slow and painful for the thousands of survivors who keep waiting for a...