Full Coverage: Nepal

08/31/2007 The officials from the Nepal Red Cross Society says that the current political situation, strikes and violence in southern Nepal has greatly affected the work of the rescuers and hampering efforts by aid workers to distribute aid to flood victims.

08/29/2007 Nepalin valmistellessa luonnosta uudeksi perustuslaiksi ryhmä dalittitoimittajia on perustanut verkkolehden valottamaan dalittiyhteisöön kohdistavaa syrjintää. Verkkolehti opastaa myös dalitteja oikeuksiensa puolustamisessa.

08/27/2007 As Nepal prepares to draft a new constitution, a group of Dalit journalists have launched a new e-bulletin to highlight ongoing discrimination against their community as well as successes in standing up for their rights.

08/27/2007 India has agreed to assist Nepal in reconstruction of services and training centres that were destroyed during the Maoist insurgency and shown willingness to produce skilled manpower in the agriculture sector during a recent meeting of the agriculture ministers of the two countries.

08/24/2007 Local water activists’ group Forum for Water and Sanitation (NFWS), Nepal, said the lack of laws enabling equal rights to water has long been a key problem and blamed the poor water management, political neglect and the current legal framework for water scarcity.

08/23/2007 Despite countless global impediments to women's political participation and representation, activists are working tirelessly to secure unbiased opportunities for election and equal rates of political representation for women and men alike.

08/21/2007 International Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression Mission to Nepal have welcomed the endorsement of the Right to Information Act and Working Journalists Act amendments, in Nepal. They also said that it commends those journalists and media that have advocated for legislative reform and defended press freedoms.

08/20/2007 Maoist labour union in Nepal has prevented two privately-owned national dailies, "The Himalayan Times" and "Annapurna Post", from being printed and distributed. Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about a growing threat to press freedom in Nepal.

08/17/2007 Nepal has developed simple and cheap technologies that make the best of local resources and don't damage the environment. The new technologies have been indigenously designed, based on traditional skills and knowledge, and are cheap and easy to use and maintain.

08/17/2007 Almost unnoticed, Nepal is developing simple and cheap technologies that make the best of local resources and don't damage the environment, says Kunda Dixit.

08/16/2007 Victims of Nepal's decade-long conflict may be denied their right to truth, justice and reparation under current proposals for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a leading rights group has warned.

08/14/2007 In the wake of strike by pro-Maoist 'republican radio workers', in Nepal which has caused the Radio HBC FM to go off the air since last one week, manager of that FM Birendra Dahal has launched fast-unto-death demanding full respect to press freedom.

08/10/2007 AMSTERDAM, Aug 9 (OneWorld) - Amid United Nations warnings of an impending health crisis, calls from humanitarian groups are on the rise to help millions of South Asians affected by torrential rains and devastating flooding.

08/08/2007 The Limbuwan Mukti Morcha, Nepal has called an indefinite general strike in five eastern districts demanding guarantee of federalism based on ethnicity with autonomy.

08/07/2007 Though uterine prolapse, a condition brought on by poverty and inadequate health services, incapacitates hundreds of thousands of women worldwide, it has attracted little attention or funds from the international community.

08/07/2007 A recent workshop by the Nepal based Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) has helped women in advancing leadership skills to engage in post-conflict efforts and governance.

08/03/2007 Gorkhapatra Corporation, government-owned media group in Nepal, has dismissed forty-nine journalists who were working there for the past 11 years. The President of Federation of Nepalese Journalists condemned the decision which is based on the political interest of the management.

08/03/2007 Mr. Mahabir Pun of Maygdi District of Nepal has been awarded the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership. He is being recognized for his innovative application of wireless computer technology in Nepal, bringing progress to remote mountain areas by connecting his village to the global village.

08/03/2007 Everyone agrees on the importance of holding Nepal’s Constituent Assembly elections on 22 November, and it’s beginning to look like we’ll get there, says Kanak Mani Dixit.
From: Himal Southasian

08/01/2007 According to a joint report being released by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a combination of prolonged drought,ailstorms, and flooding in the most agriculturally productive areas of Nepal in 2006 and 2007 has severely impacted crop production.