21 Days of Confinement

Dikshya Koirala

In the early days of February 2012, as Nepal's spring began to paint the mornings with warmth and th...


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7 days of dark

Anusha Ojha

It was Tuesday morning, I went to school in my white dress as usual. Playing, gossiping, and laughin...


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A Transformative Journey as a Peer Educator

Dikshya Koirala

When I began my journey as a peer educator, I never imagined the rollercoaster of emotions and trans...


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Am I a Feminist?

Anusha Ojha

What is feminism? I have often wondered to myself because whenever I heard the word feminist, I alwa...


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An Idle Brain is the Devil's Workshop

Isha Karmacharya

There is a popular proverb from H. G. Bohn’s, “Hand-Book of Proverbs,” (1855), “An idle brain is the...


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Are My Short Clothes Really Inviting Rape?

Khushi Adhikari

It was a fine June morning. I happened to open my eyes as the sun was cascading through the windows....


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Body Shaming Exaggerated by Social Media

Khushi Adhikari

“You look so fat! Start eating less!” “You are a man, you should have muscular body and beard, or yo...


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Boundary is just more than a line

Bikash Kumar Sah

'Boundary', we all have heard about this term but maybe most of us still don't know about its proper...


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Consumer protection act, 2054: in context of bitter sweets story

Medha Sharma

Today, when every other day media is bringing out new stories of sub standard foods and sweets in th...


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Creating a bully free zone

Ashok Kumar Shah

All of us have been through bullying, been a bully or at least, witnessed bullying at some point in...


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Criminalization of Love

Dikshya Koirala

On 21st March 2023, Uganda’s parliament passed a law that criminalizes homosexual activities. The in...


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Diversion of Volunteering Among Youths

Shushmita Dhawan, Rhicha Giri, Shriti Giri

To volunteer means simply, to be motivated and give one’s time or energies to work towards a project...


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Embracing Body Neutrality: A Path to True Self-Acceptance

Dikshya Koirala

In today's fast-paced society, where beauty standards are often unattainable and heavily influenced...


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Female Prejudice

NA

The world needs a hero to change the mere perspectives of the social hypocrites and all the social t...


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Feminization of HIV in Nepal

Medha Sharma

Too many women in too many different countries speak the same language- silenceAs according to recen...


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Gender norms

Ashok Kumar Shah

Gender norms are neither set nor universal and change over time. Some standards are good, such as, t...


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Guilt…..

Ashok Kumar Shah

I was in 7th grade, just on the verge of puberty. I was a backbencher and a child who befriended the...


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Hope MDG

Ajay Kumar Uprety

Millennium Development Goals are just a combined hope of 191 nations to see the world without a ...


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Hush-Hush Conversations

Dikshya Koirala

Growing up in a Nepali household is no easy feat. Throughout my life, I found myself constantly stru...


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Hypocrisy

Ashok Kumar Shah

LGBTQIA+, a very trendy concept, one which opens wide arms for acceptance while it also narrows our...


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I Bleed, I Believe

Sumanjari Pradhan

Menstruation is a simple biological term but the impact it creates on our minds and&n...


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I’m a proud South Asian: South Asian Youth Conference 2012

Aaditi Khanal

Never did I imagine that my first international conference would be in Pakistan! Scared? Horrified?...


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Intern Voice

Nubhisha

YUWA FOR ME IS MORE THAN JUST AN ORGANIZATION…..What is Yuwa for me and what have I learnt from here...


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Intern Voice: My Experience in YUWA

Marc Lama

It just had been a month or so that I joined YUWA as an intern. Before that, I worked for a short sp...


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Kaalis Combating Colorism

Rakshya Khadgi

"Kaali" - one among the many nicknames I have and preferably one of the favorites to call me at home...


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Lesson to be learnt from United States’ disability rights movement

Karuna Parajuli

With a motive to share experiences of the movement of People Disabilities (PWDs) of US, Embassy of U...


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Mahila and her rights

Anusha Ojha

22nd May, was the third day of data collection. I got up early in the morning because we were suppos...


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Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking

Aaditi Khanal

One of the events of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, was A Talk on ‘Mode...


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Motherhood- Two different story

Anusha Ojha

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word mother? Of course it is the l...


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My First Period

Puja Bisunke

I was in an exam hall feeling uncomfortable and uneasy pain that I had never experienced before. Soo...


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My lucky experience

Manju Thapa Magar

I saw almost all the girls in my class got their first period at school. They were bleedin...


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My Menstruation Diaries

Shristi Garu

I was in grade 8 when my elder sister graduated from school. It was the month of magh and...


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One Voice Summit; My Experience

Rohan Chalise

One Voice Summit in a brief was a summit intersecting the issues of Environment and Sexual Reproduct...


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Oppyouthies: Your youth and Your opportunities

Darshana Shakya

The United Nations define youth as persons under the ages of 15 and 24. First, let’s calculate how y...


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Problems and More Problems

Sachet Gurung

While searching for a particular book on fathers’ book shelf, I caught hold of an old book. This boo...


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Rainbow Resilience

Dikshya Koirala

As the sun began to peek through the clouds on that vibrant June morning, I embarked on a journey th...


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Reaching Out Young Minds; A day workshop with youths at Dhangadhi

Surendra Bohara

Dhangadhi is situated as the far-west side of Nepal. Not only the bad conservative and traditional t...


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RED

Sushma Sunuwar

Everyone ignored her because she was in red. She was in pain. It was hard for her to take care...


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Rise for Freedom

Khushi Adhikari

It's now 7, why aren't you home You were raped because of the skirt you wore An impercepti...


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Sex Education: How young is too young

Medha Sharma

Myriads of debates have already been raised on appropriate age of introducing sexuality education in...


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Street Art and Visual Message Dissemination

Pramila Rai, Republica

(This article is adopted from GENNEXT Page of Republica dated 12/27/2012)KATHMANDU, Dec 26:&nbs...


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Technology and the RESULTS

NA

Waiting for the results outside the office of the controller of examination is a history now. Those...


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The Alchemist, A Magical Fable about Following Your Dream

Alisha Manandhar

I read a book named ‘The Alchemist, A Magical Fable about Following Your Dream’, written by the grea...


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The Differences

Richa Bhattarai

The road was flooded. He was merely 7 years old. He wanted to be on the other side of that flooded r...


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The Journey of YALC

Anusha Ojha

Before diving into my journey as a YALC, let’s try understanding what a YALC is. YALC which stands f...


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The Red Lie

Khushi Adhikari

It was a gorgeous September morning. The golden fingers of sunlight illuminated my room. This sleepy...


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The unwanted child and the helpless mother

Khushi Adhikari

"Are you sure we are having sex without a condom, Max?" "Emma, my girl, don't you love me?"&nbs...


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Unmasking Suicide Myths in Nepal

Dikshya Koirala

In Nepal, as in many parts of the world, suicide is a significant public health issue. The governmen...


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Why CSE can’t wait?

Anusha Ojha

To answer the question first let’s dive deep into understanding what comprehensive sexuality educati...


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Why New Constitution?

Kanchan Pd. Kharel

A TV reporter asked a famous politician, ‘why new constitution?’, in reply the politician said, ‘new...


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Why YALC?

Dikshya Koirala

This exact question was posed to me during my YALC application interview. If you do not know what YA...


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को हुन् युवा ?

Brabim Kumar ब्रबिम कुमार

”एक घण्टामा करिब ३३ युवा वैदेशिक रोजगारको लागी काठमाडौंको अन्र्तराष्ट्रिय विमानस्थलबाट उड्ने गर्दछन्...


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मेराे पहिलो महिनावारी

Nelisha Giri

मेराे  पहिलोपटक काे महिनावारी  कहिले पनि बिर्सन पहिलोपट...


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युवा दिवसमा नेपाली युवाहरुले गरेका केही कार्यक्रमहरु

NA

YUWAIYD e-Mela (e-Fete)a)      Organizational Showcase:Location: ...


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